Lead Recruitment Manager

Reed Talent Solutions; Colchester; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking a Lead Recruitment Manager to manage strategic partnerships and oversee employer engagement strategies. This role involves significant travel across multiple locations in Essex, with responsibilities including managing employer accounts and driving business development initiatives. Candidates should have experience in sales management and a background in recruitment or similar fields. This fixed-term contract offers a competitive salary and various benefits.

Benefits

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Reed Pension Scheme

Management & Leadership training

Professional & Personal Development Funds

Bi-annual pay reviews

Qualifications

• Experience in sales focused role especially in recruitment or welfare-to-work sector.
• Minimum 6 months experience in sales management.
• Experience in people management, mentoring, and coaching.
• Track record of meeting targets, with a minimum of 2 years experience.
• Demonstrable proficiency in IT.

Responsibilities

• Create and implement employer engagement strategies.
• Lead and motivate a team for optimal performance.
• Identify employment growth opportunities and run events.
• Manage large employer accounts and coordinate campaigns.
• Track effectiveness of engagement activities.

Skills

Sales management

People management

Account management

Business development

Performance management

Education

2 A-Levels or equivalent Level 3 Diploma

GCSE English Language Grade B or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Microsoft PowerPoint

Job description

Overview

Have you got experience of working in a sales focused role?

Have you got at least 6 months management experience?

Consider the role of a Lead Recruitment Manager at Reed in Partnership!

This role is an 8 month fixed-term contract

What is the role about?

The Lead Recruitment Manager reports to the Head of Delivery Support and plays a crucial role in managing strategic partnerships with key sector bodies. Their focus is on local growth sectors within the contract or region they operate in. In addition to overseeing employer engagement strategy, the Lead Recruitment Manager works closely with large regional employers to secure bulk vacancies. They collaborate with sector bodies, our Curriculum Team, and employers to develop Sector Routeways that align with employer and sector needs. These routeways are coordinated to take place over the course of a month.

Building and maintaining excellent local relationships is a priority for the Lead Recruitment Manager. This ensures they can understand and influence local employment initiatives, seamlessly integrating our services with existing offerings.

The Lead Recruitment Manager will, in addition to these duties, be expected to manage their own large employer accounts and will have personal targets to achieve linked these accounts, this will include pre-screening candidates and managing the whole recruitment process in support with Operations Teams.

This role will be covering multiple offices, including Colchester, Clacton, Basildon, Chelmsford, Harlow and Southend so you must be willing to travel. Therefore access to your own vehicle is essential.

Responsibilities

• Employer Engagement Strategy- you will be responsible for the creation, implementation, and continuous development of an employer engagement strategy for their area of responsibility.
• People motivation, coaching and development- you ensure the smooth running and productive dynamics of the team by acting as a lynchpin between all key roles involved in the customer journey towards sustained employment.
• Business Development Activity- you will be responsible for identifying employment growth opportunities both short-term and longer-term, devising, running and attending appropriate events to promote our services and proactively supporting the development of new skills and/or work initiatives to ensure our participants can access such opportunities
• Account Management- you will be responsible for managing large employer accounts across both Reed and our supply chain acting as their single point of contact. Co-ordinates multi-location campaigns ensure there is both a consistent and joined up approach to delivery on the employers' needs.
• Performance Management- you will be responsible for tracking and managing the effectiveness of employer engagement activity across the region. Working collaboratively with Operations Managers they will support, coach and guide Recruitment Managers to effectively find, promote and fill vacancies.

What’s in it for you?

A generous base salary (pro-rata for part time), and great flexibility with your working schedule, we offer training, development and progression opportunities. You will have access to the range of Reed in Partnership benefits, which include:

• 25 days annual leave (pro-rata for part time) plus statutory bank holidays
• Reed Pension Scheme
• Award Winning Management & Leadership training
• Professional & Personal Development Funds
• Bi-annual pay reviews
• Plus much more that can be found on our website
• With the chance to dramatically make a difference to the local community, this role offers immense job satisfaction.
• At Reed in Partnership, we live and breathe our values in every decision and action taken, resulting in a collaborative and enjoyable culture within our offices. Our company values - we are fair open and honest; we take ownership, and we work together.

To be successful in this role

Essential Attainments:

• Experience of working in a sales focused role within a business-to-business sales environment, recruitment, welfare-to-work or similar sector is desirable.
• Experience of sales management including the supervision of an individuals'/teams' delivery and/or output (minimum 6 months experience).
• Experience of people management including supporting, mentoring and coaching and developing an individual.
• Experience of the administration or delivery of recruitment or assessment processes.
• A personal track record of working towards and achieving targets (minimum 2 years' experience).
• A minimum of 2 A-Levels or an equivalent Level 3 Diploma.
• GCSE English Language at a minimum of a Grade B (or equivalent Level 2 qualification). OR achievement of a Level 2 in Literacy Assessment at interview stage.
• Experience of working as part of a multi-function service delivery team.
• Demonstrable proficiency in IT and a good grasp of Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint specifically.

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 reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity. We offer a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria.