Researcher – Executive Search

JR United Kingdom; Coventry; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading recruitment firm as a graduate researcher in Executive Search, focusing on the Health and Care sector. You'll support an award-winning team, providing insights and candidate engagement while benefiting from competitive salary, training, and clear career pathways. Ideal for candidates with strong academic backgrounds and interpersonal skills.

Benefits

Increasing annual leave

Industry qualifications

Quarterly company events

Social calendar

Early finish on Fridays

Qualifications

• Graduate with a thirst for knowledge.
• Tenacity and enthusiasm to approach industry leaders.
• Sincere, honest, and open communication style.

Responsibilities

• Provide research support for live mandates.
• Track progress and create a database of candidates.
• Engage with prospective candidates through head-hunting.

Skills

Team player

Interpersonal skills

Relationship building

Market knowledge

Communication

Education

Exceptional academic credentials

Job description

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Compass Carter Osborneare part of Compass Recruitment Solutions (CRS), a leading recruitment and executive search business specializing in the independent Health, Care, Education and Life Sciences sectors. We are a founder, and values led business and proud of our culture where we encourage our teams to thrive and reach their full potential and have some fun along the way.

Recognized as an award winning (recruitment firm of the Year - 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023) executive search provider, Compass Carter Osborne have become the go-to partner for business-critical C-suite hires and are relied upon by investors, care providers and high net worth individuals to deliver top talent to businesses.

The role

Due to the continual success and growth of the division we are looking for a tenacious and methodical graduate to join our Portsmouth office, providing market insights and support to deliver on high profile search mandates within the Health and Care sector.

Some of the key responsibilities include;

• Working closely with the Executive Search team to provide research support for live retained mandates and other market-mapping projects
• Track progress and record data with a view to creating an overarching database and talent pool
• Present progress / update reports to stakeholders in both qualitative and quantitative reporting
• Engage proactively with prospective candidates through specific head-hunting techniques.
• Following initial candidate screening, lead on all candidate engagement and relationship management.
• Work with partners to produce shortlist and candidate profiling
• Proactively expand your market knowledge through events attendance, access to all leading market literature and an unrivalled team of consultants who have first-rate market knowledge.

Why Join Us

Compass Carter Osborne are a true market leader in Executive Search within the Health and Care Sector. You’ll be a key member of an award-winning team, joining us during an exciting period of growth as we continue to expand within our markets.

In addition to a competitive salary and commission structure we offer some great benefits including - increasing annual leave, industry qualifications, quarterly company events & social calendar plus an early finish on a Friday. Alongside this we are "Gold Standard” investors in people – meaning that we have been recognised for investing in our teams with excellent training, wellness, personal growth & a clear career pathway.

About you

Exceptional academic credentials, a thirst for knowledge and the tenacity and enthusiasm to approach industry leaders about only the most suitable of C-suite opportunities are all essential attributes to succeed in this role.

Other key skills required include –

• You’ll be a true team player
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Ability to build relationships effectively through demonstrating first-class market knowledge, and a sincere, honest, and open communication style
• Enjoy working within an enthusiastic, engaging, skilled team, but also to have the ability to work independently where required