Senior Recruitment Consultant

Smart Teachers; London; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in education recruitment is looking for a Senior Education Recruitment Consultant in London. This permanent, full-time position involves working collaboratively with SEND schools, developing business relationships, and supporting both schools and candidates in fulfilling their recruitment needs. The role offers excellent salary and benefits, including opportunities for career progression and hybrid working.

Benefits

Excellent salary package with open-ended bonus

Company/team performance incentives

Excellent career progression opportunities

Friendly, professional team environment

Reduced hours over school holidays

Early finishes every Friday

Regular team events

Qualifications

• 2+ years successful education recruitment experience or in a similar sector.
• Proven track record of developing and supporting clients.
• Sales/Business Development focused.

Responsibilities

• Work with a large client base in SEND schools across London.
• Use sales techniques to attract business from client schools.
• Manage interviews and create shortlists for clients.

Skills

Communication

Sales

Time Management

Organisational Skills

Resilience

Job description

Senior Education Recruitment Consultant (SEND) Smart Teachers

Location: London

Contract: Permanent - Full-Time

Competitive salary dependent on experience level

Smart Teachers is part of The Edwin Group listed in The Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2025 for the 3rd year running! Rated as 'Excellent' by our staff in all categories and recognised as having industry leading and world-class levels of employee engagement across the Group.

We are looking to appoint a Senior Recruitment Consultant, looking to progress their career with the aim to move into management in the near future. You will be working with an established team supporting SEND schools across London. This is a fantastic opportunity to join the market leaders in education recruitment, recruiting high-quality teaching and support staff for short, long-term placements and permanent roles.

We are looking for Experienced Consultants:

Key Requirement:

• Successful Education Recruitment experience - or a similar sector 2 + years
• Proven track record of developing and supporting clients
• Must be Sales/Business Development focused

Smart Teachers is proud to offer an unrivalled service to both schools and candidates.

You will provide a vital link between clients and candidates. The role is demanding and diverse and involves:

• Working with a large client base - many of the schools work exclusively with Smart Teachers
• Using sales, business development and marketing techniques and networking opportunities to attract business from client schools
• Visiting clients to build and develop close working relationships
• Developing a good understanding of client schools; what they do and their culture and environment
• Advertising vacancies by placing adverts on a variety of job boards
• Using social media to advertise positions, attract candidates and build relationships with candidates, employers, and the teaching community
• Headhunting - identifying and approaching suitable candidates who may already be in work
• Using candidate databases to match the right person to the client's vacancy
• Receiving and reviewing applications, managing interviews, and creating a shortlist of candidates for the client
• Requesting references and checking the suitability of applicants before submitting their details to the client
• Briefing the candidate about the responsibilities, salary, and benefits of the job
• Preparing CVs and correspondence to forward to clients in respect of suitable applicants
• Organising interviews for candidates as requested by the client
• Informing candidates about the results of their interviews
• Using our CRM system to manage bookings
• Coordinating sponsorship activities for client schools

The successful Recruitment Consultant will have/be:

• Excellent communication and sales skills
• The ability to grow a SEND desk from the start
• Excellent time management and organisational skills
• An ability to organise their own workload and meet deadlines
• Self-motivated and resilient
• The ability to act on their own initiative
• Possess a professional and ethical approach to business
• Be able to forge and maintain relationships over the telephone and face-to-face
• Possess a desire to exceed the highest levels of customer service
• Operate effectively as part of a happy, motivated team

What do we offer?

• We have fantastic support teams Payroll (PAYE), marketing, and compliance teams
• Excellent salary package with an open-ended bonus system
• Company/team performance incentives throughout the year
• Excellent career progression and professional development opportunities
• Regular team events
• Friendly, professional, and hard-working team environment
• Reduced hours over the school holidays
• Early finishes every Friday
• Hybrid working

How do you get in touch?

If you have Education Recruitment experience, then apply today!