Senior Recruitment Consultant / Team Leader – Candidate Delivery

Darwin Recruitment; Umhlanga Rocks; Hybrid; ZAR 400,000 - 500,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency in South Africa is seeking a Senior Recruitment Consultant to deliver candidate sourcing for Engineering and IT roles. This position focuses on leadership without business development pressure, allowing for team building while remaining hands-on with candidate delivery. Ideal candidates will have proven experience in white-collar recruitment and a strong billing history. The role offers a hybrid working model transitioning to a new office in Umhlanga.

Benefits

Hybrid working model

Qualifications

• Proven experience in Engineering or IT recruitment.
• Track record delivering candidates in at least two markets.
• Ambition to step into team leadership.

Responsibilities

• Focus entirely on candidate sourcing and delivery.
• Lead and mentor a new team of recruiters.
• Build and develop a team from scratch.

Skills

Recruiting highly skilled white-collar roles

Strong billing history

Coaching recruiters

Knowledge of Engineering

Knowledge of IT markets

Job description

Overview

Senior Recruitment Consultant / Team Leader – Candidate Delivery

Shared Capability Centre | Durban – Umhlanga - On site

Company: Darwin Recruitment | Type: Full-time

Step Up Into Leadership – 100% Delivery, No BD

Are you a Senior Recruitment Consultant with proven success sourcing highly skilled white-collar talent in Engineering or IT markets across the US, Germany, Switzerland, or the Netherlands?

This is your chance to step into leadership without the business development pressure. Darwin Recruitment is building a new Shared Capability Centre (SCC) in Durban, Umhlanga — and we’re looking for someone who can deliver today and lead tomorrow, building a delivery team around them while staying hands-on with candidates.

What You’ll Do

• Focus entirely on candidate sourcing and delivery – no BD.
• Lead and mentor a new team while continuing to bill yourself.
• Deliver against:
• Permanent roles outside our core Engineering & Technology verticals.
• Contract roles outside our core Engineering & Technology verticals.
• Candidate pipeline development for our core verticals.
• Build, train, and develop a team of delivery recruiters from scratch.
• Be physically present during onboarding and training phases.
• Stay hands-on — this is delivery-first leadership.

Essential Must-Haves

• Proven experience recruiting highly skilled white-collar roles in Engineering or IT.
• Track record delivering in at least two of these markets:
• United States
• Germany
• Switzerland
• The Netherlands
• Strong billing history and repeat delivery success.
• Natural leadership qualities — able to coach and grow recruiters.
• Ambition to step up from Senior Consultant into team leadership.

Why This Role?

• No BD: 100% candidate delivery and leadership.
• Step into leadership: from Senior Consultant to building and running a team.
• Shape something new: play a founding role in our Durban SCC.
• Hybrid working: start remote, then transition to our new Umhlanga office (3 days office, 2 remote).
• Global reach: deliver candidates into international markets, partnering with teams in Switzerland, Germany, the Netherlands, the UK, and the US.

What’s Next?

If you’ve built your career on sourcing top Engineering or IT talent in international markets and are ready to step up into leadership, we’d love to hear from you.

Apply now or contact us directly for a confidential conversation.

NB - All candidates must be located within commutable distance to Umhlanga.