Recruitment Consultant

Vision for Education Ltd; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Vision for Education Ltd in Newcastle is recruiting a Recruitment Consultant to join a high-performing, energetic team serving SEND schools across the North East. You will drive new business, source top teaching and support staff, and build lasting client relationships while achieving ambitious targets.

The role offers uncapped commission, a dynamic office culture, and clear progression paths within the Edwin Group.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication and sales skills.
• Driver's license essential.
• Ability to manage own workload and meet deadlines.
• Self-motivated and resilient with initiative.
• Professional and ethical approach to business.
• Able to forge relationships over the phone and face-to-face.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain a large client base across SEND schools in the North East.
• Use sales, business development and marketing techniques to attract new business.
• Visit client schools to build strong working relationships.
• Use social media to advertise positions and attract candidates.
• Head-hunt and approach suitable candidates who may already be in work.
• Coordinate CVs, applications and interviews for client vacancies.
• Manage bookings and candidate references using the Salesforce system.
• Support sponsorship activities for client schools.

Skills

Communication skills

Sales skills

Time management

Organisational skills

Self-motivation

Resilience

Initiative

Customer service

Relationship building

Tools

Salesforce

Job description

We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic Recruitment Consultant to join our successful, fun, lively and high performing team in Newcastle, where you will be working with SEND schools across the North East area.

Vision for Education is part of The Edwin Group - named in The Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2025. Rated as 'Excellent' by our staff in all categories and recognised as having industry leading and world-class levels of employee engagement across the Group.

We are looking to appoint a highly motivated Recruitment Consultant to join our successful, fun and lively team in Newcastle, where you will be working with SEND schools across the North East area. This is a fantastic opportunity to join the market leaders in education recruitment, recruiting high-quality teaching and support staff for short, long-term placements and permanent roles.

We have a growing team and with clear progression up to Branch Manager, the chance to earn an uncapped amount of commission, and a team orientated and fun office, there has never been a better time to join Vision for Education.

We are proud to be different and there is no one 'Vision for Education' consultant we are all different, but all united by our drive to be the best, and our strong work and team culture.

The role:

Vision for Education can offer an unrivalled service to both schools and teachers.

You will provide a vital link between clients and candidates. The role is demanding and diverse and involves:

• Working with a large client base - many of the schools nationally work exclusively with Vision for Education.
• Using sales, business development and marketing techniques and networking opportunities to attract business from client schools.
• Visiting clients to build and develop close working relationships.
• Developing a good understanding of client schools; what they do and their culture and environment.
• Using social media to advertise positions, attract candidates and build relationships with candidates, employers, and the teaching community.
• Headhunting - identifying and approaching suitable candidates who may already be in work.
• Using candidate databases to match the right person to the client's vacancy.
• Receiving and reviewing applications, managing interviews, and creating a shortlist of candidates for the client.
• Requesting references and checking the suitability of applicants before submitting their details to the client.
• Briefing the candidate about the responsibilities, salary, and benefits of the job.
• Preparing CVs and correspondence to forward to clients in respect of suitable applicants.
• Organising interviews for candidates as requested by the client.
• Informing candidates about the results of their interviews.
• Using our Salesforce system to manage bookings.
• Coordinating sponsorship activities for client schools.
• Act as an ambassador for the Group's ESG Strategy ensuring employees of Edwin People positively adopt, promote and comply with key policies developments, initiatives and share the same commitment.
• The successful Recruitment Consultant will have/be:
• Driver essential
• Excellent communication and sales skills.
• The ability to grow a their desk from the start.
• Excellent time management and organisational skills.
• An ability to organise their own workload and meet deadlines.
• Self-motivated and resilient.
• The ability to act on their own initiative.
• Possess a professional and ethical approach to business.
• Be able to forge and maintain relationships over the telephone and face-to-face.
• Possess a desire to exceed the highest levels of customer service.
• Operate effectively as part of a happy, moti