Executive Headhunter

Metzger Search & Selection; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading recruitment firm is seeking an Executive Headhunter to join their dynamic, small team on a freelance basis. This home-based position requires a professional with experience in Executive Search or Headhunting, possessing strong organisational skills and meticulous attention to detail. Responsibilities include understanding client requirements, composing job adverts, identifying talent, and providing analytics. Candidates are expected to thrive in a fast-paced environment, demonstrating expertise on platforms like LinkedIn Recruiter.

Qualifications

• Experience working in recruitment or client-side environments.
• Ability to manage multiple client briefs and solutions.

Responsibilities

• Work with Consultants to understand client briefs.
• Compose adverts to promote client roles.
• Utilise various tools to identify key talent.
• Interview candidates and provide detailed notes.
• Produce reports and analytics for clients.

Skills

Experience in an Executive Search, Headhunting or Resourcing environment

Meticulous attention to detail

Exceptional organisational skills

Strong understanding of Job Boards and LinkedIn Recruiter

Working knowledge of Boolean searching

Job description

Job Title: Executive Headhunter
Location: HOME BASED, UK
Contract Type: Freelance contractor

Metzger Search & Selection are a successful and growing boutique recruitment and search business who are looking for an experienced, professional Executive Headhunter to join our team on a freelance basis. We operate across all functions and most sectors nationally and internationally and due to the strength of our client relationships, have prospered through recent years.

In light of this, we are expanding our team and are looking for an individual who understands the recruitment process and has worked either in a recruitment business or client-side. The role is candidate facing, identifying the best individuals in the market.

Key responsibilities include:

• Working with Consultants to understand each client brief, discussing approaches and solutions to their requirements
• Composing adverts to promote clients’ roles and appeal to the right audience
• Utilising tools including research, headhunting, networking, social media, job boards, industry reports and referrals, to identify key talent
• Identifying and interviewing credible candidates, providing detailed notes for review
• Production of reports and analytics for clients

It is imperative that appropriate individuals have the following skills:

• Experience in an Executive Search, Headhunting or Resourcing environment
• Meticulous attention to detail and exceptional organisational skills
• Ability to prioritise workload and operate in a fast-paced environment, delivering to timescales
• Strong understanding of Job Boards, LinkedIn Recruiter, Industry press and a working knowledge of Boolean searching

If you relish the prospect of working from home on a freelance basis and joining our dynamic, small team and feel you are the person we are looking for, please send your CV in Word format, quoting reference 32539/LT/ED to [e-mail]. Please give details of your current remuneration package and availability and if your application is of interest, one of our Consultants will be in touch. We regret we cannot take telephone enquiries relating to this vacancy, due to the high level of responses expected.