Trainee Recruitment Consultant

Driver Hire Edinburgh City; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment firm in Edinburgh is seeking a Trainee Recruitment Consultant to join their team. The role involves dealing with calls, managing emails, placing adverts, and generating leads. Successful candidates will require strong customer service and organizational skills, with a full UK driving licence essential. The position offers a starting salary of £22,500, with potential OTE of £30k+ in the first year, and numerous benefits including generous holiday and pension contributions.

Benefits

28 days holiday including bank holidays

Pension contributions

Opportunities for additional on-call pay

Use of company pool car

Company paid events

Qualifications

• A full UK driving licence is essential for this role.
• Previous experience working within customer service, sales, recruitment or logistics would be advantageous.
• Excellent customer service skills.

Responsibilities

• Dealing with incoming and outgoing calls.
• Managing own and office emails.
• Placing adverts for temporary and permanent roles.
• CV screening and interviewing candidates.
• Generating leads and winning new business.
• Developing relationships with existing clients.
• Arranging and attending client meetings face to face.
• Cross-selling a range of services.
• Data cleansing our in-house system.
• Contacting relevant businesses within EH postcode area.
• Attending networking events and local job fairs.
• Daily and weekly admin tasks.
• Participation in our 24/7 on-call service on a rotation basis.

Skills

Customer service skills

Organizational skills

Time-management skills

Sales skills

Recruitment experience

Job description

Are you looking for a new role working within an office environment and enjoy meeting new people? Do you like a challenge and can provide excellent customer service? If you have answered yes to these, then we may have the role for you!

We are looking for an ambitious and self-driven Trainee Recruitment Consultant to join our team in Driver Hire Edinburgh who will be here to support, mentor and train you to become proficient in the daily running of the business as well as building a successful desk of clients.

Your duties will include but not limited to:

• Dealing with incoming and outgoing calls
• Managing own and office emails
• Placing adverts for temporary and permanent roles using our own microsite, job search engines as well as social media
• CV screening and interviewing candidates
• Generating leads and winning new business
• Developing relationships with existing clients
• Arranging and attending client meetings face to face
• Cross-selling a range of services
• Data Cleansing our in house system
• Contacting relevant businesses within EH postcode area
• Attending networking events and local job fayres
• Daily and weekly admin tasks
• Participation in our 24/7 on call service on a rotation basis
• Providing excellent customer service at all times

A full UK driving licence is essential for this role.

As this is a combined recruitment and sales focussed role, you will be responsible for your own workload so good organisational and time-management skills are essential as well as excellent customer service skills. Previous experience working within customer service, sales, recruitment or logistics would be advantageous. Full training and support will be provided covering our business, Driver Hires in-house I.T. System and transport related legislation with a mix of on the job shadowing, training modules and our new Sales Academy.

Driver Hire is UK's No.1 supplier of temporary and permanent staff to the transport and logistics sector. We believe in having 'Fun at Work', where hard work is balanced out with an upbeat work environment. In our most recent survey 98% stated they are 'proud' or 'very proud' to work for Driver Hire.

Hours and pay

• Full time
• Office hours are Monday to Friday, 0900-1700 (office based - EH12)
• Starting salary of £22,500 basic per annum plus uncapped bonus and commission
• OTE £30k+ within first year and progressing thereafter

Additional benefits

• 28 days holiday (includes standard Bank Holidays) with an additional week after first two years of service
• Pension contributions
• Opportunities to participate with on call paid additionally
• Use of company pool car for appointment attending
• Company paid events

To apply

Interested in this role and working with us? Send over your CV along with a covering letter for consideration to [e-mail]. We will review all applications and you will be contacted within 14 days of your application if you have been shortlisted.