Experienced Recruitment Consultant

Accountable to:Branch Manager Overall Objective: To provide a quality service to all clients and candidates within your dedicated area.  To enhance the reputation of Simply Education and endeavor to continually contribute to the growth of the company. Role Definition: Identify and secure job opportunities. Attract candidates and successfully place them in jobs to meet client requirements, in order to achieve revenue in line with corporate and personal goals. Develop and manage client and candidate relationships, to ensure high levels of customer satisfaction and quality standards. Duties and Responsibilities: - Identify, progress and convert sales leads as required - Proactively and consistently strive to identify and obtain new business opportunities - Source suitable vacancies in line with company policies and sales procedures - Manage and profitably develop client relationships - Establish and agree terms and conditions of service - Identify and attract candidates using all appropriate methods to satisfy job requirements  - Monitor responses/applications received and make sure that candidate’s applications are processed efficiently - Shortlist and present suitably qualified applicants against defined job vacancies - Manage the recruitment and selection processes by effectively liaising with the client, candidate and internal teams - Successfully place suitable candidates with clients - Ensure all necessary administration, payment and aftercare services are concluded in line with company policies - Understand and meet agreed KPIs - Meet and exceed agreed financial targets - Contribute to team meetings as appropriate - Ensure that candidates and clients receive a professional and comprehensive recruitment service at all times - Comply with company management systems, payroll and billing policies and procedures including accurate database management - Develop expertise of market rates and conditions within your sector in order to consult with candidates and clients - Conduct professional discussions with clients and candidates using all mediums as appropriate - Seek and provide feedback in a professional manner at all times to candidates and clients - Conducting regular service reviews with both clients and candidates to ensure continuous improvement - Accurate recording of candidate and client information on the Company’s database  - Comply with all policies, procedures, relevant employment legislation and appropriate codes of practice  - Comply with all relevant sector specific legislation - Seek support and escalate non-compliance where appropriate - Prepare suitable quality CVs for all supply staff seeking long-term work - Positively participate in performance management and personal development processes - Determine with your manager where business development efforts should be directed - Identify and suggest improvements to new and existing processes, procedures and systems - Supporting fellow team members within their area as required - Ad-hoc duties as delegated by your manager Essential Skills and Attributes: - Previous recruitment experience - Tenacious and resilient - Time management and organisational skills - Problem solving, influencing, questioning and listening skills - Attention to detail - ICT literate with accurate keyboard skills - Ambitious, driven and determined to achieve targets and objectives, as that focus will help you get the results required - Work ethic is really important to us, as a high-performance culture requires effort and commitment - Appropriate verbal and written communication skills, specifically being able to persuade and build rapport Internal Communications: - You will be in constant verbal contact with staff within your own branch, the candidate compliance team and your manager External communications: - You will be required to conduct detailed interviews with candidates, determining their suitability for supply work, verifying all vetting requirements and effectively selling SE to them - Subsequently you will be in regular daily / weekly contact with most of your registered candidates by telephone/email - You will also be required to maintain regular telephone and face to face contact with your using clients - Business development will require you to make regular daily telephone calls to potential new clients on behalf of your candidates, hopefully gaining opportunities to visit those clients to sell yourself, SE and your candidates Remuneration Package: - £19,500+ per annum depending on experience, skills and ability - Rewarding commission structure - Company pension Hours of Work & Holiday Entitlement: - The Employment shall be full-time. The Employee will be required to work a minimum of 45 hours per week which must be worked during the core business hours of 7am to 7pm on Monday to Friday - Outside of normal working hours an 'on-call' service is operated. At the end of each working day, an allocated consultant will be responsible for the operation of the on-call service - Holiday entitlement is 25 working days, exclusive of all public holiday entitlement - Up to 10 days holiday can be taken in term time, but no more than 5 days can be taken consecutively at any one time