HR Administrator

Location:

Exeter-based, with travel across Devon & Dorset.

Contract:

Full-time, 40 hours per week (5 days). Working pattern:
Hybrid – restaurants / home / office.

This an exciting opportunity to join an award-winning restaurant group, recognised as one of the UK’s Top 100 Best Companies to Work For. You’ll also work closely with our prestigious sister restaurant, The Seahorse in Dartmouth, widely regarded as one of the best restaurants in the UK.

At Rockfish, we believe the best seafood should be enjoyed by everyone — whether dining by the sea in one of our restaurants or ordering online to cook ’re a business built on a passion for the sea, seafood, sustainability, and hospitality — and we’re growing.

We’re looking for a hospitality-focused Recruitment & People Coordinator, ideally with experience in recruitment and hospitality who understands the pace, energy, and personality of our industry. Rockfish has 12 coastal restaurant locations, alongside The Seahorse and a growing seafood business based on the quayside in Brixham, supplying both our restaurants and customers at home.

This is a varied and rewarding role where you’ll have a real impact on the employee experience across all areas of the business. You’ll support management teams across Devon and Dorset, helping to attract brilliant people and deliver a seamless journey from first conversation to first shift — and beyond.

If you love recruitment and thrive in a people-first environment, this could be the perfect fit.

• Manage end-to-end recruitment for key roles, including management and chefs.
• Support and guide hiring managers across sites with hourly recruitment.
• Develop local and seasonal recruitment strategies tailored to each restaurant.
• Create engaging job adverts and manage campaigns across job boards, Linked In, and social channels.
• Develop new and innovative ways of recruitment advertising.
• Build and nurture talent pipelines to ensure year-round hiring readiness.
• Establish partnerships with schools, colleges, universities, and local communities.
• Lead recruitment for new openings and seasonal peaks (open days, experience days).
• Track and analyse recruitment performance (time-to-hire, source effectiveness, cost-per-hire).
• Contribute to employer branding and attraction strategies with the People & Operations teams.

• Coordinate all onboarding processes, including contracts, compliance, and starter packs.
• Ensure Right to Work checks and employee records are 100% accurate and audit-ready.
• Deliver a welcoming onboarding experience, including first-day induction and first-week integration.
• Conduct new starter check-ins to support engagement and retention.
• Maintain and update ATS and HR systems in line with GDPR and company standards.

• Coordinate and deliver training across the business, including onboarding and compliance.
• Support the development of structured learning programmes and career pathways.
• Manage the Learning Management System (LMS), tracking training completion and engagement.
• Create and update training materials (menus, operations, core skills).
• Work with Operations and site teams to ensure training is practical, relevant, and consistent.
• Support apprenticeship programmes and ongoing development initiatives. Monitor training performance and continuously improve learning delivery.

• Support wellbeing, engagement, and recognition initiatives.
• Assist with employee surveys and feedback analysis.
• Share internal updates, success stories, and recognition across communication channels.

• Provide administrative and note‑taking support for employee relations meetings.
• Ensure all documentation is accurate, professional, and confidential.

• Experience in recruitment
• Strong understanding of the hospitality environment and operational pace.
• Excellent organisational skills with high attention to detail.
• Confident communicator with strong written and verbal skills.
• Experience using HR systems, ATS platforms, and learning systems.
• A proactive, solutions‑focused approach with the ability to manage multiple…