Recruitment Consultant

• Teaching Personnel
• Newcastle
• Recruitment Consultant
• £27,550 OTE
• Full Time, Permanent (open to remote and hybrid working)

Are you passionate about education and the difference it can make in the world?

We are excited to hear from applicants at various levels of experience: whether this might be your first job or an opportunity to change careers or progress your career further, we are keen to explore what working together might look like.

Join Teaching Personnel.

Make a difference every day, in the lives of pupils, teachers and schools.

Part of the dynamically growing Supporting Education Group, Teaching Personnel is the UK’s leading education recruitment agency, with hundreds of thousands of teachers who have chosen us since 1996 and over 5,000 schools who choose us every year. We have 80+ branches across England & Wales and are the first-choice agency for over 12,000 job seekers.

We match talented educators with schools and whether it is finding the best teaching assistant to support literacy or a maths teacher to deliver curriculum continuity for a group of GCSE maths pupils, our teams go home at night knowing they have played a part in the education of thousands of pupils and in the careers of countless educators.

Who We Are: Newcastle

Sitting within the wider Teaching Personnel team, we are a nimble and energetic team of 15, based in the heart of Newcastle upon Tyne (Grey Street). We love working together and welcoming new colleagues, who are always supported to learn and develop as they begin an exciting new chapter within their career – after all, we’ve all been there! We are straight talkers and value open and fluid communication - it is our strong belief that everyone’s thoughts and ideas count in our journey of continuous improvement. We work hard, but we also have fun and celebrate our successes.

The Role

As a Recruitment Consultant at Teaching Personnel, you bring schools and teachers together, towards a better education experience for pupils. You will join a thriving team covering a specialist sector (either primary, secondary or SEN) and will be responsible for building your candidate pool and school base across a local area – and we will be right there, supporting and cheering you on.

Who You Are

A highly enthusiastic perpetual learner, you will flourish in our team if you:

• Are passionate about the difference education can make in the world, regardless of whether or not you have worked in the sector before
• Have a proven flair for spotting talent and matching the right people with the right roles
• Love talking to people and you’re great at written communication as well
• Have a project management mindset: you think logically through stages of activities, you plan, deliver and follow-up
• Are curious and inquisitive and thrive on listening to people and understanding their backgrounds, needs and aspirations
• Enjoy teamwork and are able to demonstrate autonomy and initiative

What We Offer

• The opportunity to work alongside and be mentored by best-in-class sector professionals who love seeing you grow and flourish
• A career path that can take you to the very top with several opportunities to promote every year
• Access to excellent training and development and fantastic market leading technology to give you the data, insights and resources you need to succeed
• Generous holiday entitlement which increases with service
• Additional cash bonuses for performance
• Two awesome award nights a year
• Local incentives with prizes varying from a free lunch to a day at the races
• Holiday prize draws
• Discounted gym membership, discounts on purchases at a large selection of national retailers, free monthly cinema tickets
• Contributory stakeholder pension and life assurance
• Eye care plan

If all this is making you wonder what it would be like to work with us, don’t hesitate: send us your CV and we will be in touch shortly to talk through next steps. Alternatively, if you would like more information don't hesitate to get in touch with Mark in the Newcastle office. 

All applicants will require the appropriate qualifications and training for this role as well aas the Right to Work in the UK. Please see teachingpersonnel.com/faqs for details.
All pay rates quoted will be inclusive of 12.07% statutory holiday pay. This advert is for a temporary position. In some cases, the option to make this role permanent may become available at a later date.
Teaching Personnel is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We undertake safeguarding checks on all workers in accordance with DfE statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’. We offer all our registered candidates FREE child protection and prevent duty training. All candidates must undertake or have undertaken a valid enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Full assistance provided.
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