Job Description
Start Your Recruitment Career in Manchester with Tradewind Recruitment - Join Our Award-Winning Impact Academy\n No experience required | Full training provided | £28,000-£30,000 base salary | Uncapped commission | Clear career progression\n\nAre you motivated, driven, and looking for a rewarding career with excellent earning potential? Tradewind Recruitment is hiring ambitious individuals to join our Manchester team through our Impact Academy - a market-leading training and development programme for aspiring Recruitment Consultants.\n\nWhether you're a graduate, working in education or sales, or simply ready for a new challenge, this is your opportunity to start a successful career in recruitment with full support from one of the UK's leading agencies.\n\nAbout Tradewind Recruitment\n\nTradewind Recruitment is one of the UK's largest and most respected education recruitment agencies. With over 20 years of experience and multiple Sunday Times Top 100 awards, we're known for delivering exceptional service to schools and educators across the country.\n\nOur Manchester office is one of our most established and high-performing branches, and we're looking for our next generation of consultants to join the team.\n\nWhat You'll Receive:\n\n£28,000-£30,000 starting salary\nRealistic first-year earnings of £35,000-£42,000\nCommission paid from your very first placement\n35 days annual leave + shorter working hours during school holidays (4.5-hour days)\nAll-expenses-paid international trips for top performers\nFree daily breakfast, Friday socials, and other wellbeing perks\nStructured career development - clear path to promotions and higher earnings\nA supportive, energetic team culture with expert leadership and mentoringWhat is the Impact Academy?\n\nOur Impact Academy is a comprehensive training programme that equips you with everything you need to succeed as a Recruitment Consultant in the education sector.
You'll receive step-by-step guidance, practical coaching, and real-time support from day one.\n\nWhat You'll Be Doing:\n\nInterviewing and sourcing teaching and support staff for schools\nWriting engaging candidate profiles to promote to clients\nCollaborating with the sales team to place candidates into schools\nMeeting weekly activity and performance targets\nEarning commission on every successful placementAfter Your First Year:\n\nOnce you've developed a strong foundation, you'll transition into a client-facing consultant role with further training in:\n\nBusiness development and client visits\nRate negotiation and margin management\nAdvanced compliance and safeguarding\nManaging long-term client relationships\nTime management and productivity strategiesWhat We're Looking For:\n\nYou don't need prior recruitment experience - we're looking for people with the right attitude and work ethic. You might be a:\n\nRecent graduate\nTeacher or TA looking for a new path\nSales or customer service professional\nAmbitious career-changer ready to learnIf you're confident, resilient, target-driven, and love working with people, you'll thrive at Tradewind.\n\nReady to Take the Next Step?\n\nWe're actively hiring now for our Manchester office and would love to hear from you. Apply today by sending your CV to (url removed) and take the first step in a career that rewards effort, builds confidence, and offers real progression