Director of Human Resources / Head of HR

Our Purpose is to change the way the world eats and to deliver on that purpose Our Goal is to be a great place to work where you can learn, grow, and develop both personally and professionally.

At Urban Plates restaurants we believe that everyone deserves to eat this good!
Our Purpose - is to have a profoundly positive impact on the way the world eats.
Our Mission - is we make craveable, wholesome and clean food accessible to all.
Our Plan - is to serve food you crave made from scratch with quality ingredients at an honest value in an always kind way.
We are offering an exciting and unique opportunity for a Director of Human Resources to be the Head of HR, reporting directly to our President, leading the HR function for over 800 team members from our restaurant Support Center office in beautiful Solana Beach, CA.
Urban Plates currently owns and operates 21 fast-casual, high-volume restaurants in CA, with a new opening scheduled for Davis, CA in fall of this year. Urban Plates promises our team members clarity, belonging, preparation, support, development, and opportunity.
We offer a competitive base salary with a range of between $145 - $165K, up to 15% bonus, and a comprehensive benefit plan (effective on the 1st of the month following hire) that includes -

• Medical/ Dental/ Vision
• Life and AD&D
• Supplemental Life and AD&D
• Basic Long-Term Disability
• Employee Assistance program
• Accident Insurance/ Hospital Indemnity Insurance/ Flexible Spending
• Pet Insurance

This position is in-person located in Solana Beach, CA (near San Diego) and requires that you have the ability to commute to this location which is where our restaurant Support Center is located.
We are seeking someone that possesses -

• Progressive experience as a Human Resources professional with 3 - 5 years plus experience as a Director of HR, or Senior HR Manager role, leading a small team but are also involved hands on with the day-to-day HR responsibilities.
• Expertise and experience with CA employment law and compliance.
• Has experience with an HCM (Dayforce/Ceridian preferred but not essential), with strong electronic systems, processes, and workflows for the full life cycle of the team member experience.
• Experience with LMS, ATS, POS, and time/ attendance electronic platforms.
• Experience in HR in restaurants, hospitality, or retail with multiple sites is strongly preferred.
• Experience in employee relations, compensation and benefits, performance management, risk management, compliance, safety, and management of Workers Compensation and LOAs.
• Experience with companies with 500-2000 TMs (medium sized) preferred.
• Bilingual English and Spanish a plus!

If you have a passion for food/ hospitality and people, we would love to hear from you!
Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered in accordance with the Fair Chance ordinance and the Fair Chance Act.

Urban Plates LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer.