Recruitment Consultant

Medirest Signature; London; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 35,000

Job description

Recruitment Consultant

Career Teachers, London

Hours: Monday to Friday: 07:00 - 17:00 (Term Time) and 08:00 - 12:00 or 12:00 - 16:00 (School Holidays)
Working pattern: Hybrid
Salary: £30,000 - £35,000 + Uncapped Commission (DOE)

The opportunity:

Do you want to work for a Sunday Times top 100 Workplace? Career Teachers are looking for an ambitious, target-driven and customer-focused Recruitment Consultant to join us in London, specialising within Secondary Education Recruitment across the East of London.

You will join a team of highly experienced and supportive consultants committed to delivering first-class recruitment services to schools and trusts across London (and surrounding areas). We are a business that thrives on collaboration, and we are seeking an individual to support us as we continue in our journey and mission to provide high-quality supply to both new and existing customers.

Being one of the largest education recruitment agencies in the UK, people are our key focus. We strive to create lasting relationships with candidates and clients enabling us to provide the best recruitment service possible.

Our Career Teachers office is located in Soho Square, London with excellent tube links. We are proud to offer our people the very best professional support and development, allowing every individual the opportunity to succeed and forge their own career.

We provide you with full on the job training, career development opportunities and a chance to succeed within a career in education recruitment!

Key Role Responsibilities:

1. Manage the end-to-end recruitment process for education-based roles.
2. Build and nurture strong relationships with existing clients, ensuring their staffing needs are met efficiently and effectively.
3. Proactively engage in business development activities to establish new partnerships with schools and educational institutions.
4. Identify and attract high-quality candidates for education positions through various sourcing methods.
5. Develop and maintain strong business relationships through both face-to-face and remote interactions.
6. Demonstrate a high level of motivation and take ownership of your desk, treating it as your own mini business.
7. Showcase your drive to succeed and build a thriving career within the education recruitment sector.

What you will need to succeed:

1. Excellent communication skills - both written and verbal
2. Excellent organisational skills
3. Experience of working to and achieving targets
4. A minimum of 12 months experience in either a Recruitment OR Sales role.
5. Excellent commercial acumen.
6. Ability to manage and prioritise your workload.
7. To be highly motivated to achieve your own personal and team goals.
8. To be ambitious to work in the Recruitment industry and to be committed to developing yourself both professionally and personally.
9. To conduct yourself professionally with both your internal colleagues and external customers.
10. Ability to follow direction and work as part of a team.
11. To attend industry related events such as careers fairs; university engagement meetings and industry events (where required).

Our 6 Core values are at the heart of everything we do:

1. Collaborative - We encourage our workforce to work together to achieve goals.
2. Committed - We are passionate about our people and the service we provide.
3. Mindful - We promote a supportive, positive, open workplace culture.
4. Mentors - We guide, coach and motivate our employees to achieve their goals.
5. Sustainable - We are committed to delivering an efficient, effective service to provide a sustainable future for all.
6. Spirited - We encourage our workforce to strive to do the right thing, the right way, for the right reasons.