Recruitment Consultant

Electus Recruitment Solutions; England; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Warm desk

Hybrid working

Uncapped commission

25 days holiday

Career progression

Job summary

Electus Recruitment Solutions is seeking an experienced Recruitment Consultant in Bournemouth. The role offers a warm desk, existing client relationships and live vacancies across Defence, Aerospace, Engineering, Energy, Cyber and Technology.

You can work on a 180 Delivery or 360 Recruiter path with genuine autonomy and support, in a hybrid setup with 1–2 days in the office. Attractive basic salary with uncapped commission awaits.

Qualifications

• Hands-on recruitment experience with live vacancies and client relationships.
• Ability to proactively source, headhunt and engage candidates at scale.
• Proven track record delivering high-quality shortlists and placements.

Responsibilities

• Proactively sourcing and headhunting specialist candidates.
• Engaging, qualifying and building relationships with candidates.
• Managing live vacancies from brief through to placement.
• Producing high-quality, targeted candidate shortlists.
• Managing interviews, offers and negotiations.
• Developing relationships with existing clients.
• Building specialist candidate and market networks.

Skills

Sourcing

Head hunting

Candidate management

Client relationship building

Autonomy

Tools

LinkedIn Recruiter

SourceBreaker

Bullhorn ATS/CRM

Paiger

Ringover

Job description

Recruitment Consultant - 180 Delivery or 360

Bournemouth | Hybrid - 1-2 days per week in the office

Competitive basic salary + uncapped commission

Warm desk | Established clients | Live vacancies | Genuine autonomy

Open to both 180 Delivery Consultants and 360 Recruiters

Great at recruitment? You don't have to love BD to join us. Electus Recruitment Solutions is looking for an experienced agency recruiter to join our established team in Bournemouth.

We're open-minded about what that person looks like.

You might be an experienced 360 Recruitment Consultant who enjoys developing clients and running your own desk. Or you might be a strong 180 Delivery Consultant / Resourcer who loves sourcing, headhunting and engaging candidates but doesn't want your success to depend on cold business development.

We're happy to consider both.

And importantly, this isn't a cold start.

You’ll join an established specialist recruitment business with existing client relationships, live vacancies and extensive networks across Defence, Aerospace, Engineering, Energy, Cyber and Technology.

The Opportunity

This is a hands‑on recruitment role at its core.

Depending on your experience and strengths, your role could focus predominantly on candidate delivery or operate as a full 360 position.

You’ll be involved in:

• Proactively sourcing and headhunting specialist candidates
• Engaging, qualifying and building relationships with candidates
• Managing live vacancies from brief through to placement
• Producing high‑quality, targeted candidate shortlists
• Managing interviews, offers and negotiations
• Developing relationships with existing clients
• Building your specialist candidate and market network

If you’re joining us in a 360 capacity, you’ll also have the freedom to develop new client relationships, identify opportunities and grow your accounts.

If your strengths are in 180 delivery, we’re equally happy to discuss a role where you can concentrate on what you do be…st – finding great candidates and filling roles.

A Warm Desk - Not a Standing Start

You won’t arrive on your first day to an empty CRM and be told to start cold calling.

We have established client relationships, live recruitment requirements and extensive candidate networks built over more than 20 years.

You’ll have genuine opportunities to work from the outset, while having the freedom to develop your role as you become established.

The Tools to Do Your Job Properly

We believe good recruiters should have access to the technology and resources they need to succeed.

You’ll have an extensive recruitment toolkit including LinkedIn Recruiter, SourceBreaker, Bullhorn ATS/CRM, Paiger, Ringover, leading candidate databases and job boards, plus access to our extensive existing candidate and client network.

We continue to invest in recruitment technology, sourcing tools and automation so our consultants can spend more time doing what matters – finding great people, speaking to clients and making placements.

Who Are We Looking For?

We’d like to speak with experienced agency recruiters who:

• Enjoy the hands‑on side of recruitment
• Are confident proactively sourcing and headhunting candidates
• Build strong candidate and client relationships
• Take pride in delivering a high‑quality service
• Want autonomy without unnecessary micromanagement
• Are motivated by making placements and achieving results
• Enjoy being part of a small, experienced and supportive team

Experience within Engineering, Defence, Aerospace, Cyber, Digital or Technology recruitment would be advantageous, but isn’t essential if you’re a strong agency recruiter who knows how to find and engage good candidates.

Agency recruitment experience is essential.

Why Electus?

We’re an established specialist recruitment consultancy with over 20 years’ experience supporting organisations across technical and engineering markets.

As an SME, you’ll be visible, trusted and able to make a genuine impact.

You’ll get:

• Warm desk with existing clients and live vacancies
• Choice of 180 Delivery or 360 recruitment
• Extensive recruitment technology and sourcing tools
• Competitive basic salary + uncapped commission
• No unnecessary KPIs or micromanagement
• Hybrid working - 1-2 days per week in Bournemouth
• Genuine autonomy and flexibility
• Established Defence, Engineering and Technology clients
• Access to specialist and security‑cleared candidate networks
• Supportive and experienced team
• 25 days' holiday with buy/sell option
• Additional holiday for hitting targets
• Monthly socials and annual incentive trips
• Career progression as your role develops

Interested? If you’re an experienced recruiter looking for a role where you can concentrate on actually recruiting – with the clients, vacancies, technology and support to do your job well – we’d love to hear from you.

Whether you’re an established 360 recruiter or a 180 delivery specialist who would rather focus on sourcing and filling vacancies than cold BD, we’re happy to have a conversation.

Applicants must live within a reasonable commutable distance of our Bournemouth office and be able to attend 1-2 days per week