Education Recruitment Consultant

Vision for Education is looking to appoint a recruitment consultant to join our Education team in Manchester, where you will be working with schools across Greater Manchester. This is a fantastic opportunity to join the market leader in education recruitment in the Manchester area, recruiting high-quality teaching and support staff for short, long-term placements and permanent roles.

The role

Vision for Education can 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 nationally 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 including the Vision for Education website.

• 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 their desk 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 we offer

• Excellent salary package with an open-ended bonus system.

• Company/team performance incentives throughout the year.

• Excellent career progression and professional development opportunities.

• Friendly, professional, and hard-working team environment.

• Regular team events - Annual Ball, Christmas Drinks and Meals, regular Client and Candidate Socials.

• Reduced working hours during school holidays.

• Early finishes every Friday!

How to apply

To be considered for the role of Education Recruitment Consultant please email a brief cover letter, saying why you want to apply for this position along with an up-to-date CV to gary.thorman@visionforeducation.co.uk or call Gary Thorman on 0161 641 3743 for an informal and confidential chat about the position.