Regional Manager

02 Reed Specialist Recruitment Ltd; Maidstone; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working opportunities

Generous holiday allowance

Enhanced family-friendly policies

Employee assistance programme

Lifestyle discounts and retail perks

Paid sabbatical opportunities

Job summary

Reed Specialist Recruitment Ltd in Maidstone is seeking a Regional Manager to lead a diverse portfolio of recruitment specialisms within our Maidstone office. You will develop people, grow client partnerships, and drive outstanding business performance.

You will shape strategy, empower teams and build a strong local market presence while delivering ambitious growth targets across multiple sectors.

Qualifications

• Proven leadership experience within recruitment.
• A track record of developing successful recruiters, managers, and high-performing teams.
• A passion for developing people and creating winning team cultures.

Responsibilities

• Leading and inspiring teams across multiple recruitment specialisms within the Maidstone office.
• Coaching, developing and motivating recruiters and managers to achieve and exceed performance targets.
• Driving business development activity and strengthening key client relationships across the region.
• Identifying opportunities for growth across new and existing markets.
• Creating a high-performance culture focused on quality, service, and results.
• Supporting recruitment, retention, succession planning, and talent development across your teams.
• Collaborating with specialist and regional leaders to maximise opportunities and market coverage.
• Using market insight and commercial awareness to drive revenue growth and increase market share.

Skills

Leadership experience

People development

Business development

Job description

Reed is the most recognised recruitment brand in the UK, with a rich history and reputation for improving lives through work, for over 60 years. Delivering recruitment solutions with many household brands throughout the UK and globally, we find new jobs and careers for people from many different backgrounds across multiple business sectors. We look for people who enjoy an inclusive and collaborative environment, who strive for performance and celebrate team success, in a rewarding career.

Pay Range £50,000 - £65,000 per annum + bonus.

Job Description

At Reed, we're looking for an ambitious and commercially driven Regional Manager for our Maidstone Core business. This is a fantastic opportunity to lead a diverse portfolio of recruitment specialisms within our Maidstone office, developing people, growing client partnerships, and driving outstanding business performance.

Why This Role?

As Regional Manager of Maidstone Core, you'll have responsibility for leading and developing multiple recruitment specialisms, ensuring your teams deliver exceptional service to both clients and candidates while achieving ambitious growth targets. You'll be empowered to make strategic decisions, shape the future of your teams, build strong local market presence, and play a key role in the continued success of one of Reed's established offices.

What You'll Be Doing

• Leading and inspiring teams across multiple recruitment specialisms within the Maidstone office.
• Coaching, developing and motivating recruiters and managers to achieve and exceed performance targets.
• Driving business development activity and strengthening key client relationships across the region.
• Identifying opportunities for growth across new and existing markets.
• Creating a high-performance culture focused on quality, service, and results.
• Supporting recruitment, retention, succession planning, and talent development across your teams.
• Collaborating with specialist and regional leaders to maximise opportunities and market coverage.
• Using market insight and commercial awareness to drive revenue growth and increase market share.

What We're Looking For

• Proven leadership experience within recruitment.
• A track record of developing successful recruiters, managers, and high-performing teams.
• A passion for developing people and creating winning team cultures.

Why Join Reed?

At Reed, we're proud to be the UK's largest family-run recruitment business, with a reputation built over more than 60 years. We invest heavily in our people and provide genuine opportunities for career progression.

Rewards & Benefits

• Industry-leading learning and development programmes
• Clear career progression pathways
• Hybrid working opportunities
• Generous holiday allowance, with the option to buy additional leave
• Enhanced family-friendly policies
• Employee assistance programme and wellbeing support
• Access to lifestyle discounts and retail benefits
• Paid sabbatical opportunities to celebrate long-service milestones
• The opportunity to work within a supportive, values-driven, and people-focused culture

Ready to Take the Next Step?

This is an exciting opportunity to lead a successful multi-specialism recruitment business, make a real impact across the Maidstone office, and accelerate your leadership career with one of the UK's most recognised recruitment brands.

All job offers are subject to satisfactory references and compliance with vetting requirements applicable to the job role.

Equal Opportunities

Reed is an equal opportunities employer. We aim to ensure that no candidate or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, race, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity. We are a Mindful Employer and offer a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria. As a proud signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant, we welcome applications from ex-services personnel, reservists and cadets and offer a guaranteed interview for applicants who meet the minimum criteria.

We’re never afraid to ask, “What’s next?” Inspiration comes from knowing the work you do really matters and, as trailblazers in our field, the value of what we do every day is obvious. We are a family business with a rich history and a purpose of improving lives through work, for people and organisations worldwide. Our inclusive and collaborative approach, combined with an unwavering belief in our long-standing core values, means that we genuinely trust and work hard for each other. We have built a dynamic culture where individual achievement is celebrated and succeeding as a team is revered. A supportive environment, where careers are developed and futures are forged. Feel what it’s like to truly belong.

Our story

In the early 1960s, Reed pioneered specialist recruitment in the UK. Seven decades on, we have become the world’s largest family-run recruitment business, with offices spanning across the UK, Europe, USA, the Middle East and East Asia. With access to the UK’s largest candidate database and expertise across 20 specialist sectors, we are committed to ensuring that people are at the heart of everything we do to ensure we fulfil our purpose: improving lives through work.