F&B Recruiter
Role Overview
Own talent selection across front-of-house, culinary, outlet leadership, and support office roles.
Act as the quality gatekeeper for hospitality hiring and report directly to the CEO.
Key Skills for This Role
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Job Purpose
Own talent selection across front-of-house, culinary, outlet leadership, and support office roles.
Act as the quality gatekeeper for hospitality hiring and report directly to the CEO.
Key Accountabilities
- Manage end-to-end recruitment from role briefing through sourcing, assessment, recommendation, and offer closure.
- Recruit hospitality talent at hourly, supervisory, chef, management, and support-office levels.
- Build a pipeline of pre-assessed hospitality talent for vacancies and new openings.
- Use job boards, LinkedIn, referrals, hospitality schools, industry networks, and overseas recruitment partners.
- Coach operators on interviewing and assessment and participate in final-round interviews.
- Hand over onboarding with clear expectations and review early performance against the assessment.
- Report on open roles, time-to-fill, quality of hire, new-hire retention, and sourcing effectiveness.
- Ensure recruitment complies with local labor law, nationalization requirements, and internal policies.
Requirements
- At least 5 years of recruitment experience focused on hospitality, restaurants, hotels, or F&B.
- Proven ability to assess and select hospitality talent at all levels.
- Experience designing structured interviews, practical assessments, and scoring frameworks.
- Hands-on understanding of restaurant operations, service standards, and kitchen roles.
- GCC recruitment experience, including overseas hiring and visa processes.
- Fluent English and comfort using an ATS and presenting recruitment data to leadership.
- Arabic, premium or chef-led hospitality experience, interviewing training, relevant certification, and new-opening experience are preferred.
Benefits
- Competitive package with a performance bonus linked to quality of hire and retention.
- Direct access to the CEO and influence over group hiring decisions.
- Medical insurance, annual flight allowance, and paid leave in line with local labor law.
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