Recruitment Consultant

Vision for Education; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment firm in education is seeking a Recruitment Consultant for their Sheffield office. The Consultant will work closely with schools across South Yorkshire and Derbyshire, providing essential links between educational institutions and job candidates. This role requires excellent communication skills, a strong desire to exceed customer expectations, and the ability to manage complex workloads. Join a friendly, professional team in a rewarding position that offers great career progression and incentives.

Benefits

Excellent salary package with bonus system

Company performance incentives

Career progression opportunities

Regular team events

Reduced working hours during school holidays

Qualifications

• Ability to work independently and manage a desk from scratch.
• Full UK Driving Licence is required.
• Possess a professional and ethical approach to business.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain relationships with client schools.
• Attract candidates using various business development techniques.
• Manage the recruitment process including interviews and references.

Skills

Communication

Sales

Time Management

Organizational Skills

Self-Motivation

Job description

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Vision for Education is looking to appoint a recruitment consultant to join our team in Sheffield, where you will be working with schools across South Yorkshire and Derbyshire. This is a fantastic opportunity for a recruitment consultant to join the market leaders in education recruitment, recruiting high-quality teaching and support staff for short and long-term placements and permanent roles.

The role

Vision for Education is proud to 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 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 - Full uk Driving Licence required.
• Developing a good understanding of client schools; what they do and their culture and environment.
• Advertising vacancies by placing adverts on a variety of job boards.
• 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.

The successful Recruitment Consultant will have/be:

• Excellent communication and sales skills.
• The ability to grow a desk (primary, secondary or SEND) 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, motivated team.
• Hold a full UK Driving Licence

What we offer:

• Excellent salary package with an open-ended bonus system.
• Company/team performance incentives throughout the year.
• Excellent career progression and professional development opportunities.
• Regular team events.
• Friendly, professional, and hard-working team environment.
• Reduced working hours during school holidays.