Recruiter

Aligra Personnel Ltd; West of England; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee Assistance Programme

Mental Health Support

Development Fund

Annual Recognition and Awards

Extra Days Off

Team Days and Parties

Critical Illness Cover

Job summary

Aligra Personnel Ltd in South Wales is seeking a motivated Recruiter to connect great candidates with the right roles and support clients with their hiring needs. You’ll start with structured development, gain REC qualifications, and follow a clear path toward promotion and leadership within Aligra, while contributing to expansion and maintaining a people-first culture.

This fast-paced, results-driven role rewards initiative, collaboration, and excellent communication as you build client

Qualifications

• Desirable: Previous experience in recruitment or a similar sales environment.
• Desirable: Experience recruiting for warehouse and driving roles.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Proactive, results-oriented mindset with a focus on achieving targets.
• Familiarity with job boards and recruitment software is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Client Engagement: Build and nurture relationships with new and existing clients, both over the phone and face to face, understanding their hiring needs, and creating attractive adverts.
• Candidate Discovery: Identify and attract potential candidates through various channels, screening thorough interviews and assessments.
• Recruitment Process: Manage the end-to-end temporary and permanent recruitment processes, from advertising to placing candidates in suitable roles. Ensuring compliance throughout.
• Targets and Reporting: Meet and exceed individual and team targets, maintain accurate records in our recruitment software.
• Staff training and progression: Working closely with other members of the team sharing your experience and knowledge and upskilling them in the process.
• Business development: Identifying new business to approach and confidently bringing on new clients through face to face interactions, cold calling and other social media platforms.
• Branch manager pathway: Working closely with the Branch manager on your own progression to begin your own pathway into becoming a branch manager.
• Leading the branch: Becoming the face of the branch in all aspects of day to day operations with clients, candidates and Aligra staff
• Compliance first: Have an excellent understanding of compliance to ensure all aspects of compliance are at 100% and ensuring the team follows this structure.
• In house expert: Become the lead on all inhouse platforms to ensure new team members can be skilled on this and all systems are being used correctly.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Target driven

Recruitment experience

Warehouse recruiting

Recruitment software

Tools

Recruitment software

Job boards

Job description

We’re more than just a recruitment agency. We’re an innovative, award-winning team recently named one of the Top 10 Best Places to Work 2025 by The Sunday Times.

With branches across the country, a people-first culture, and big growth still ahead, we’re building something we’re genuinely proud of. We promote from within, keep our attrition low, and back our teams with the tools and autonomy to thrive.

As part of our 2025 expansion, we’re on the lookout for a motivated, results-focused Recruiter to join our South Wales team.

The Role

As a Recruiter, you’ll be hands‑on — connecting great candidates with the right roles and supporting clients with their hiring needs. It’s fast‑moving, people‑focused, and gives you the chance to make a real impact every day.

Our South Wales branch is picking up speed and we’re looking for someone who can help build on that momentum. You’ll start with structured development, gain your REC qualifications, and follow a clear path toward promotion and leadership within Aligra.

What we offer

• Basic salary between £27,000 – £30,000 per annum, depending on experience.
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP).
• Mental Health Support.
• Professional Development Fund of £1000 per year for courses & qualifications.
• Annual Recognition and Awards.
• Extra Days Off & Length of Service benefits.
• Team Days, Summer and Christmas Parties.
• Critical Illness Cover.

All part of what makes us one of the UK’s Best Places to Work.

Key Responsibilities

• Client Engagement: Build and nurture relationships with new and existing clients, both over the phone and face to face, understanding their hiring needs, and creating attractive adverts.
• Candidate Discovery: Identify and attract potential candidates through various channels, screening thorough interviews and assessments.
• Recruitment Process: Manage the end-to-end temporary and permanent recruitment processes, from advertising to placing candidates in suitable roles. Ensuring compliance throughout.
• Targets and Reporting: Meet and exceed individual and team targets, maintain accurate records in our recruitment software.
• Staff training and progression: Working closely with other members of the team sharing your experience and knowledge and upskilling them in the process.
• Business development: Identifying new business to approach and confidently bringing on new clients through face to face interactions, cold calling and other social media platforms.
• Branch manager pathway: Working closely with the Branch manager on your own progression to begin your own pathway into becoming a branch manager.
• Leading the branch: Becoming the face of the branch in all aspects of day to day operations with clients, candidates and Aligra staff
• Compliance first: Have an excellent understanding of compliance to ensure all aspects of compliance are at 100% and ensuring the team follows this structure.
• In house expert: Become the lead on all inhouse platforms to ensure new team members can be skilled on this and all systems are being used correctly.

Qualifications and Experience

• Desirable: Previous experience in recruitment or a similar sales environment.
• Desirable: Experience recruiting for warehouse and driving roles.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Proactive, results-oriented mindset with a focus on achieving targets.
• Familiarity with job boards and recruitment software is a plus.

We’re looking forward to hearing from you.

Aligra has been a trusted recruitment partner since 2007, specialising in talent management and recruitment for various sectors, including Automotive and Engineering, Driving and Industrial, Hospitality & Events, and Professional and Executive industries. As an equal opportunity employer, and we value diversity in our workforce. We are committed to creating an inclusive and supportive workplace for all employees