Job description
We are looking for an Education Recruitment Consultant to join us in our Brighton location in Brighton and give back to the community, through the resourcing and recruiting of quality teachers and support staff for local Secondary schools; with the aim of raising educational attainment.
This is hard work and will require a high volume of sales and business development calls to schools across your local region; resourcing and recruiting quality teachers and carrying out interviews. Along with having regular face-to-face client visits (via video conferencing currently during COVID-19) whilst building relationships with key decision makers in schools; and creating quality marketing and advertising.
We are welcoming applications from both experienced recruiters and people who haven’t worked in recruitment before. As a Recruitment Consultant at Teaching Personnel, you’re the vital link between our client schools and candidates. You will join a thriving team covering a specialist Secondary sector and will be responsible for building your candidate pool and school base across the local area. Our Brighton office services schools across Brighton and the surrounding areas. Due to the wide geographical spread of the schools we do require applicants to have a full valid Driving licence and access to a vehicle. At the moment we are operating home-based working. (full IT equipment provided).
You will:
- Make a high volume of sales and business development calls to schools across your local area
- Build and develop your own candidate database by sourcing and recruiting quality teachers and support staff and matching them to temporary and permanent job placements
- Have regular meetings with key clients (virtually) to build relationships with key decision makers in schools
- Work to key expectations measures and indicators in line with your personal and team targets
- Maintain good communication and customer service at all times with clients and candidates
- Contribute positively to your team as well as the wider location
Great Career
From day one, along with an intensive induction programme, you will be part of tpGROW, which is an industry leading development programme; where you can expect to be continuously supported throughout and be provided with all the resources required to have a successful career at Teaching Personnel.
Along with an excellent starting salary and uncapped performance related commission, you will have the opportunity to be promoted up to four times a year, with the potential to increase your earnings by up to GBP11k within your first year. You’ll also have access to a large range of other benefits including:
Reduced working hours in school holidays;
Generous holiday entitlement which increases with service;
Additional cash bonuses for performance;
Regular incentives and prizes;
Discounted gym membership;
Discounts on purchases at a large selection of national retailers;
Contributory stakeholder pension, life assurance and a childcare voucher scheme.
Great People
Our teams all pull together and the harder you work the more rewards you have the chance to earn. There is a very collaborative learning environment where everyone’s thoughts and ideas are supported and encouraged.
After all that hard work, we're also a very social bunch! Aside from frequent branch and regional nights out we have regular company-wide events which give everyone a chance to get together and celebrate our combined efforts and achievements.
The Brighton office is based in the heart of the city centre and is one of our busiest and most vibrant offices.
Our teams work collaboratively and support each other and are a social bunch. Someone confident, outgoing and excellent at building relationships will fit well into this team. We are looking for individuals from a variety of backgrounds who can showcase transferable skills in sales, customer service and establishing/maintaining relationship. Resilience and a ‘can do’ attitude is also vitally important.
For this opportunity we are looking for individuals who are educated to a degree level. What discipline you studied is not important but we look for people who believe in the same things we do - the desire to provide a quality and professional service to the teachers and schools who rely on us.
If you would like the opportunity to discuss your long term career prospects with us then we would love to hear from you. Please apply with an up to date CV and covering letter.