Job Title: Recruitment Consultant

Job Type: Permanent

Location: Kings Hill, Kent / Hybrid

Salary: £25,000k + OTE £60,000

Our client is a specialist recruitment business dealing with permanent, temporary and contract vacancies.

They tailor our recruitment solution to your specific business needs, offering a personal search and selection service with experienced, dedicated consultants.

They are now looking for a recruitment consultant to join their team!

Key Duties:

Business development using a variety of sales techniques including telesales, drops, social media and visits in order to maintain a qualified pipeline of opportunities

Manage your desk as if it was your own business, developing and delivering consistent gross profit and being aware of missed/new opportunities by utilising your knowledge of the sector to identify, plan and lead on activities to grow your desk

Maintaining strong and lasting relationships with customers, supported by up-to-date in-depth knowledge of your specialist sector and their wants and needs to anticipate and respond quickly to customer requirements

Recruitment of candidates for your specialist sector using a variety of candidate engagement activities in order to build and maintain excellent relationships ensuring Commercial Services brands are their ‘go-to’ agency

Accountability for your desk including fee negotiation with clients, keeping in mind the financial objectives of your desk and the business. Understand and report on the performance of your desk on a weekly or monthly basis

Adhering to control measures and standards as required by our industry and/or your specialist sector, including the provision of compliant candidates and adhering to relevant policies, procedures and practices within our business and contracts with our clients/managed vendors

Regularly seek feedback from clients on the suitability of candidates, monitoring their performance in a role and reporting the outcomes as required. Also seeking feedback on the provision of our service, and collaborating internally on how we can continuously improve

Work proactively with other members of the team to identify potential leads, candidate hot lists and new clients to grow the business and maximise revenue and gross profit

As a Consultant, it is expected that you will be billed a minimum of £2,500 a week gross margin after the first year.

What we need from you

Good experience in a 360-degree recruitment/sales-focused role

Experience working within a public sector environment

Understanding of the sector market and how it impacts what we do

Understanding of what makes up gross profit, pay statutory contributions, margins and fee calculations

Sales techniques including objection handling, persuasion dealing with gatekeepers, planning and forecasting, lead generation

Good IT skills, particularly Microsoft Office packages

Adapts communication style to the audience and the circumstance, and is able to influence at all levels

Organised and prioritises work to deliver against multiple activities

Problem-solving both internally and externally for our clients and candidates

Handling difficult conversations with tact and integrity

Commitment to delivering Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity in recruitment

Driven to succeed against targets but remains calm under pressure

Committed to the profession and instilling the same passion in others

Good negotiation and persuasion skills

Confident in own ability but knows when to escalate and issue and doesn't over promise

Committed to continuous improvement and personal development and actively seeks feedback on performance

Personally accountable for tackling issues that impact negatively on our brand

Benefits:

25 days holiday, plus bank holidays

Birthday off work

Life assurance cover

Company pension

Flexible first, hybrid working

A culture of progression & development

Shopping discounts & retailer offers

Health & Wellbeing platform

Health Cash Plan initiative

Discounted gym membership

If you feel confident about this role, APPLY NOW!

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* Wisdom Recruitment are acting as an employment agency with regards to this vacancy.
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