Urban Italian Group is one of Europe's fastest-growing hospitality groups, bringing together distinctive restaurant brands, passionate people and memorable guest experiences. 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. Manage day-to-day HR operations and administration throughout the employee lifecycle.
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. You have previous experience in an HR Generalist, HR Operations, or similar role.
You have experience working in hospitality, ideally within the restaurant industry.
You have a strong understanding of Spanish labour law and collective agreements.
You're familiar with payroll processes, HR administration, and working with external suppliers.
You're comfortable working with HR systems, employee data, and reporting tools.
You're fluent in both Spanish and English.
Build your career across multiple brands and countries.
Urban Italian Group is committed to fair and inclusive recruitment. If you need a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the selection process, please tell our Talent Acquisition Team. #

📌 HR Specialist (Madrid)
🏢 Urban Italian Group
📍 Madrid