Senior Education Recruitment Consultant Permanent

Senior Education Recruitment Consultant (Primary, SEND or Secondary) – Vision for Education Sussex

Location: Central Brighton

Contract: Permanent – Full-Time 

Competitive salary dependent on experience level – Starting salary £24,000 to highly competitive 

Vision for Education is looking to appoint Education Recruitment Consultants for our developing Sussex Branch, currently located in Brighton.

Our Brighton Office was established in October 2021, we've had an experienced team busily building our client and candidate base across Sussex and now we're looking to expand our team even more.

We are looking for Experienced Education Consultants at this time.

Key Requirement;

Successful Education Recruitment experience – or a similar sector 1 + years 
Vision for Education is proud to offer an unrivalled service to both schools and teachers.

You will provide a vital link between clients and candidates. The role is demanding and diverse and involves:

Working with a large client base – many of the schools work exclusively with Vision for Education.
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.
Developing a good understanding of client schools; what they do and their culture and environment.
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.
Using candidate databases to match the right person to the client's vacancy.
Receiving and reviewing applications, managing interviews, and creating a shortlist of candidates for the client.
Requesting references and checking the suitability of applicants before submitting their details to the client.
Briefing the candidate about the responsibilities, salary, and benefits of the job.
Preparing CVs and correspondence to forward to clients in respect of suitable applicants.
Organising interviews for candidates as requested by the client.
Informing candidates about the results of their interviews.
Using our Salesforce system to manage bookings.
Coordinating sponsorship activities for client schools.
The successful Recruitment Consultant will have/be:

Excellent communication and sales skills.
The ability to grow a desk (primary, secondary or SEND) from the start.
Excellent time management and organisational skills.
An ability to organise their own workload and meet deadlines.
Self-motivated and resilient.
The ability to act on their own initiative.
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.
Operate effectively as part of a happy, motivated team.
What do we offer?

No KPI's!
We have fantastic in-house payroll – all 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 – Annual Ball, Christmas Drinks and Meals, regular Client and Candidate Socials.
Friendly, professional, and hard-working team environment.
For 12 weeks of the year, you only work 5-6 hours per day!
Early finishes every Friday and you get to finish at 4 pm twice a week as well!
Regular work from home days every Wednesday.
How do you get in touch?

If you have Education Recruitment experience then apply today