Hiring Now: Chef Recruitment Consultant – Join Our Manchester Team!
Salary: £28,481 – £32,753 p/a (depending on experience) + Company Benefits + Bonus
Passionate about the hospitality industry but ready for a new challenge off the kitchen floor? Or an experienced recruiter looking to grow your desk? If your answer is “yes!”, read on!
Arc is looking for a specialist Chef Recruitment Consultant to join our Manchester team. This role is all about recruiting chefs and kitchen support staff, running your desk, and growing our business across Manchester and the surrounding regions.
Who We’re Looking For:
Ex-chefs or Recruitment Experts: You don’t need to have been a chef, but if you have Back of House experience, even better.
High Street Recruitment Experience: Have you run a desk before? Proven success growing a desk and expanding a client base? This is your chance to scale.
Staffing Expertise: Knowledge of casual/agency staff, managing timesheets, scheduling, and running check-ins would be an advantage.
Regional Knowledge: Experience recruiting chefs and staffing in Manchester is a bonus.
We seek demonstrable experience and success in recruiting chefs or similar roles. You will be confident, organised, and able to work independently while also supporting the wider operational needs of the team.
What You’ll Be Doing:
- Recruit and staff kitchens across Manchester.
- Run your own chef desk, grow it, and expand our business.
- Conduct chef check-ins and manage timesheets.
- Build and maintain relationships with chefs, clients, and your accounts.
- Be called upon to support the Manchester Hub operations as and when required.
- Attend events for on-site team support, giving your week variety beyond the office.
Typical working week: Around 40 hours p/w (5 days out of 7), mostly office-based, with off-site visits for client check-ins and events.
Why This Role Rocks:
- Build and grow your own desk while being part of a high-energy, ambitious team in a great co-working office space in the heart of Manchester City Centre.
- Get involved in some of the UK’s top hospitality events and venues.
- Take ownership of your clients, your desk, and your success, which will all contribute to Arc’s Exceptional Performance Profit Share Bonus.
About Arc:
We’re one of the UK’s leading event staffing specialists, supplying top-class people to sports venues, caterers, hotels, and tourist attractions. For 15+ years, we’ve grown steadily, driven by our values: we care, we’re honest, we deliver.
What We Offer:
- Competitive salary + bonus scheme
- 30 days’ annual leave inclusive of bank holidays
- Private healthcare (Aviva) & Bupa for routine treatments
- Fully paid monthly study leave for learning and development
- Enhanced company pension
- Volunteer leave
- Life cover (4x salary)
- Employee Assistance Programme (face-to-face & 24/7 counselling)
- Social events, company conferences, and celebrations
- Referral bonuses
- Relocation opportunities
- Enhanced maternity & paternity pay
If you’re driven, organised, and ready to make a real impact in chef recruitment, whether you’re an ex-chef or a recruitment pro, we want to hear from you!
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Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: £28,481.00-£32,753.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company events
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Private medical insurance
- Sick pay
Work Location: In person
