Recruitment Consultant

Salt; Wes-Kaap; On-site; ZAR 240,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

Salt is a specialist technology recruitment business operating across contract and permanent markets. We’re looking for a driven Recruitment Consultant to join our Contract practice in Cape Town.

This is a business development-heavy role focused on building relationships, opening new accounts, and growing a robust contract desk. In this role you will manage end-to-end contract recruitment processes, build a strong contractor network in technology, and keep CRM and pipeline activity accurate.

Qualifications

• 1–2 years of recruitment experience.
• Strong appetite for business development — build your own pipeline.
• Tenacious and resilient — handles rejection well.

Responsibilities

• Identifying and developing new client relationships through proactive business development - calls, meetings, outreach, and market mapping
• Managing existing client accounts and growing revenue within them
• Running end-to-end contract recruitment processes: briefing, sourcing, screening, submission, and placement
• Building and maintaining a strong contractor and candidate network within the technology space
• Managing contractor relationships through the lifecycle of their placements
• Keeping CRM and pipeline activity accurate and up to date
• Operating at pace - multiple roles, multiple clients, multiple conversations simultaneously

Skills

Contract recruitment

Business development

Communication

Time management

Tools

CRM software

Job description

Technology Contract Recruitment | Permanent | Cape Town

About the Role

Salt is a specialist technology recruitment business operating across contract and permanent markets. We're looking for a driven, commercially curious Recruitment Consultant to join our Contract practice in Cape Town.

This is a business development-heavy role. You'll be building relationships, opening new accounts, and growing a robust contract desk over time, not just filling briefs. If you're early in your recruitment career and want to learn what it really means to sell, build a market, and operate at pace, this is the environment for it.

Due to the high volume of applications expected, candidates who have not received feedback within two weeks of applying should consider their application unsuccessful.

What You'll Be Doing

• Identifying and developing new client relationships through proactive business development - calls, meetings, outreach, and market mapping
• Managing existing client accounts and growing revenue within them
• Running end-to-end contract recruitment processes: briefing, sourcing, screening, submission, and placement
• Building and maintaining a strong contractor and candidate network within the technology space
• Managing contractor relationships through the lifecycle of their placements
• Keeping CRM and pipeline activity accurate and up to date
• Operating at pace - multiple roles, multiple clients, multiple conversations simultaneously

What We're Looking For

• 1-2 years of recruitment experience - contract placement exposure is a strong advantage
• A genuine appetite for business development - you're not waiting for inbound; you're building your own pipeline
• Tenacious and resilient - you handle rejection well and come back stronger
• High energy and high output - you thrive when things move fast
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills - your emails and calls represent the Salt brand
• Organised and disciplined - you manage your own desk and your own time
• Ambition to grow - you want to build something, not just do a job
• Employment type: Permanent
• Location: Cape Town City Centre, 3-4 days on-site per week
• Sector focus: Technology Contract Recruitment