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These days, we’re still just as much a family as we always have been. We have tons of integrity, we’re enthusiastic. we’re competitive and we just get it done – whatever the challenge.
We’re growing fast and we need a hands‑on, people‑obsessed Talent Partner to keep that momentum going. You’ll be the go‑to talent expert for our Operations leaders, partnering closely with Regional Directors and District Managers to hire brilliant managers and to support crew hiring for New Store Opening assessment days. If you love pace, ownership and building great relationships, you’ll feel right at home here.
Contract: 12 Months
Location: London with occasional travel
Reporting to: Senior Talent Partner
WHAT YOU'LL DO:
Be a trusted partner to Operations:
1. Build influential relationships with our Operations Teams, coaching on best‑practice recruitment and upskilling hiring capability.
2. Support succession planning and keep a healthy talent pipeline ready for rapid growth.
3. Collaborate with regional People partners (Training, L&D, People) to deliver joined‑up support to Operations.
Own end‑to‑end hiring
4. Direct‑source talent at all levels and run smart campaigns across social, job boards and communities.
5. Manage the full recruitment process from briefs, attraction, shortlisting, interviews and offers while keeping time‑to‑hire on track.
6. Deliver a world‑class candidate experience from first hello to day one, with timely updates and personal touches.
7. Organise interview schedules, maintain simple trackers, and keep stakeholders informed.
Make New Store Openings a success
8. Plan and run high‑energy assessment centres that hire great teams and boost our employer brand in local markets.
Continuously improve
9. Review and refine our assessment tools, keeping things simple, fair and effective.
10. Track and use data to drive better decisions and outcomes.
11. Become the market expert in your region, sharing insight on trends, competitors and channels that work.
Shape our employer brand & strategy
12. Bring our EVP to life, especially on socials
13. Test new attraction channels and show the ROI.
14. Work closely with the Senior Talent Partner to evolve our recruitment strategy.
Daily tasks:
15. Help with routine such as on boarding candidates, GDPR‑compliant candidate records, payroll liaison for new manager pay queries, people systems admin, right‑to‑work checks
What you’ll bring:
16. Significant experience hiring at scale across multi‑site hospitality/retail (or similar pacey environments).
17. A proactive, direct‑sourcing mindset and the creativity to find great people fast.
18. Exceptional stakeholder skills: credible with senior leaders, supportive with busy managers, and engaging with every candidate.
19. Organised and structured, able to prioritise and hit deadlines
20. Data‑curious and comfortable using metrics to improve.
21. Strong written skills and high attention to detail - your comms “go out right the first time.”
22. Confident presenting to groups (in‑person and virtual).
23. Solid Microsoft skills (Excel, Word, PowerPoint) and an appetite to learn new people tech.
24. Integrity, empathy and a genuine desire to learn and grow.
25. Flexibility to travel and take the occasional urgent call out of hours.
WHY JOIN FIVE GUYS?
We are passionate about our people as we are our Burgers & Fries, we are proud of what our teams have achieved so far but we’ve got big plans, and we want you to be a part of it too!
OUR REWARDS & BENEFITS
26. A generous annual bonus based on business performance
27. Pension scheme
28. Enhanced Maternity and Paternity leave
29. Long service rewards after 5 and 10 years with Five Guys
30. Five Guys Perks & discounts
31. Invite to our annual General Managers conference – this year we celebrated in Lisbon!
32. Life assurance
33. Private medical via Vitality
34. Wellbeing support