Senior Recruitment Consultant - London
Recruitment Consultant (Senior Recruitment Consultant or above)
Experienced Recruitment Consultant Job - Perm HR deskLondon Central - Circa £70,000 OTE.
Your New Team:
Hays HR are the UK's largest, specialist recruiter with over 60 consultants. Last year we successfully recruited 1,440 HR professionals into HR Jobs Nationally. Within Hays HR, is the London Public Sector HR team, based in Cheapside. This is a well-established and experienced team of three specialist consultants ranging from Recruitment Consultant to Business Director level.We are now looking to recruit an experienced Recruitment Consultant (Senior Recruitment Consultant or above) to join this successful team.
You will specialise in the recruitment of permanent HR professionals into Charity & NfP, NHS, Local Government and Housing organisations. This desk has incredible potential, with anticipated billings between £250k-£350k per annum. This is an exciting opportunity to interact and deliver recruitment services to existing clients, and through your own commercial awareness and drive, deliver targeted and strategic business development.There is vast opportunity to grow our market share across these sectors and we anticipate consistent fee growth and client wins. The benefit of working within this well-established team is you will be collaborating with high performing individuals, who are true specialists in their sector and industry, and have an impeccable reputation.
This presents a wonderful environment for the right individual to make an impact quickly on their own desk, and be financially rewarded.
Your New Role:
As a specialist HR recruiter into the Public Sector, you will become a subject matter expert in Human Resources and the various components that make up the discipline, including recruitment, learning and development, HR transformation and change, HR Systems, Employee Relations and much more.Experience with HR recruitment isn't essential as you will receive a wealth of training in these areas and benefit from the support of highly experienced managers in your office, as well as specialist technical support from our National Specialism Director, and your Director who will share their 15+ years' experience across the specialism.
An ability to learn quickly will be important as you will be expected to recruit successfully in these areas from HR Administrator level to HR Director level, almost immediately. You will benefit from existing, strong client relationships, but the expectation is that you will also be very pro-active and strategic in your business development activity.
Business Development is key to being successful in this position and a large proportion of your time will be spent reaching out to sell our recruitment services to new clients, both in meetings and virtually. Your candidates are also of utmost importance.
In a skill short market, you must demonstrate innovative ways of attracting the best HR talent and provide an outstanding service in introducing them to suitable employers, managing the candidate experience from initial contact through to appointment and post-start support.
In summary your role will be an equal split of candidate engagement and client engagement activity. Your objectives will be based around three key strategic themes; Be visible and build relationships in HR, convert candidate relationships into client relationships, and have a reputation for being a true HR recruiting expert in your market.
What you'll need to succeed:
Above all, you should have a strong work ethic where you are motivated and enthusiastic about carving out a career in recruitment. Prior recruitment experience is necessary (manager experience is helpful, but not essential), but you will be prepared to work hard, strive to achieve targets, and have an interest and ability to thrive in a corporate environment.You will be naturally inquisitive to help you build your market knowledge and build strong business relationships. You will be ambitious, driven to progress your career quickly and have strong sales skills with the ability to consult and advise both clients and candidates.
To do all of this you will need excellent interpersonal skills with the passion to want to achieve results. You'll be ambitious with passion, credibility, and drive. Your unbeatable interpersonal skills will enable you to build strong relationships with your candidates and clients, which will be vital to your own success and the success of the business.
What you'll get in return:
At Hays, we know that recruitment can be demanding and competitive. However, as the market leader, Hays offers you the best training in the industry to support you in your development from Manager, Senior Manager and beyond. You will receive classroom training and on-the-job coaching from highly knowledgeable consultants which will enable you to develop a lasting and successful career.We believe in recognising success, so not only do we promote from within, but you will be rewarded with uncapped commission and unrivalled incentives and benefits.
Life at Hays presents the opportunity for growth, varied career paths, exciting challenges and a culture of inclusion that celebrates diversity. As a committed Disability Confident employer, if you're thinking of a new tomorrow for your career, whatever your background, let's work together to create it!
At Hays, we share a passion for creating a culture of opportunities for our people to flourish and succeed, whatever your background. We know that diversity of perspective and an inclusive approach, which encourages those experiences and views to be heard, is great for business and therefore your career.
At Hays, we share a passion for creating a culture where there are opportunities for our people to flourish and succeed, whatever your background. We know that diversity of perspective and an inclusive approach, which encourages those experiences and views to be heard, is great for business and therefore your career with us.