Recruitment Consultant

02 Reed Specialist Recruitment Ltd; Chester; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 31,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Uncapped bonus

Rewards & benefits

Training & career development

Health & wellbeing support

Job summary

Reed Education in Chester partners with schools across the area to recruit exceptional staff who make a difference to children and young people. You will engage with schools, build careers and help shape brighter futures every day, representing a trusted, long‑standing recruitment brand.

The role combines phone-based business development, candidate interviewing and client meetings to meet KPI targets while upholding compliance.

Qualifications

• Experience in recruitment, teaching, or sales is highly advantageous.
• Strong communication and negotiation skills.
• Ethical approach to recruitment with a focus on quality and compliance.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and develop business from existing clients and engage with new ones.
• Perform phone-based sales calls to grow your desk through active business development.
• Attend client meetings to convert non-users to active clients.
• Interview and expand your pool of candidates to meet the needs of the clients.
• Meet KPI targets and adhere to audit and compliance requirements.

Skills

Communication

Negotiation

Attention to detail

Target driven

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 £27,500 - £30,500

Job Description

With Reed's education business, you'll partner with schools across Chester and the surrounding areas to solve one of education's biggest challenges: finding exceptional people who can make a genuine difference to children and young people. You'll support schools, build careers, and help shape brighter futures every single day. For over 65 years, Reed has been helping organisations and individuals achieve more. Our Education division works with schools throughout the UK and is supported by industry-leading technology, a vast network of education professionals, and a culture that puts people first. Schools know Reed. Candidates know Reed. When you pick up the phone, you're representing one of the UK's most established recruitment businesses with decades of trust and credibility behind you

Day-to-day of the role

• Maintain and develop business from existing clients and engage with new ones.
• Perform phone-based sales calls to grow your desk through active business development.
• Attend client meetings to convert non-users to active clients.
• Interview and expand your pool of candidates to meet the needs of the clients.
• Meet KPI targets and adhere to audit and compliance requirements.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Experience in recruitment, teaching, or sales is highly advantageous.
• Strong communication and negotiation skills.
• Excellent attention to detail and time management.
• Proactive and driven, with a commitment to achieving targets.
• Ethical approach to recruitment with a focus on quality and compliance.

What you can expect

• Competitive salary with uncapped bonus plus extensive rewards & benefits.
• Incentive schemes including holiday vouchers, spend-as-you-wish vouchers, and the chance to win a luxury electric vehicle.
• Access to industry-leading training and career development opportunities.
• 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 plus much more!

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.

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.