Senior Recruitment Consultant (Permanent Sales)

Location

Reading, Berkshire, England.

Salary

Negotiable, very dependant on experience and performance.  On Target earnings (OTE) likely to be £60,000 to £80,000 in year 1, increasing yearly based on improved performance.

Benefits

You will be entitled to choose up to 3 company benefits depending on experience and level of authority.

Company overview

Project Resource is a very ambitious and professional recruitment company.  Established in 2002 we have grown rapidly from our head office in Reading to open our 2nd office in Solihull (2008), 3rd office in Manchester (2011) and most recently a 4th office in London (2011).

The opportunity

We are a best in class recruitment business, known by employers, job seekers, our employees and rec-to-rec agencies as a professional, high achieving and very ambitious company.

We are currently looking for charismatic, experienced permanent delivery Recruitment Consultants who wants to take the next career step to become a Team Leader and grow a permanent business and team around them.  It is our expectation that the successful applicant will rise to the challenge of growing a team, increasing turnover and profitability with a view to becoming either a principle consultant or team leader in time.  This job vacancy has come about as part of our planned growth which is now seeing the development of our Reading office with cost centre ownership becoming a real possibility for our very best people.

This particular post will involve supplying professional people to employers in the Thames Valley region, across a multitude of industries, however predominantly to the Construction, Civil Engineering and Infrastructure industries.  Experience is not necessarily needed in these sectors, but would be an advantage.

Person requirements

• Charismatic, outgoing and friendly.
• Focussed and very hard working.
• Experience of proactively improving employer relationships and net fees earned.
• Approximate billings of £150k plus per annum are a minimum requirment.
• Well presented and tidy appearance each and every day.
• Energetic, motivating and inspirational to others.
• Sensible with clear life goals, career minded and motivated by achieving success.
• A team player, able to work on their own initiative.
• Demonstrate achievement beyond peer group, and be motivated by a work hard and play hard environment.
• Ability to be self-critical.
• Be a good example to all team members at all times.
• Able to train and develop team members, keep them organised and focused, whilst continuing to maintain your high levels of performance.

Responsibilities

These will include (but not limited to):

Sales

• Proactive generation of job vacancies.
• Management of the recruitment process from start to finish.
• Develop the existing database by exploring new companies.
• Develop the existing employer database to improve repeat business and retain customers.
• Advertise all job vacancies through our various approved advertising mediums (you must possess high levels of literacy).
• Develop your own specialist market (division) to maximise vertical and geographical penetration.
• Conducting marketing drives and structured canvassing, demonstrating advanced networking techniques.
• Selling all of our services to customers (including vertical markets, geographical locations, USP's and FAB's, etc.).
• Create succession in terms of personal billings in preparation for a move upwards or laterally.

Leadership

• Mentoring and training junior members of your own team and those around you.
• Discussing competently our terms and conditions of business, always bringing the best return from each business case.
• Manage and motivate a team in the absence of more senior members of that team.
• Reinforce consistently the values and institutions of the company to all team members.  Always taking positives from everyday, and reiterating those positives to those around you.
• Assist in the recruitment of personnel for your team.
• Demonstrate a significant growth in the levels of business generated within the team.
• Demonstrate that the team attribute a large part of their success down to your input.
• Consistently over achieve targets (personal and team) set, endeavouring to achieve consistent performance from all team members.
• Conduct (with assistance) personnel meetings with team members (appraisals, reviews, disciplinary, etc.).
• Develop team members (both Junior and Trainee consultants) to a self-sufficient level of ability.
• Train and assist colleagues to achieve their monthly targets consistently.
• Assist colleagues in devising improved day plans (effective time management, working smart, utilisation of the tools available to them, such as the database and daily reminders), so that they achieve their work and personal goals.
• To behave positively at all times, and be seen as a responsible, articulate "role model" to those around you.
• Implement or create new initiatives to inspire those around you to achieve their goals, consistently, whilst maintaining a fun and enjoyable work environment.

The environment

We are a meritocracy; you are in control of your own destiny by your actions and performance.  You will have already have achieved beyond your peer group, be motivated by a work hard and play hard environment, as socialising and enjoyment of your career are high priorities to us.  We like to celebrate success and achievements here at Project Resource, with monthly night out targets, regular European and Worldwide trips, exclusive lunches and lots of other personal benefits and care that sometimes get missed out in the corporate world.

Our success can be attributed to our professional and high standards approach; we are focused, ambitious and dynamic.  We invest in our people and we have a strong and energetic team that are well trained (internal and external training).  Project Resource consultants are committed, with clear ambitions and goals.  We strive to create a culture that facilitates the success of our consultants and meets their career aspirations.

As a Senior Consultant you will be expected to reinforce our company values and work hard to help us achieve our business plan.  We will want you to bring your own charismatic style to your responsibilities and lead as an example to all those people around you and in the business.

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Apply for this job

Please email your CV in confidence to k.ingram@project-resource.co.uk, Internal Recruitment or call on 01628 477744 to discuss this job opportunity in more detail.