Recruitment Consultant

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Vacancy Name

Vacancy Name Recruitment Consultant

Vacancy Number

Vacancy Number VN2629

Location City

Location City Manchester

Employment Type

Employment Type Permanent

About us

Education Recruitment Consultant - Manchester SEN

£28,000 - £34,000 base salary depending on experience plus £5k to £20k extra in OTE

Ready to elevate your recruitment career?

We're hiring an experienced Recruitment Consultant who is driven, curious, and thrives in a high-performance environment.

Supporting Education Group is the UK's leading education services platform, providing the expertise, technology and resources that help schools, trusts and education organisations meet their biggest workforce challenges. Our Recruitment & Supply practice plays a crucial role in this mission by ensuring schools have timely access to high quality educators, from urgent supply cover to long term and permanent staff. With the UK's largest pool of vetted teachers and support staff, rigorous safeguarding standards and responsive, tech enabled booking systems, we deliver reliable, flexible staffing solutions that keep classrooms running smoothly. By maintaining continuity for pupils and offering a trusted service for both candidates and schools, we help the wider education workforce thrive.

At Teaching Personnel, we do more than connect educators with jobs-we create opportunities that shape futures. We are looking for someone who goes beyond the job description, building relationships, spotting opportunities others miss, and constantly looking for ways to outperform yesterday's results. You'll play a crucial role in building strong relationships with teachers and schools, ensuring we provide the very best talent to classrooms across the UK.

You will need to have a UK Driving Licence and access to a car to be eligible for this vacancy.

About the job

• Supporting recruitment teams by sourcing and engaging high-quality educators.
• Managing vetting and registration timelines to maximise placement success.
• Creating and publishing job adverts and conducting interviews.
• Building strong relationships with both educators and internal teams.
• Ensuring exceptional service at every stage of the recruitment process.

What's in It for You?

• Amazing incentives - cash bonuses, holiday/prize draws and team events.
• Recognition & celebration - be part of company-wide initiatives and bi-annual award nights.
• World-class training & mentoring - learn from the best and take your career to the next level.
• Continuous career development - opportunities for promotion, hands on training and personal growth.
• Supportive team culture - we celebrate success, champion each other, and provide the tools you need to thrive.
• Flexibility - work from home one day a week once established.

About you

• Full UK Driving Licence & Access to a car for getting out and about and meeting clients and candidates across your region.
• Proven experience as a 360 Recruitment Consultant or similar sales/business development role(billing and business development responsibilities essential)
• Demonstrable track record of achieving or exceeding revenue targets
• Strong business development skills - confident generating new clients and winning vacancies
• Ability to manage and grow a desk independently
• Excellent communication and relationship building skills
• High levels of energy, resilience and self motivation
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to prioritise in a fast paced environment
• Commercially astute with a proactive, solution focused mindset
• Curious and consultative approach - able to ask insightful questions and identify opportunities
• Previous recruitment experience within the Education sector
• Knowledge of SEND
• Experience working within a high-performance, target driven agency environment
• Experience using CRM systems effectively to drive desk performance
• Evidence of developing long term client partnerships rather than transactional placements