Senior Recruitment Consultant

European Tech Recruit; Brighton; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

European Tech Recruit is seeking an adaptable Recruitment Consultant to recruit across a range of roles, functions and sectors while developing expertise in a specialist market.

You’ll support recruitment needs across the wider business, working closely with colleagues to understand briefs and deliver successful placements. You’ll build your own specialism, developing strong market knowledge, candidate networks and client relationships.

Qualifications

• Experience managing multiple vacancies and priorities.
• Strong ability to understand unfamiliar briefs and markets.
• Willingness to develop a specialist discipline while supporting broader business needs.

Responsibilities

• Manage the full recruitment process from brief to placement.
• Recruit across the wider business, adapting to different roles and seniorities.
• Develop a specialist sector or discipline with market insight.
• Build relationships with clients and candidates with clear communication.
• Proactively source and engage candidates through networking, referrals and direct approaches.
• Identify opportunities to grow existing accounts and develop new business.
• Collaborate with colleagues, sharing candidates, market knowledge and opportunities.
• Maintain accurate recruitment records and target activity and revenue.

Skills

Recruitment experience

Relationship-building

Communication

Negotiation

Proactive

Commercial awareness

Job description

We’re looking for an adaptable Recruitment Consultant who can recruit across a range of roles, functions and sectors while developing expertise in a specialist market.

You’ll support recruitment needs across the wider business, working closely with colleagues to understand different briefs and deliver successful placements. Alongside this, you’ll build your own specialism, developing strong market knowledge, candidate networks and client relationships.

Key responsibilities

• Manage the full recruitment process, from taking a brief and sourcing candidates through to interviews, offers and placement.
• Recruit across the wider business, adapting to different roles, levels of seniority and changing priorities.
• Develop a specialist sector or discipline, becoming a trusted source of market insight and recruitment advice.
• Build relationships with clients and candidates, understanding their needs and providing clear, consistent communication.
• Proactively source and engage candidates through networking, referrals, advertising and direct approaches.
• Identify opportunities to grow existing accounts and develop new business.
• Collaborate with colleagues, sharing candidates, market knowledge and opportunities.
• Maintain accurate recruitment records and work towards agreed activity, placement and revenue targets.

What we’re looking for

• Recruitment experience, with the ability to manage multiple vacancies and competing priorities.
• Confidence taking on unfamiliar briefs, asking the right questions and quickly understanding new markets.
• An interest in building a specialism while remaining flexible enough to support opportunities across the business.
• Strong relationship-building, communication and negotiation skills.
• A proactive, commercially aware approach and a commitment to delivering a good candidate and client experience.
• A collaborative mindset, taking ownership of individual results while contributing to the team’s success.

Success in this role

You’ll deliver quality placements across a varied workload, build lasting relationships and develop a recognised area of expertise. You’ll combine specialist knowledge with the flexibility to contribute wherever the business needs your support.