Senior Education Recruitment Consultant / Assistant Manager (SEND) – Vision for Education Location: Chelmsford Contract: Permanent - Full-Time Competitive salary dependent on experience level Vision for Education are part of The Edwin Group – listed in The Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2025 for the 3rd year running! 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. We are looking to appoint a Senior Recruitment Consultant or Assistant Manager, for a SEND team within our existing Essex branch. You will be working alongside experienced Senior Consultants and a Branch Manager who are currently focused on Primary and Secondary sectors. We invest substancially on advertising and sourcing platforms, 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 s retailer discount programme, regular bonus and incentives to esnure you always feel rewarded. We are looking for Experienced Consultants: Key Requirement: Successful Education Recruitment experience - or a similar sector Proven track record of converting prospective clients and supporting the development of existing clients Must be Sales/Business Development focused You will provide a vital link between clients and candidates. The role is demanding and diverse, involving: Working with a large client base - Across all types of SEND, differentiating your approach and candidate base according to needs Using sales, business development and marketing techniques and networking opportunities to attract business from client schools Visiting clients to build and develop close working relationships, providing the best possible service at all times Advertising vacancies by placing adverts on a variety of job boards Using social media to advertise positions, attract candidates and build relationships with candidates, employers, and the teaching community Headhunting - identifying and approaching suitable candidates who may already be in work Receiving and reviewing applications, managing interviews, and creating a shortlist of candidates for each client Requesting references and checking the suitability of applicants before submitting their details to the client Briefing and preparing each candidate about the responsibilities, salary, and benefits of the job Preparing CVs and profiles to forward to clients in respect of suitable applicants Organising interviews for candidates as requested by the client, followed by successfully negotiations Informing candidates about the results of their interviews Using our CRM system to manage bookings with speed and accuracy Coordinating sponsorship activities for client schools The successful Recruitment Consultant will have/be: A driven and hard working individual, who's able to give 100% every day Responsible to work with autonomy in a way that grows their business Able to take on new ideas and techniques The ability to grow a SEND desk from the start Excellent time management and organisational skills Resilient through challenges and always keep a positive attitude Possess a professional and ethical approach to business Be able to forge and maintain relationships over the telephone and face-to-face Possess a desire to exceed the highest levels of customer service What do we offer? We have fantastic support teams – Payroll (PAYE), marketing, and compliance teams Excellent salary package with an open-ended bonus system Company/team performance incentives throughout the year Excellent career progression and professional development opportunities Regular team events Friendly, professional, and hard-working team environment Reduced hours over the school holidays Hybrid working (4 days in branch - Wednesdays working from home) How do you get in touch? Sound like a good fit? Then apply today! internaledwin