Job Description

Start an exciting new chapter in your hospitality career at Hickory's Smokehouse - We are thrilled to have been recently crowned the 'Best Pub Employer' for 2025 at The Publican Awards!

As our Chef Recruiter, you will be an integral part of our recruitment team, supporting the Human Resources & Operations Teams in attracting fresh talent to the business. Lateral thinking, creativity and thinking outside the box are all key attributes for this position.


With a primary focus on Back of House management positions, you will be responsible for talent attraction, organizing interviews/trials and support our candidates right through to offer and onboarding! Pace is essential within the Hospitality Sector; you'll need to move quickly to ensure our timeframes are competitive. The position will support our People Team in our continual growth, to help innovate the recruitment process, structure and experience from both our side, and the candidate's journey.

At Hickory's Smokehouse, we're about to enter an exciting period of rapid growth with a fully funded aim to double the business by 2026!

This opportunity will suit someone that has worked in a recruitment focused role previously.


Experience within Hospitality is desirable.


This is a hybrid role, which will include a blend of working at our Chester HQ, in our restaurants and working from home.

Chef Recruiter Duties will include:

Manage the process from application to offer. Drive attention to detail and ensure all information is correct. Assist recruitment by coordinating interviews, following up with candidates, and scheduling with restaurant managers and our operations team. Proactive use of our ATS, with responsibility for advertising, refreshing and recruitment spend. Responding to applications and queries as appropriate. Creation of job adverts and campaigns on social media, job boards and local marketing. Serve as point of contact for candidates and hiring managers in ad hoc requests.

What You'll Need to Succeed as a Chef Recruiter:

Ideally, come from a Recruitment background, and understand the importance of attracting and maintaining talented individuals in our industry. Creative thinking is essential, and you will have to be proactive by nature and resilient (glass half full). 12 months experience in a fast paced recruitment role. Knowledge of candidate sourcing and the use of social media, job boards and other recruitment tools. Be highly organized and able to work both proactively and reactively if priorities change. Experienced with conducting both Video & Face to Face interviews as well as organizing "Open Day" events to maximize our candidate pool. Commercial awareness and lateral thinking. Outstanding written and verbal communication skills. A keen eye for detail. Empathy and emotional intelligence.

Benefits of being a Hickory's Chef Recruiter:

Excellent training & progression opportunities

- through our award-winning Hickory's Training Academy.

Qualification opportunities

as you working (up to A-Level & Degree level equivalent).

Birthday reward meal

on us for you & your friends - every year.

Free smokin' BBQ on shift

- team food & drinks menu.

Christmas Day off work

- every year.

Moments that matter

- Paid occasions days off (Wedding day, kid's first day at school, moving into first home & more). Team Player card -

25% discount for you & 5 friends in all Hickory's

(rising to 50% for loyal service).

Road trips

to the Southern States, Europe & UK and stacks of

enrichment opportunities

.

Wellbeing support

& 24-hour access to our wellness programme. Our pledge to a

work-life balance

- monitoring & managing through our Red Zone. A packed

team social & engagement

calendar & annual team party. A chance to 'give a bit back' with

fundraising activities

for Cash For Kids

If that sounds good or you want to find out more? Click '

apply

' now and you could be our next Chef Recruiter!


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