HR Generalist

We are taking over Spain, time to join UIG!

About us!

Urban Italian Group is one of Europe's fastest-growing hospitality groups, bringing together distinctive restaurant brands, passionate people and memorable guest experiences. As we continue to grow, so do the opportunities for those who want to build their careers with us.

With a growing collection of restaurant brands, including Basta, Florentine, Trattoria Giorgio's, Lola Maria, and Villa Valentina, we're building something exciting across Europe.

As HR Generalist initially, your focus will be on HR operations, administration, payroll coordination, and ensuring compliance with Spanish labour legislation and collective agreements. As our People function continues to evolve, you'll have the opportunity to take on a broader role in shaping our employee experience, culture, engagement, and development initiatives

• Manage day-to-day HR operations and administration throughout the employee lifecycle.
• Coordinate employment contracts, amendments, onboarding, offboarding, and employee documentation.
• Support monthly payroll processes, working closely with our external gestoría to ensure accuracy and timely delivery.
• Ensure compliance with Spanish labour legislation, collective agreements, and internal policies.
• Monitor working hours, holidays, absences, and employee records, ensuring information is accurate and up to date.
• Provide practical HR guidance and support to General Managers and Operations Managers.
• Support employee relations matters, including disciplinary procedures and performance management.
• Maintain accurate HR data, prepare reports, and monitor key People metrics.
• Identify opportunities to improve HR processes, systems, and ways of working.
• Contribute to employee engagement, workplace culture, learning and development, and employee experience initiatives as the role evolves.

Our culture and values

We believe we work with people, not food. Guided by our values of Trust, Inclusion, Passion and Excellence, we’re committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels welcome, valued and empowered to grow.

Sound like your kind of place?

If you are excited by joining us, we would love to hear from you. Bring your energy, personality and passion to UIG!

Urban Italian Group is committed to fair and inclusive recruitment. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. If you need a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the selection process, please tell our Talent Acquisition Team.