About the role
Trainee Recruitment Consultant
Location: Chelmsford, Essex
Contract: Permanent - Full-Time
Uncapped comission from 16%-20%
Clear pathway to lead your career into a Consultant, then Senior Consultant and potentially even into management in the future.
Warm desk in the Primary OR SEND sector, School partnership agreements already in place with many more in process.
The chance to run your desk with autonomy alongside full support and encouragement, being part of a fully focused and dedicated team who are here to make a difference!
Vision for Education are part of The Edwin Group – listed in The Sunday Times Best Places to Work in 2023, 2024 AND 2025! Rated as 'Excellent' by our staff in all categories and recognised as having industry leading and world-class levels of employee engagement across the Group. Our full focus is on hiring good people, who work in the industry to make a difference to their candidates, schools and students.
After fantastic growth over the last year, we're looking to add to our buzzing office! Every single win you get is celebrated by us all. Need help, support or guidance, we're all here for that 24/7. We share our candidates, fill each others bookings and ensure the whole team can move in the same direction and enjoy each step.
We invest substancially on advertising and sourcing platforms (Unlimited Indeed advert credits and CV Library sourcing!) ensuring that you have the best possible access to candidates across Essex. We have a UK based Candidate Consultant team, that support you and your candidates journey after registration through to clearance. A clear, simple and uncapped comission scheme combined with a retailer discount programme, regular bonus and incentives to esnure you always feel rewarded.
Key Requirement:
1. Proactive and wanting to give 100% each and every day
2. Positive, fun and enthusiastic
3. Hungry to learn, develop and be great at recruitment!
4. Excellent time management and organisational skills
5. Possess a professional and ethical approach to business, understanding how important our role in slecting staff to be responsible for our schools and their students
6. Be able to forge and maintain relationships over the telephone and face-to-face
You will provide a vital link between clients and candidates. The role is demanding and diverse, involving:
7. Working with a large client base - differentiating your approach and candidate base according to needs
8. Using sales, business development and marketing techniques and networking opportunities to attract business from client schools
9. Visiting clients to build and develop close working relationships, providing the best possible service at all times
10. Advertising vacancies by placing adverts on a variety of job boards
11. Using social media to advertise positions, attract candidates and build relationships with candidates, employers, and the teaching community
12. Headhunting - identifying and approaching suitable candidates who may already be in work
13. Receiving and reviewing applications, managing interviews, and creating a shortlist of candidates for each client
14. Requesting references and checking the suitability of applicants before submitting their details to the client
15. Briefing and preparing each candidate about the responsibilities, salary, and benefits of the job
16. Preparing CVs and profiles to forward to clients in respect of suitable applicants
17. Organising interviews for candidates as requested by the client, followed by successfully negotiations
18. Informing candidates about the results of their interviews
19. Using our CRM system to manage bookings with speed and accuracy
20. Coordinating sponsorship activities for client schools
What do we offer?
21. We have fantastic support teams – Payroll (PAYE), marketing, and compliance teams
22. Excellent salary package with an open-ended bonus system
23. Company/team performance incentives throughout the year
24. Excellent career progression and professional development opportunities
25. Regular team events
26. Friendly, professional, and hard-working team environment
27. 7am-4pm or 8am-5pm in term time
28. Reduced hours over the school holidays
29. Hybrid working (4 days in branch - Wednesdays working from home)
30. Parking costs covered
31. Free and unlimited bean-to-cup coffe (Cappucinos, flat whites, etc). Free beers and prosecco every Friday!
32. Daily snacks, fruit and free pick and mix!
If you'd like to know more, please click apply now and we'll be in touch!
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