Recruitment Consultant

Visionedu; Swansea; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dynamic Recruitment Consultant to join their new team in Swansea. This role offers a fantastic opportunity to work with schools across South West Wales, focusing on recruiting high-quality teaching and support staff. You will engage in business development, build strong client relationships, and utilize innovative techniques to attract candidates. With clear progression opportunities and an uncapped commission structure, this position promises a rewarding and fulfilling career path in a supportive team environment. Join this vibrant team and contribute to shaping the future of education recruitment.

Benefits

Open-ended bonus system

Enhanced parental leave

Company performance incentives

Career progression opportunities

Regular team events

Friendly team environment

Reduced hours during school holidays

Free parking on site

Qualifications

• Proven experience in recruitment or sales is essential.
• Ability to build and maintain client relationships.

Responsibilities

• Act as a vital link between clients and candidates.
• Utilize sales techniques to attract business from schools.
• Manage candidate applications and organize interviews.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Sales skills

Time management

Organizational skills

Self-motivation

Relationship building

Education

Relevant experience in recruitment

Tools

Salesforce

Job description

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Role: Recruitment Consultant
Location: Swansea
Hours: Full Time

• 7.30am – 4pm x2 days per week
• 7.30am - 5pm x2 days per week
• 7.30am – 4.30pm Fridays
• Work from home Wednesdays
• Reduced hours (9am - 3pm) in school holidays

Vision for Education is part of The Edwin Group – named in The Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2024 & 2023. 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 an experienced Recruitment Consultant to join our brand new team in Swansea, where you will be working with schools across the South West Wales 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 Assistant Branch Manager, the chance to earn an uncapped amount of commission, and a team-oriented 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 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 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, motivated team.

What We Offer:

• Open-ended bonus system.
• Enhanced parental leave.
• 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.
• Free parking on site.

Click 'apply now' to be part of this fantastic team!

The Edwin Group do not discriminate on the grounds of age, gender, race, colour, religion, disability or sexual orientation, and we welcome applications from all sections of the community.

Seniority Level

Mid-Senior Level

Employment Type

Full-time

Job Function

Human Resources

Industries

Education Administration Programs