Senior Recruitment Consultant

Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency in Edinburgh seeks an Experienced Recruitment Consultant for its Technology team in public sector roles. The ideal candidate will have a strong sales background and business development experience. Join a collaborative and high-performing environment where you'll manage the full recruitment process and thrive in an inclusive culture. This role offers competitive commission structures and career progression opportunities.

Benefits

Uncapped commission

Performance-based incentives

Hybrid working models

Industry-leading training and development

Diverse employee support networks

Qualifications

• Proven track record as a Senior Recruitment Consultant or above.
• Experience in business development and recruitment.

Responsibilities

• Develop and nurture relationships with public sector organizations.
• Recruit experienced candidates for permanent roles.
• Manage the full recruitment process from shortlisting to onboarding.

Skills

Sales-driven

Business development

Resilience

Relationship building

Job description

Experienced Recruitment Consultant

Technology team – Policy & Change (Perm – Public Sector) desk

Edinburgh - EH3 9RQ

We are seeking a sales-driven experienced Recruitment Consultant to join our Edinburgh office in our Technology team. As a 360 Consultant, your primary focus will be to develop and nurture relationships within both large and small public sector organisations across Edinburgh and the East Coast. You will actively seek out and meet with Recruitment teams, Directors, line managers, and other key stakeholders. You will be recruiting the best and most experienced candidates for permanent roles within this busy sector. The desk available in this market has derived its success from developing meaningful relationships with our clients, beating sales targets on a regular basis with genuine potential to grow more.

Your new team

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Recruitment Consultant to join our Edinburgh Office. This exciting opportunity is to work within our hugely successful and high-performing Recruitment team based in the fantastic Exchange district of Edinburgh. This is a high-performing, collaborative and inclusive office environment, where you will be given the opportunity to work with sector experts across a well-established and experienced team ranging from Recruitment Consultant to Director Level.

Being a part of the Edinburgh Team, you'll thrive in an environment that is inclusive, collaborative and motivating. This is the Hays spirit! We will provide you with more than just a job, we offer you industry-leading training and a career where you can expect to be:

• Part of a team who are driven to work hard but know when to have fun!
• Identifying and building partnerships with new clients and candidates and supporting them through the recruitment process.
• Sourcing new candidates and conducting thorough interviews – utilising our world-class CRM database system and a variety of additional Recruitment tools.
• Handling the full recruitment process - from shortlisting through to offering the successful candidate their new job and supporting them through the on-boarding process.

Due to the fees already in the area and the potential we have here, to be successful you will need to meet the following criteria:

• You will have experience as a Senior Recruitment Consultant or above as well as a proven track record in business development and recruitment.
• You will be a highly driven, ambitious, and inspiring individual who can drive success in those around you and navigate the highs and lows of recruitment with resilience.

What you’ll get in return

As a multi award winning employer of choice, we believe as part of the employee and employer deal at Hays, we can give you a career with unrivalled progression. Our culture is a reason why so many of our people choose to stay and grow their careers with Hays. Our colleagues describe our culture as ‘high energy’, ‘inclusive’, and ‘great people’ with a ‘growth mindset’.

In addition, you will enjoy:

• Uncapped individual commission paid upon invoice every 4 weeks
• Regular performance-based incentive programmes including all-expense paid international trips
• A culture underpinned with trust, which is based on expertise, training, collaboration, inclusivity and doing the right thing
• Industry-leading learning and development to maximise your performance and advance your career every step of the way
• A global brand with established PSL agreements and warm client relationships
• An adult approach to working with hybrid working models and flexible working hours
• The opportunity to work in any of our 32 other countries through our global mobility offering
• Diverse range of employee support networks, wellbeing initiatives and wider benefits

We know talented people want to work with the best: people, brand, tools, technology and infrastructure. They also want career development. Our culture is shaped and created by these features. We also know our people want to do interesting and meaningful work, increasingly in an organisation that is purpose led. This is demonstrated in the work we have done through our commitment to DE& I, Net Zero and our global volunteering and fundraising programme, ‘Helping for your tomorrow’.

What to do next

Please apply now to become the next Senior Recruitment Consultant or for more information on our roles.

Life at Hays

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!