Trainee Recruitment Consultant

Kinetic Plc; North East; Hybrid; GBP 23,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Birthday day off

Team and company social events

Training and development

Job summary

Kinetic plc in Newcastle is recruiting a Trainee Recruitment Consultant to join the North-East team. No prior recruitment experience is required as a structured training programme is provided to develop your recruitment and commercial skills.

You will start by learning candidate-side recruitment, supporting a stable client base, and progressively taking on client relationships, account management and business development to run your own desk.

Qualifications

• No recruitment experience required; structured training and development programme provided.
• Training progresses from candidate-focused to client-facing and business development responsibilities.
• Learning is supported by a Level 3 Recruiter Apprenticeship programme.

Responsibilities

• Assist with candidate recruitment and resourcing in the early stage.
• Search for candidates using job boards, database, referrals and social media.
• Interview prospective candidates and build candidate pipelines.
• Match candidates to vacancies and develop relationships with candidates and temporary workers.
• Support experienced consultants and learn about clients, sites and recruitment requirements.
• Develop commercial awareness and understand recruitment margins.
• Progress to managing your own recruitment desk with time.

Skills

Confident with people

Curious and asks questions

Organised and prioritises

Commercially minded

Proactive and takes initiative

Resilient under pressure

Motivated by results

Keen to learn and develop

Team player

Education

Graduate or college leaver

Job description

Trainee Recruitment Consultant - Engineering, Manufacturing & Industrial

Newcastle 25,500 + Bonus Hybrid Working Permanent

Start Your Career in Recruitment with Kinetic

Are you ambitious, confident with people and looking for a career where your progression and earning potential can grow with your performance?

Kinetic Recruitment has been recruiting within Engineering, Manufacturing and Industrial markets for over 40 years, and we're looking for a Trainee Recruitment Consultant to join our established North-East team in Newcastle.

You don't need previous recruitment experience, as we'll provide a structured training and development programme. However, if you already have some recruitment or resourcing experience and are ready to take the next step towards becoming a Recruitment Consultant, we'd be particularly interested in hearing from you.

You'll start by learning recruitment from the candidate side of the business, working alongside experienced Consultants and supporting a stable, long-term client base across the North-East.

As your knowledge and confidence develop, you'll gradually move into client relationships, account management and business development, with the aim of becoming a fully-fledged 360 Recruitment Consultant managing your own clients, candidates and recruitment desk.

Your Training & Development

We don't expect you to arrive knowing how to be a Recruitment Consultant - that's what we'll teach you.

Your development will combine practical, on-the-job training from experienced recruiters with a structured training programme delivered in conjunction with the Level 3 Recruiter Apprenticeship programme.

You'll learn how to:

• Find, attract and engage candidates
• Interview and assess candidates effectively
• Match candidates to temporary and permanent vacancies
• Build and manage candidate relationships
• Understand our Engineering, Manufacturing and Industrial markets
• Understand our clients, their businesses and recruitment requirements
• Develop commercial awareness and understand recruitment margins
• Build confidence communicating with clients
• Conduct business development and sales activity
• Develop new and existing client relationships
• Negotiate rates and terms
• Manage vacancies from initial instruction through to successful placement
• Ultimately build and manage your own recruitment desk

You'll have experienced people around you throughout that journey, helping you develop both your recruitment knowledge and commercial skills.

What You'll Be Doing Initially

Your first stage will focus predominantly on candidate recruitment and resourcing, giving you a strong grounding in the fundamentals of recruitment.

You'll:

• Search for candidates using job boards, our database, referrals and social media
• Speak with and interview prospective candidates
• Build candidate pipelines for regularly recruited skills
• Match candidates to temporary and permanent vacancies
• Develop relationships with candidates and temporary workers
• Support experienced Consultants in filling vacancies for established clients
• Learn about our clients, their sites and the people they recruit
• Maintain accurate candidate records and compliance information

As you develop, you'll take on increasing responsibility for client communication and commercial activity as you work towards managing your own recruitment desk.

Who Are We Looking For?

We're more interested in your potential, attitude and ambition than your current job title.

You may already be working as a Recruitment Resourcer and feel ready to develop the client-facing and commercial skills required to become a Consultant.

Alternatively, you could be a graduate or college leaver looking for your first commercial career, or already working in customer service, sales, hospitality, retail, account management or another people-focused environment.

We'd particularly like to meet someone who is:

• Confident communicating with different types of people
• Naturally curious and comfortable asking questions
• Organised and able to manage competing priorities
• Commercially minded
• Proactive and prepared to take the initiative
• Resilient and able to deal positively with setbacks
• Motivated by achieving results
• Keen to learn and develop
• Comfortable working as part of a team

You must hold a full driving licence and be able to drive, as you'll increasingly visit client sites as your role develops.

Salary, Bonus & Working Arrangements

• Starting salary 25,500
• Bonus opportunity as you develop within the role
• Newcastle based
• Hybrid working available, with a minimum of 3 days per week in the office
• Normal working hours of 8.30am-5.00pm, with flexibility available
• Full driving licence required
• Laptop and mobile phone provided
• Free onsite parking

Benefits

We want people to build a long-term career with Kinetic, so our benefits develop with your service.

From joining:

• 25 days' holiday plus bank holidays
• An additional day off for your birthday
• Team and company social events
• Access to training and development relevant to your role

After 3 months:

• Auto-enrolment into our pension scheme - currently 5% employee contribution and 3% from Kinetic