Associate Director, Industrial Recruitment

Talent Lift Limited; Liverpool; Remote; GBP 59,000 - 72,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Flexible base location

Job summary

Talent Lift Limited is seeking an Associate Director for Industrial Recruitment to lead several office locations in Northern England. You will hold full P&L responsibility and oversee branch managers, guiding growth for a major industrial recruitment business.

Agency-side recruitment experience is essential. The role demands strategic leadership, performance management, and the ability to scale operations, with a base location flexible and a competitive package including £65,000 plus bonus and

Qualifications

• Agency-side recruitment experience is essential.
• Experience running multiple office locations or branches.
• P&L management responsibility and leadership experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead multiple office locations across Northern England.
• Provide strategic leadership to branch managers and teams.
• Own full P&L responsibility and influence growth strategy.

Skills

Agency recruitment experience

Job description

Associate Director, Industrial Recruitmentc.£65,000 + bonus + benefitsNorthern England (base location flexible)

21st October, 2026

Associate Director, Industrial Recruitment

c.£65,000 + bonus + benefits

Northern England (base location flexible)

We’re seeking a recruitment professional within industrial/volume recruitment, to run a number of office locations for a leading recruitment agency. You’ll be responsible for a number of branches (not onsites), providing leadership to the managers within each location.

Our client is one the UK’s largest recruitment firms. They are very financially secure, with a great reputation for developing and looking after their people. The firm is in growth-mode and they’ve made steady gains in market share over recent times. You’ll be joining them in a pivotal position, to assist with their future growth plans.

You’ll be given full P&L responsibility and plenty of decision making ability. A strong package is available, along with lots of scope for further career growth.

Please kindly note that agency-side recruitment experience is essential for this position - it is not an internal recruitment/TA position.

Talent Lift are senior level recruitment specialists. Recruiting for leadership roles for Global Staffing, Executive Search and Consulting firms. We also work with a range of investors and their portfolio companies.

We provide recruitment and human capital advisory services for:

• Staffing and Executive Search Firms
• Management Consultancies and Human Capital Consulting Firms
• Early-stage / fast-growth investor backed businesses

Recruiting for senior and executive positions, including:

• Board level / leadership roles
• Director and manager positions

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