Urgent! Head of People & Culture...

Fast-Casual Dining Group | multi-site | High-Growth Fast-growing, well-backed restaurant group with a clear mission: to deliver quality, craveable food at speed, while building a workplace where people thrive. With multiple successful brands under their belt and a strong leadership team in place, the guys are entering the next stage of growth, and we need a Head of People & Culture who can help us scale with purpose. This isn’t a start-up. It’s a structured, strategically led business with momentum, and the ambition to double in size over the next 24 months. We’re now looking for a people leader who understands how to balance culture, compliance, and commercial thinking in a multi-site, fast-paced hospitality environment. Key Responsibilities of the Head of People – Develop and deliver a clear, people-first strategy aligned with our growth goals and operational realities – Lead all core HR functions across the employee lifecycle — recruitment, onboarding, learning & development, engagement, ER, and retention – Partner closely with operations leadership to ensure that people policies support service excellence and performance – Design and roll out scalable, consistent frameworks for performance management, training, and internal comms – Drive a proactive and pragmatic approach to employee relations, wellbeing, and inclusion – Act as a trusted advisor to the leadership team, helping shape culture through periods of growth and change – Champion a values-led approach to leadership while ensuring compliance with employment law and best practice The Right Head of People – A senior People/HR professional with experience in hospitality, food & beverage, or retail – Commercially astute, with a strong understanding of how people strategy impacts business performance – Demonstrated success building or leading HR functions in growing or transitioning businesses – A confident communicator who can engage credibly with teams at every level — from restaurant crew to boardroom – Resilient and solution-oriented, with the ability to balance structure with flexibility – Passionate about developing people, building culture, and making the workplace somewhere people want to stay and grow