Business Manager

02 Reed Specialist Recruitment Ltd; Plymouth; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car allowance

Uncapped bonus on desk

Health & wellbeing resources

Career development opportunities

25 days holiday

Job summary

Reed Plymouth is seeking a Business Manager to lead the education recruitment desk, drive performance, and inspire a small specialist team. You will run a high-performing desk, own P&L responsibilities, and engage with client schools through meetings and visits.

The role offers a competitive £40,000–£42,000 salary with an uncapped bonus, car allowance, and extensive rewards as part of Reed’s recognised UK brand in recruitment. Experience in education recruitment is highly advantageous.

Qualifications

• Proven track record of success in recruitment, preferably in education sector recruitment.
• Experience in day-to-day supply, long-term placement and permanent recruitment for schools.
• Strong leadership with a strategic and positive mindset.
• Excellent motivational and inspirational skills to lead a team.

Responsibilities

• Develop business opportunities through outbound calling, meetings, and networking.
• Maintain and enhance relationships with school clients to ensure service and retention.
• Pursue new client opportunities to extend branch reach and impact.
• Lead, manage and develop the team through coaching and continuous improvement.
• Drive growth of recruitment services and meet ambitious targets.

Skills

Leadership

Recruitment experience

Business development

Client meetings

P&L management

Driver

Job description

Reed is the most recognised recruitment brand in the UK, with a rich history and reputation for improving lives through work, for over 60 years. Delivering recruitment solutions with many household brands throughout the UK and globally, we find new jobs and careers for people from many different backgrounds across multiple business sectors. We look for people who enjoy an inclusive and collaborative environment, who strive for performance and celebrate team success, in a rewarding career.

Pay Range £40,000 - £42,000.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Business Manager to lead the Reed Plymouth office in the education sector. We are seeking a highly motivated and driven individual with a passion for success to manage our high performing education team. As a Business Manager you will run a successful recruitment desk, leading from the front to motivate and inspire a small specialist team. You will demonstrate expertise as a recruiter in your own specialist market and act as an example to your team in candidate and client facing activities as set out in the Consultants role profiles.

Day to Day of the role:

• Developing business opportunities through targeted outbound calling, attending sales meetings, sales presentations, client visits and networking events.


• Maintain and enhance relationships with existing school clients, ensuring high levels of service and retention.


• Actively pursue new client opportunities to expand the branch’s reach and impact.


• Lead, manage, and develop the team through a culture of coaching and continuous improvement.


• Drive the growth of day-to-day, long-term, and permanent recruitment services, setting and achieving ambitious targets.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• Proven track record of success in recruitment, whether from a primary, secondary, or SEN desk background is highly advantageous.


• Experience in day-to-day supply, long-term placement, and permanent recruitment for schools is highly desirable.


• Strong leadership qualities with a strategic and positive mindset.


• Excellent motivational and inspirational skills to lead a team effectively.


• Ability to manage an office with full P&L responsibility and a focus on business development.


• Car driver, for client meetings, recruitment events, and other business requirements.

What you can expect:

• Competitive salary with uncapped bonus on your own desk, plus car allowance, and extensive rewards & benefits.


• Incentive schemes including holiday vouchers, spend-as-you-wish vouchers, and the chance to win a luxury electric vehicle every year!


• Access to industry-leading training and career development opportunities.


• 25 days holiday plus Bank Holidays and option to purchase additional holiday too.


• Personal development funding and discount with Reed Courses.


• Access to Reed Reward Hub with access to wellbeing resources, gym discounts, savings with online shopping and cashback.


• Health cash plan giving you cashback on everyday healthcare expenses.

All job offers are subject to satisfactory references and compliance with vetting requirements applicable to the job role. Reed is an equal opportunities employer. We aim to ensure that no candidate or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, race, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity. We are a Mindful Employer and offer a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria. As a proud signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant, we welcome applications from ex-services personnel, reservists and cadets and offer a guaranteed interview for applicants who meet the minimum criteria.

Feel what it’s like to truly belong.

We’re never afraid to ask, \"What’s next?\" Inspiration comes from knowing the work you do really matters and, as trailblazers in our field, the value of what we do every day is obvious. We are a family business with a rich history and a purpose of improving lives through work, for people and organisations worldwide. Our inclusive and collaborative approach, combined with an unwavering belief in our long-standing core values, means that we genuinely trust and work hard for each other. We have built a dynamic culture where individual achievement is celebrated and succeeding as a team is revered. A supportive environment, where careers are developed and futures are forged. Feel what it’s like to truly belong.

Our story In the early 1960s, Reed pioneered specialist recruitment in the UK. Seven decades on, we have become the world’s largest family-run recruitment business, with offices spanning across the UK, Europe, USA, the Middle East and East Asia. With access to the UK’s largest candidate database and expertise across 20 specialist sectors, we are committed to ensuring that people are at the heart of everything we do to ensure we fulfil our purpose: improving lives through work.