At Rick Stein Restaurants We are all about fresh seafood, warm service, and a genuine passion for people. From our kitchens to our front-of-house teams, we believe great learning creates great guest experiences.

We’re looking for an exceptional People Director to shape the culture, capability and future of our hospitality business — someone who understands that great guest experiences begin with engaged, empowered people. 

This role is a part-time position - 2 days a week, based in Padstow with travel to other locations as required.

This is a rare opportunity for a senior people leader with a deep appreciation of hospitality, craft and service. You will bring proven experience operating at leadership level within multi-site, people-intensive environments, and a clear belief that culture, leadership and ownership are the true drivers of commercial success. 

As People Director, you will lead the strategic design and delivery of our people agenda — from attraction and retention of hospitality talent to leadership development, learning and engagement. You will champion a culture of empowerment, ownership and stewardship, putting in place practical processes, clear expectations and supportive frameworks that give teams the confidence to take responsibility, make decisions and deliver exceptional service.

This is a role for someone who truly embraces hospitality— a People Director ready to build a culture where people feel valued, developed and empowered to deliver outstanding guest experiences, every day.

Responsibilities:

• Strategically review and continuously evolve the end-to-end employee journey, from attraction and onboarding through to progression and retention.
• Ensure people processes are simple, consistent and fit for the realities of a multi-site hospitality environment.
• Oversee employee relations, ensuring legal compliance and best practice.
• Champion a modern, inclusive employee experience that reflects changing workforce expectations and ways of working.
• Partner with operational leaders to ensure the employee experience translate into confident, engaged frontline teams.
• Build and sustain a culture of empowerment, ownership and stewardship where people are trusted to make decisions and take responsibility. 
• Embed clear leadership expectations, behaviours and rhythms that drive accountability and performance.
• Lead cultural change initiatives that support growth, evolution and continuous improvement.
• Act as a visible role model and trusted advisor to leaders, reinforcing value, through everyday actions and decisions.
• Leverage technology and modern people practices to support engagement, transparency and effective leadership.
• Design and lead a commercially aligned L&D strategy that develops confident, values-led and entrepreneurial hospitality leaders.
• Embed clear career pathways and capability frameworks across frontline, management and senior leadership roles.
• Champion coaching and mentoring as core leadership behaviours to build accountability, ownership and performance..

At Rick Stein Restaurants We are all about fresh seafood, warm service, and a genuine passion for people. From our kitchens to our front-of-house teams, we believe great learning creates great guest experiences.

We’re looking for an exceptional People Director to shape the culture, capability and future of our hospitality business — someone who understands that great guest experiences begin with engaged, empowered people. 

This role is a part-time position - 2 days a week, based in Padstow with travel to other locations as required.

This is a rare opportunity for a senior people leader with a deep appreciation of hospitality, craft and service. You will bring proven experience operating at leadership level within multi-site, people-intensive environments, and a clear belief that culture, leadership and ownership are the true drivers of commercial success. 

As People Director, you will lead the strategic design and delivery of our people agenda — from attraction and retention of hospitality talent to leadership development, learning and engagement. You will champion a culture of empowerment, ownership and stewardship, putting in place practical processes, clear expectations and supportive frameworks that give teams the confidence to take responsibility, make decisions and deliver exceptional service.

This is a role for someone who truly embraces hospitality— a People Director ready to build a culture where people feel valued, developed and empowered to deliver outstanding guest experiences, every day.

Responsibilities:

• Strategically review and continuously evolve the end-to-end employee journey, from attraction and onboarding through to progression and retention.
• Ensure people processes are simple, consistent and fit for the realities of a multi-site hospitality environment.
• Oversee employee relations, ensuring legal compliance and best practice.
• Champion a modern, inclusive employee experience that reflects changing workforce expectations and ways of working.
• Partner with operational leaders to ensure the employee experience translate into confident, engaged frontline teams.
• Build and sustain a culture of empowerment, ownership and stewardship where people are trusted to make decisions and take responsibility. 
• Embed clear leadership expectations, behaviours and rhythms that drive accountability and performance.
• Lead cultural change initiatives that support growth, evolution and continuous improvement.
• Act as a visible role model and trusted advisor to leaders, reinforcing value, through everyday actions and decisions.
• Leverage technology and modern people practices to support engagement, transparency and effective leadership.
• Design and lead a commercially aligned L&D strategy that develops confident, values-led and entrepreneurial hospitality leaders.
• Embed clear career pathways and capability frameworks across frontline, management and senior leadership roles.
• Champion coaching and mentoring as core leadership behaviours to build accountability, ownership and performance..