Recruitment Manager

Standguide Group; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A nationwide employment support organization in the United Kingdom seeks a dedicated Recruitment Manager to connect individuals with sustainable job opportunities. The role involves identifying new business opportunities, promoting a range of services, and conducting employer visits. Ideal candidates will have over a year of business-to-business sales experience and a full UK driving license. Competitive salary, benefits include extensive training, health plan, and generous annual leave.

Benefits

Broad range of internal training

Generous pension scheme

Company health plan

25 days annual leave

Paid sick leave

Qualifications

• Proven track record in a business-to-business sales environment for over a year.
• Full, clean UK driving license is required.
• Experience working effectively in a service delivery team.

Responsibilities

• Identify new business opportunities and convert leads.
• Promote Standguide services to potential employers.
• Conduct regular on-site employer visits.
• Maintain effective communication with Employment Advisors.
• Educate teams about key industry opportunities.

Skills

Business-to-business sales experience

Negotiation skills

Analytical ability

Time management skills

Communication skills

Education

Level 2 English and Maths

Job description

Role: Recruitment Manager

Salary: £28,500 per annum rising to £30,000 after completion of successful probation period

Contract type: Permanent

Working hours: Full Time (37.5 hrs per week)

Location: Between GL5, GL7, BS10 & B37 – must have a car to travel between Centres

For over three decades, we have been dedicated to supporting individuals and employers across the UK. As a nationwide market leader, we have assisted over 13,000 people in the past year alone to retrain, embark on new career paths, or establish their own businesses.

Standguide is seeking a proactive and dedicated Recruitment Manager to connect programme participants with sustainable employment opportunities in the local job market. This role involves exceeding service expectations for employers while ensuring strict adherence to programme guidelines and Standguide’s policies and procedures.

The position requires full compliance with company standards, including quality, data protection, health and safety, diversity, and safeguarding. Travel between Centres may be required, and additional responsibilities may be assigned by the line manager. Join Standguide and make a meaningful impact by contributing to our commitment to excellence and community support.

What you’ll do

• Identify new business opportunities and converts effectively, explaining fully role to participants and selling in the participant to the employer
• Promote and create an awareness of the entire range of Standguide products and services including work experience/trial opportunities, vocational and accredited training as well as vacancies
• Identify other employer‑led business opportunities when opportunities arise e.g., growth sectors
• Undertake a minimum of two new on‑site employer visits per month in order to promote the Standguide service and participants to potential new employers
• Undertake weekly caseload reviews with Employment Advisors in order to ensure fully aware of participants closest to the labour market and suitability for vacancies
• Liaise with JcP ERMs across the geography to ensure aware of local employer opportunities and advertise out to the local teams
• Educate operations teams and programme participants about opportunities available in key industry sectors
• Ensure all recruitment services are delivered in accordance with Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) identified within SLAs.

What you’ll need

• Level 2 English and Maths as a minimum
• More than a year's experience of and track record of success working in a business‑to‑business sales environment in an account management or business development role
• Technical skills including good knowledge of local labour market, knowledge of employment legislation governing recruitment practices, analytical ability to use intelligence to maximise on business opportunities, very strong written and verbal communication skills, negotiation skills, accomplished networking skills, organisational and time management skills, ability to build professional relationships effectively
• Experience of working as part of a service delivery team, in which the delivery of services you have sold is carried out by other individuals/teams with whom you have had to work effectively
• Recruitment Managers’ attributes include Achievement Orientation, Challenge and Resilience, Flexibility and Adaptability, Honesty and Integrity, Impactful Communication, Planning and Decision Making, Selling, and Influencing and Team Orientation
• Full, clean UK driving license.
• Overseas equivalent qualifications will be accepted.

We welcome applicants with lived experience and encourage applications that reflect the relevance to the post.

Benefits

• CPD - Broad range of internal training to enhance your knowledge and skills
• Generous pension scheme, with the option to opt out
• Company health plan subject to successful completion of probation period
• 25 days annual leave + 8 bank holidays
• 5-10 sick day per year paid.

Join us at Standguide and be part of a team dedicated to making a meaningful impact on individuals' lives and businesses nationwide.

Standguide is an Equal Opportunities Employer and a Disability Confident Leader. We are committed to promoting equality of opportunity and value the diversity of our staff and customers. We thrive on creating positive working relationships, free from discrimination.

Successful candidates will be subject to satisfactory references and enhanced DBS check.

For the full job description and person specification, please email Amy at recruitment @standguide.co.uk.