Recruitment Consultant

Teaching Personnel; Preston; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

OTE commissions

Benefits

Job summary

Teaching Personnel in Preston, part of the UK’s leading education recruitment network, is hiring an Education Recruitment Consultant. The role involves visiting schools across the patch, building strong relationships with educators, and delivering tailored recruitment solutions.

You'll work in a fast-paced sales environment, with clear career progression, training, and opportunities for promotion while helping schools secure reliable staffing.

Qualifications

• Passion for education with a drive to make a positive impact.
• Sales or recruitment experience in a target-driven environment.
• Excellent people skills with the ability to build lasting relationships.
• Resilient, proactive and adaptable in a fast-paced setting.

Responsibilities

• Build strong relationships with schools and educators to understand needs and make perfect matches.
• Expand your network to create a robust database of educators and school partners.
• Stay ahead of education trends to provide market-leading recruitment solutions.
• Deliver exceptional service by maintaining high-quality standards in matching educators to schools.
• Hit and exceed targets; your success is recognised and rewarded.

Skills

Relationship building

Networking

Sales ability

Resilience

Adaptability

Driver’s license

Time management

Job description

Recruitment Consultant (VN2713) City of Preston, England

Salary: GBP28000 - GBP48000 per annum + OTE Commissions + Benefits

Education Recruitment Consultant
£28,000 - £34,000 base salary (depending on experience) plus uncapped commission 5-20k OTE

Must have a UK driving licence and access to a car- due to the need to travel across your patch to visit schools as part of your role.

Supporting Education Group is the UK’s leading education services platform, providing the expertise, technology and resources that help schools, trusts and education organisations meet their biggest workforce challenges.
Our Recruitment & Supply practice plays a crucial role in this mission by ensuring schools have timely access to high‑quality educators, from urgent supply cover to long‑term and permanent staff. With the UK’s largest pool of vetted teachers and support staff, rigorous safeguarding standards and responsive, tech‑enabled booking systems, we deliver reliable, flexible staffing solutions that keep classrooms running smoothly. By maintaining continuity for pupils and offering a trusted service for both candidates and schools, we help the wider education workforce thrive.
At Teaching Personnel, the UK’s market leading education recruitment agency, we don’t just match educators to jobs — we create opportunities that transform lives. Our mission is simple: to connect passionate educators with the schools that need them most, making a meaningful difference in classrooms across the UK.

Whether you’re new to recruitment or an experienced consultant, we offer clear career progression, hands‑on training, and regular opportunities for promotion. So, if you’re passionate about education, thrive in a fast‑paced sales environment, and want to make a real difference to thousands of teachers and pupils every day, this could be the opportunity for you

The role will be based in our successful Preston office.The Preston office is made up of six branches supporting primary, secondary and SEN schools across Lancashire and Merseyside. The Preston team are a nimble and energetic team of 25 specialist consultants, all with their unique personalities and skills they can bring to the role. We work hard, but we also have fun and celebrate our successes.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Building strong relationships – engage with schools and educators to understand their needs and create the perfect matches.
• Expanding your network – grow a strong database of talented educators and trusted school partnerships.
• Becoming an expert – stay ahead of education trends to provide market‑leading recruitment solutions.
• Delivering exceptional service – ensure the highest quality standards in matching educators to schools.
• Achieving success – hitting and exceeding targets where your successes and results are rewarded.

Who You Are

• Passionate about education – committed to making a meaningful impact through learning
• Sales focused – your experience in recruitment, direct sales or customer service, means you excel in a performance‑driven environment to meet targets.
• People‑centric – you love building strong, lasting relationships by talking to people and thrive in a social, dynamic, goal‑oriented environment.
• Resilient – you see obstacles as opportunities and stay motivated and proactive in a fast‑paced setting.
• Agile – you can manage multiple priorities and juggle tasks efficiently while delivering outstanding service.
• Driver – ideally you with access to a car for getting out and about to meet your clients on a regular basis.