Human Resources Specialist

With a projected 1,000 cafes in the United States by 2030, Paris Baguette is one of the fastest-growing neighborhood bakery cafés in the world. Our vision is to reestablish the neighborhood bakery café as the heart of the community around the world. Paris Baguette’s mission is to bring expertly crafted baked and brewed goods through a warm and welcoming bakery café experience that delivers joy to everyone.

If you are someone who has heart, wants to spread joy, nourish community and is ready to rise to the occasion, we are looking for you to join our growing team!

WHAT WE ARE HUNGRY FOR

We’re looking for a motivated, people-first HR Specialist to join our HR team and play a critical role in recruiting and hiring top talent for our rapidly growing organization. This role is heavily focused on high-volume recruiting within the fast-casual industry, partnering closely with restaurant leadership to manage full-cycle hiring while delivering a positive, efficient candidate experience. In addition, this position supports day-to-day HR administrative functions to ensure smooth, compliant, and effective human resources operations.

KNOWLEDGE AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Manage full-cycle recruiting for support office exempt roles, including positions within multiple departments, Operations, Development, Marketing, and Manufacturing
• Partner closely with Hiring Managers, and leadership team to understand staffing needs and hiring priorities.
• Actively source candidates through various channels and build talent pipelines to support growing teams and ongoing hiring needs.
• Screen candidates, conduct initial interviews, and coordinate interview scheduling with hiring managers.
• Guide candidates through the hiring process, ensuring timely communication and a positive candidate experience.
• Extend verbal and written job offers and support pre-employment onboarding steps.
• Monitor hiring progress and follow up with candidates and managers to ensure timely completion of onboarding tasks.
• Maintain applicant tracking system and ensure accurate documentation and completion.
• Ensure recruiting and hiring practices align with company policies and applicable labor laws.
• Support HR initiatives such as audits, reporting, and process improvements related to recruiting. Report on hiring metrics, such as speed reports including time to fill and time to hire.
• Assist with inquiries related to hiring, onboarding, and basic HR questions.
• Collaborate on staffing strategies, workforce planning, and hiring best practices.
• Other duties may be assigned.

WHAT YOU NEED TO HAVE

• At least 1–3 years of experience in recruiting, HR, or talent acquisition (hospitality or retail preferred).
• Experience with high-volume hiring and fast-paced environments.
• Strong communication and organizational skills with excellent follow-up.
• Work with applicant tracking systems and HR platforms (Harri experience a plus).
• Ability to manage multiple openings at once while maintaining attention to detail.
• A proactive, team-oriented mindset with a passion for connecting people to roles where they can succeed.
• Flexible, adaptive, upbeat, open and visible management style, with a successful record of accomplishment of managing senior operations leaders across a large geographically decentralized portfolio.
• Passion for people! Dynamic and engaged leader who has a passion for empowering, inspiring, motivating & developing team members.
• Exceptional organizational and communication skills with the ability to effectively balance priorities and deliver results in a fast-paced, ever-changing, and highly entrepreneurial environment.
• Feedback is a gift! Ability to provide constructive feedback and recognition to every member of the organization, to ensure we have an open and transparent culture of high-performance standards.
• High emotional intelligence with the ability to work with, and manage diverse teams by being highly empathetic, intuitive, self-motivated and driven.
• Teams Win! Has to be a team player who fosters a collaborative and engaged teamwork environment.
• Being a Brand Ambassador, with an excellent knowledge of and commitment to Paris Baguette’s Mission, Vision, Brand Values and Culture.

SWEET BENEFITS

• Competitive compensation
• Free Cake for your Birthday
• Medical, Dental, Vision benefits
• 401K Retirement Plan
• Paid time off, paid Holidays
• High Performance Culture