Recruitment Consultant

Recruitment Consultant - Primary Desk

£28,000-£35,000 Basic + Uncapped Commission + Performance Bonus Pay Awards
Permanent | Full Time | Hybrid - WFH Wednesday & Friday

Are you ambitious, commercially driven and motivated by earning potential?

Premier Education is looking for a Recruitment Consultant to join our friendly team and work on our Primary desk. It's a billing role on an established warm desk, with existing clients, candidates and business to build on.

Experience in temporary recruitment, ideally within education or a similar market, is preferred. We're looking for someone who understands the pace of a temporary desk, enjoys the commercial side of recruitment and is motivated by making placements and billing.

We're also open to people with an education background who are commercially minded, or candidates with strong sales/business development experience.

Most importantly, we're looking for someone who is friendly, driven, commercially focused and wants to succeed.

The Role

You'll be responsible for:

Managing and developing an established warm desk
Building relationships with schools and developing new business
Building and managing a strong candidate talent pool
Sourcing, interviewing and registering candidates
Advertising vacancies and marketing candidates
Matching candidates to suitable roles
Negotiating offers and managing placements
Generating billings and working towards individual targets
Growing your desk and maximising your earning potentialWhat we're looking for

We're looking for someone who is:

Commercially driven and motivated by earning potential
Confident, ambitious and target-focused
Comfortable picking up the phone and developing new business
Resilient and able to handle rejection
Organised and able to manage a busy desk
Proactive, competitive and self-motivated
A strong communicator with a positive can-do attitudeThis isn't a role for someone who simply wants to manage candidates. We want someone who wants to build a desk, win business, make placements and bill.

What we offer

£28,000-£35,000 basic salary, depending on experience
Uncapped commission with no threshold
Performance-related pay awards
Established warm desk with existing business
1-to-1 training and ongoing professional development
Hybrid working - WFH Wednesday & Friday
Up to 30 days annual leave + bank holidays
Extra day off for your birthday
Flexible reduced hours during school holidays
Clear career progression
Pension, team incentives and salary sacrifice options
Friendly, supportive and close-knit teamAbout Premier Education

Established in 2001, Premier Education is a specialist Education Recruitment Organisation based in Wilmslow, South Manchester.

We have built long-standing relationships with schools throughout the North West and have registered thousands of teachers and support staff over the years.

Our modern offices are based on the same site as Ferrari and Porsche - just in case you need a little extra motivation!

Ready for your next move?

If you're commercially driven, ambitious and want a recruitment career where your results directly influence your earning potential, we'd love to hear from you.

Please apply with your CV to

If you have not heard from us within three working days, unfortunately, on this occasion, your application has not been successful.

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