Recruitment Consultant – Defence & Public Sector (SC / DV / eDV Tech)
We’re looking for a recruiter who already understands the cleared market.
Not someone who wants to “learn it” or “break into defence” — you’ve already recruited SC / DV / eDV candidates, you know how slow, sensitive and relationship‑driven it is, and you’re comfortable operating in that space.
What you’ll be doing
You’ll be owning and growing a desk focused on secure government and defence technology roles.
That means:
* Delivering into SC, DV and eDV‑cleared roles across areas like software engineering, cloud, cyber, infrastructure and data
* Working with candidates who don’t live on job boards and don’t respond to generic outreach
* Managing long hiring cycles, complex stakeholders and tight compliance requirements
* Building trusted relationships with both candidates and clients in a highly network‑driven market
* Running processes properly — not throwing CVs over the fence
What we’re looking for
* Proven experience recruiting into UK defence / public sector tech roles
* Strong understanding of SC, DV and eDV clearance levels (and what they actually mean in practice)
* Track record of placing candidates in secure or classified environments
* Comfortable handling sensitive conversations and candidate situations
* Able to work quality‑first — this isn’t a volume CV shop
* Ideally experience across one or more of:
* Cyber Security
* Software Engineering
* Infrastructure / Networks
* Data / AI
The reality of this role
This market is:
* Relationship‑led, not transactional
* Slower moving, but higher value
* Candidate‑short, not job‑short
* Built on trust and reputation
If you know how to build a network, manage complexity, and deliver properly — you’ll do very well here.
What you’ll get
* Access to live, high‑value roles in defence and secure government projects
* Support to build a genuinely specialist desk (not just fill jobs)
* A business that understands this market — not one trying to “have a go at it”
* Strong earning potential aligned to a high‑margin, low‑volume model
* A grown‑up environment — no micromanagement, no KPI theatre
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