Experienced Recruitment Consultant
Primary Education
Coventry
£37,670 - £47,235
Your New Team
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Recruitment Consultant to join our Coventry Education team, supporting a well‐established and high‐performing primary desk. This desk has a warm and loyal customer base across local primary schools and plays a key role in delivering high‐quality staffing solutions to the community.
You'll be part of a collaborative and supportive team, backed by experienced leaders and surrounded by specialist consultants across the wider region, giving you access to shared expertise, strong networks, and cross‐specialism collaboration.
Your New Role
As a Recruitment Consultant in our Coventry Education team, you'll focus on supporting local primary schools with their qualified primary teaching recruitment needs. This is a fast‐paced and rewarding market where your ability to identify and engage niche, high‐quality candidates will be essential.
Your responsibilities will include:
* Building and nurturing partnerships with both new and existing primary schools and candidates.
* Delivering outstanding service to your portfolio of customers.
* Sourcing and engaging qualified primary teachers, including those in hard‐to‐find subject or skill areas.
* Managing the full recruitment process — from shortlisting through to offering successful candidates their new roles.
What You'll Need to Succeed
* Drive, resilience, and ambition to succeed in a competitive and fast‐moving market.
* Strong communication skills and the ability to build trusted relationships with schools and candidates.
* Confidence and energy to thrive in a high‐paced environment.
* Experience in sourcing niche or specialist candidates, ideally within education or another skills‐short market.
* A genuine interest in supporting schools and teachers to achieve their goals.
What You'll Get in Return
* The opportunity to take ownership of an established, warm primary desk within a high‐performing team.
* Support from experienced leaders with deep knowledge of the Education sector.
* Industry‐leading training and development to maximise your performance and career progression.
* Uncapped commission and regular performance‐based incentives.
* Hybrid working and a supportive, inclusive team culture.
* A clear career path with progression opportunities within Hays.
Life at Hays presents the opportunity for growth, varied career paths, exciting challenges and a culture of inclusion that celebrates diversity. If you're thinking of a new tomorrow for your career, let's work together to create it.
At Hays, we share a passion for creating a culture of opportunities for our people to flourish and succeed, whatever your background. We know that diversity of perspective and an inclusive approach, which encourages those experiences and views to be heard, is great for business and therefore your career.