Graduate Scheme - Executive Search Recruitment Consultant
Salary: £28,000 base (£50k+ OTE)
Location: Leeds City Centre
Start date: January 2026
Mackenzie Stuart Group has achieved remarkable growth, surpassing £100 million in revenue since 2022, and we invite you to be a part of our ongoing success.
The Executive Search Consultant role is a sales and business development role in the global corporate world where you will be headhunting CEOs, VPs and Senior management candidates as well as developing your own client base from scratch - like your own business within our business.
Company benefits:
* State of the art offices in Leeds City Centre
* Initial training week with our Group Head of Talent and Training in our Leeds HQ
* Bespoke 12-week training plan with guidance from industry experts
* Our very own custom-built CRM system supported by AI
* High- performance work culture which celebrates and rewards success
* Private GP service
* iPhone work mobile and work laptop
* Two 1.5-hour lunch breaks a week
* Along with many more!
High Earning Potential:
Executive Search is a lucrative career path with potential for high earnings of £100k+ even in your first year!
If you are highly motivated with ambitious financial goals, then this could be a rewarding and fulfilling career path for you…
* Competitive base salary with bi-yearly appraisals
* Uncapped commission structure (average 1st year OTE £50k+ and £200k+ top performers)
* Sliding scale commission up to 60% of the revenue you have generated
* Luxury cash vouchers (Harvey Nichols, Selfridges, VEX etc)
* Top Biller incentive trips abroad (Skiing, Ibiza, City breaks)
* Consistency bonuses and annual top performer 2% revenue bonus (1% for runner up)
Fast Career Progression:
* We only hire entry – level graduates so everyone starts in the same position with no experience
* Internal meritocratic promotion policy (not favouritism or time- served)
* Fast Career Progression with an average 6-12 months to senior consultant and 12 – 18 months to management
* Progression opportunities to become a director of your own Executive Search Business with equity (We have set up 20+ since 2012)
About Mackenzie Stuart Group:
Mackenzie Stuart Group is a market leading and global Executive Search firm established in 2005 and we have grown from a £1million to a £27million company with offices across Leeds, London and Harrogate. We are an ambitious, competitive, and a highly motivated organisation which prides ourselves on offering unparalleled executive search services.
The Mackenzie Stuart Group consists of the parent company Mackenzie Stuart and subsidiary companies including Indenovo Global, TH Daniels, George Thomas, JB Andrews, Irving Knight Group, Atrio Search, Potentia Search, Novaris Search and Sectr Partners.
For more information on our business and the Recruitment Consultant role at one of our companies, please visit https://graduates.mackenziestuart.com/
An updated and relevant CV is required to progress successfully through the interview process but is not required for an initial application. However, applying with your CV is recommended for a higher chance of a successful application.
All applicants must have the full right to work in the UK without sponsorship. Due to the large number of applications if you have not heard anything within 14 days then unfortunately you have been unsuccessful.