Senior Recruitment Consultant

Higher Success Ltd; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Commission up to 35%

25 days leave

Hybrid work model

EAP programme

Awards for development

Growth plans for upskilling

Job summary

Higher Success Ltd in Central London is hiring experienced 360 Recruitment Consultants to recruit into the US legal market, with desks for USA and UK markets and UK office hours 8am–5pm. Roles are hybrid with 3–4 days in the office and 1–2 days from home.

You’ll work on retained and contingent mandates, cross-train from related professional markets, and build senior client relationships. The firm emphasizes relationship-led billing and strategic growth, with clear earning potential.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years 360 recruitment experience in professional markets.
• Experience with UK and US legal market recruitment.
• Perm recruitment experience is a plus.
• Proven ability to network at senior levels and convert candidates to clients.

Responsibilities

• Work on retained and contingent roles with cross-sell opportunities.
• Develop and manage senior-level client relationships.
• Cross-train into current market specialisms and adapt quickly.

Skills

Networking

Senior relationships

Business development

Communication

Job description

A Professional Recruitment Agency in Central London are hiring experienced 360 Recruitment Consutlants to hire into the US legal market.

3-4 days in the office 1-2 from home.

An established well respected professional service recruitment agency in central London are looking to hire several experienced recruitment consultants over the next couple of quarters.

They predominantly recruit various specialisms into the legal market in the UK and USA.

The Role

• They have desks for USA and UK markets, although you work UK office hours 8am to 5pm. They are able to hire at Senior or Principal consultant level.
• They are happy to cross train an experienced 360 agency recruiter from another professional market into their specialisms.
• Work on a mixture of retained and contingent roles. Contingent roles are taken on exclusively or with limited competition.
• Work with senior leaders closely in the business. All Directors are fee earning billing consultants and provide support and training to new team members no matter their level. They have a very good understanding of their markets.
• They hire strategically and not at volume and then they have time and capacity to focus on making sure you are the highest billing that you can be in their business.
• Existing clients to cross sell your vertical into.
• Warm client base to cross sell into.
• Very relationship lead senior recruitment. It will suit someone whom is very naturally good at networking and converting senior candidates to clients. Someone whom makes the most of every call and relationship and moves with the market.

The Package

• Up to 35% commission
• 22- 25 days annual leave
• Flexible working hours with core hours and a mature attitude to working schedules.
• Employee assistance programme for finance mental health etc
• Won awards for professional development and onboarding
• Growth plans focussed on upskilling and
• Average billings usually around £30K to £40K per month once established in the role.
• Make one placement a month roughly and bill US$500K - a realistic target and expectation for a good recruiter in their second year doing the role. On this basis you would earn around £100K to £150K. Very high earning potential.

The Requirements

• A minimum of 2 years Recruitment 360 experience from a professional background (Head office and commercial roles, not education, healthcare, industrial etc) It is likely you will come from a background hiring HR, procurement, office support, data and Analytics, Sales/BD, fee earning lawyers, accountancy etc.
• Ideally you will have Perm recruitment experience
• Experience networking at a senior level and flipping candidates to clients.
• Skilled in networking and making the most of every conversation, asking for leads, asking for referrals etc.
• Someone that works fast paced, is laser focussed on what they are doing and knows that results follow activity
• Someone that values a professional working environment and loves to be around like-minded hard-working people that are go getting and want to earn as much as possible.
• Able to converse with and communicate effectively with very senior and intelligent Lawyers and legal professionals.
• Excellent communication verbally and written