Senior Recruitment Consultant

Are you seeking career growth in agency recruitment? YES
Would you like to be part of a multi-time awarded 'Recruitment Company of the Year'? YES
Would you like exclusive access to business opportunities that your competitors can't match? YES
Are you a self-motivated, determined, hardworking, and money-driven individual? YES

Due to our expansion, we are offering you the chance to join an award-winning education recruitment agency as a Senior Education Recruitment Consultant to lead the growth of a newer region. You'll receive a competitive base salary ranging from £25,000 to £40,000, depending on your experience, along with ample opportunities for career advancement and a high earning potential.

WHO WILL YOU BE JOINING?
Established in the Midlands for 16 years with expansion across Greater Manchester and South Yorkshire over the past 2 years; you will be an integral part of a multi-time award-winning 'Recruitment Company of the Year' as announced by APSCo and 'leading recruitment agencies' as announced by the Financial Times boasting over 200 years of recruitment experience. We are an independent agency and one of only eight national agencies included in the government education CCS Lot 1 & 2 framework, CPS framework, and the PSL for multiple MATs. This unique position grants you access to a wealth of business opportunities that our competitors can't match!

As a member of our team, you can join various committees dedicated to community and charity work, diversity, equity, and inclusion (D, E & I), mental health and well-being, and don't forget the annual, paid for, overseas conference!?

WHAT IS YOUR ROLE?
As a Senior Education Recruitment Consultant, your primary responsibility will be to develop Smile's presence across the South Yorkshire region, recruiting teaching staff, both on a temporary and permanent basis for schools. This role encompasses the full 360-degree recruitment process, which includes cold calling and new business development, as well as candidate sourcing and interviewing.

You should possess resilience and tenacity, along with excellent communication skills to build authentic relationships, which are crucial for success. You must be determined, self-motivated, and goal-oriented, capable of problem-solving and thinking on your feet to meet targets in a dynamic environment.

The role offers flexibility dependent on location for either remote if based in or around Sheffield or hybrid if you are commutable to our Manchester or Birmingham office.

WHAT WILL YOU BE RESPONSIBLE FOR?

• Developing business and presence in a newer South Yorkshire region.
• Achieving weekly KPIs and targets with support from your team.
• Building relationships with schools using various business development tools.
• Recruiting staff through various techniques, including adverts, job board sourcing, creating a robust social media presence, and headhunting.
• Conducting telephone, virtual, and face-to-face interviews with candidates.
• Collaborating with the specialised compliance team to ensure candidates meet all necessary requirements to work.
• Working proactively and swiftly to fulfil your clients' vacancy needs.

ARE YOU IDEAL FOR THIS ROLE?

• Previous education recruitment experience is essential, not afraid of the challenge of developing a newer region.
• Experience working in a fast-paced, targeted, and high-pressured sales position.
• Possess an investigative nature and experience in asking open-ended questions.
• Accountable, results-focused, tenacious, resilient, and adaptable.
• You should be tenacious and resilient, with the confidence to build authentic relationships at all levels.
• Solution-focused problem solver and a team player.
• Committed, proactive, self-motivated, and reliable.
• Maintain a stable work history with the ability to explain reasons for leaving previous positions.
• Driving Licence.

WHAT WILL BE YOUR WORKING HOURS?
During term time, your hours will be 7 am to 5 pm (with a 4 pm finish on Fridays). After your probation period, the hours will be 7:30 am to 4:30 pm. In school holidays, you will work from 9 am to 3:30 pm.

WHAT WILL SOME OF YOUR BENEFITS BE?

• A base salary of £25,000 to £40,000+, dependent on experience.
• Exclusive access to business opportunities unavailable to our competitors.
• Clear and extensive progression opportunities.
• Attractive and uncapped commission structure with no threshold from day one where top performers can earn an OTE package of £100,000+.
• Comprehensive training and support from a company with over 200 years of combined recruitment experience.
• 24-35 days of annual leave (depending on experience), plus all Bank Holidays.
• An additional day off on your birthday.
• Annual overseas conference for EVERYONE in the business (previous locations have included Portugal, Barcelona, Ibiza, and Mallorca).
• A 3:30 pm finish during school holidays and a 4 pm finish every Friday.
• The flexibility of remote working or hybrid in our Manchester/Birmingham offices.
• The opportunity to join our various committees.

WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?
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