Sales Recruitment Consultant

Our Purpose...

To change people’s lives for the better through wellness. We are passionate about supporting people to lead healthy fulfilled lives by providing a space where they can focus on their physical, mental and social well-being. Our mission is to create an environment where wellness works for everyone. At Virgin Active wellness is not just about fitness- it’s about creating real experiences that support members in their holistic health journey. We provide a luxury wellness environment that fosters personal growth, community, and transformation. Our approach is accessible, inclusive, and built on the foundation of social wellness.

Our wellness offering is built on core pillars which define who we are and how we deliver on our promise:

1. Refreshing Real Experiences: Authentic, engaging experiences that inspire lasting wellness.
2. Holistic Wellness: A comprehensive approach integrating fitness, mental health, nutrition, and recovery.
3. Curated Guidance and Progress: Personalized coaching and programs to support sustainable progress.
4. Communities Without Conformity: Diverse, welcoming environments where everyone feels empowered.

Your Purpose...

1. Do the best work of your life by enabling experiences that help people live an active life.
2. Responsible for the planning, co-ordination and execution of the recruitment and selection process of Sales resources.
3. Support and manage all external sales recruitment within the applicable sales region/s.
4. Work closely and effectively with Regional Head of Sales and Area Sales Managers.

Your Duties and Responsibilities...

1. Manage and co-ordinate all external sales recruitment activities per region allocated.
2. Advertising all Sales Consultant vacancies via the relevant business recruitment tools, e.g., Pnet, LinkedIn, etc. as well as identifying additional advertising platforms suitable for the region, role and/or business overall.
3. Conduct CV and telephonic screening against the relevant minimum criteria for the Sales Consultant role (in accordance with the job description/specifications).
4. Manage the regional sales recruitment day calendar on a monthly/quarterly basis, with the relevant Regional Head of Sales.
5. Invite all shortlisted candidates to the recruitment day on a monthly basis.
6. Manage ad-hoc sales recruitment requests directly from the club.
7. Provide the Regional Head of Sales/ Area Sales Manager with a list of candidates prior to the recruitment day, at least 2-3 days prior to the day.
8. Ensure that all shortlisted candidates have gone through the internal vetting process (i.e. the re-employable status is checked for each shortlisted candidate).
9. Ensure the Regional Head of Sales and Area Sales Manager provide the appropriate feedback after the recruitment day that needs to be captured accordingly.
10. Manage the online assessments of candidates.
11. Oversee and manage the online feedback report, only to be sent to the Regional Head of Sales and Area Sales Managers.
12. Coach the Sales Managers through the online assessment report.
13. Ensure that the Sales Manager has conducted the final interview within the club, documented it and placed it in the employee staff file together with the reference checks.
14. Post open positions to online recruiting sites and newspapers, mail job announcements to organisations/contacts by electronic & hard copy methods for approval from the Director of Human Resources.
15. Advertise internal Sales staff vacancies on bulletin boards.
16. Develop and maintain a network of contacts to help identify and source qualified candidates, i.e., from internet online recruiting sources.
17. Ensure you build credible and trusting relationships with the sales division, in order to ensure consistency in the recruitment process.
18. Provide input to the development of any recruitment processes and methodologies statistical, assess and recommend revision as needed.
19. Prepare relevant reports as required by the sales division.
20. Establish a strong rapport with the regional head of Sales, Area Sales Manager and Sales Manager to understand needs and fill vacancies in a timely manner.
21. Manage communications between all parties within the recruitment processes.
22. Track applicant flow, maintain a pipeline of qualified candidates for future consideration, help collate and analyse recruitment data.
23. Build and maintain a database of qualified professionals to rapidly respond to staffing needs.
24. Demonstrate sensitivity and discretion when handling confidential information.
25. Ability to travel, as required, to the field offices.
26. Implement and ensure adherence to the organization’s overarching recruitment strategy and policy by recruitment training and refresher courses.

Our Minimum Requirements...

We can’t live without… (Minimum Requirements)

1. Matric Qualification.
2. Relevant tertiary qualification in Human Resources ideal.
3. 2-3 years recruitment consulting/ administration experience.
4. Good understanding of sound, best practice recruitment and selection methodology.
5. Must have solid experience and a successful track record in working high volumes of recruitment.
6. Must have a good understanding of recruitment advertising channels and processes.
7. The ability to work as part of a team as well as independently.
8. Must have excellent administration and coordination skills.
9. Must have good and demonstrable understanding of the sales environment.
10. Ability to work within a fast-paced environment where meeting deadlines and multi-tasking is a necessity.
11. Must have excellent communication skills with the ability to communicate at all levels of the organization.
12. Must have the ability to build solid, credible relationships with the sales division.
13. The ability to travel from time to time within your region.
14. Must be values-led, confidential and with a high degree of integrity.

We’d like you to have… (Attributes)

1. The ability to influence decisions at all levels.
2. Adaptability (must be able to adapt to a fast-paced, changing environment).
3. Be curious (must be willing to succeed, seek opportunities to learn and grow).
4. Have a winning mentality (must be willing to go over and above to achieve success).
5. Must be motivated to achieve success.
6. A commitment to making a difference in people’s lives.
7. A Growth mindset.
8. The ability to work independently.
9. Trustworthiness (must always act in doing the right thing).
10. A drive to create moments of magic for our members.
11. The ability to make decisions and take ownership and responsibility for the decision.
12. Action orientation.

We’d Love You To Have… (additional Skills)

1. The ability to maintain and expand the customer base through leading and coaching sales.
2. Wellness knowledge, to engage and inspire others to take a holistic approach to wellness.
3. The ability to be agile.
4. The ability to be collaborative.
5. High Interpersonal skills (EQ).