Recruitment Consultant

Are you passionate about education and the difference it can make in the world?
Are you confident, entrepreneurial and looking to join a leading recruitment agency?
Does the thought of joining a vibrant team who make it their mission to help teachers and pupils thrive fill your heart with joy?
Then join Teaching Personnel and make a difference every day!
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.
We are on an exciting journey of growth and we are looking for a driven and talented Trainee/Recruitment Consultant to be part of our team

Who We Are: Tyne Tees Primary, Secondary & SEND
Sitting within the wider Teaching Personnel team, we are based in the heart of Newcastle City Centre ( 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 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 Trainee/Recruitment Consultant at Teaching Personnel, you bring schools and teachers together, towards a better education experience for pupils. You are not required to have experience in this career or any work experience at all, so long as you bring your energy and willingness to learn to the table.
You will join a thriving team covering a specialist sector (secondary/primary/SEN) and will support an experienced team of recruiters and have the opportunity for career development and progression - and we will be right there, supporting and cheering you on.

We are open to people with different experience, whether you've worked in Recruitment in a different sector, recently graduated, come from a customer service, Teaching or other Education background we don't mind.

What is key is that you can demonstrate a passion for Education, and the desire to learn with energy and enthusiasm.

You will thrive in this role if you are:

• Curious and committed as you will work in a fast-paced environment, learning on the job.
• Able to build strong relationships in order to deliver the best quality support to Educators and your client schools.
• A skilled Communicator with the ability to ask great questions, on the phone, in person, while conducting interviews for registration and vetting as well as client visits and meeting.
• Creative, in order to write, publish and create engaging job adverts and marketing.
• Organised and have excellent attention to detail as you will be responsible for managing a pool of educators, ensuring excellence for your schools and matching them, as well as creating job opportunities for them through business development.

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
• 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 28 up to a maximum of 33 with Bank holidays on top!
• Additional cash bonuses for performance
• Two awesome award nights a year (summer and Christmas)
• Local incentives with prizes
• Discounted gym membership, discounts on purchases at a large selection of national retailers, free monthly cinema tickets
• Flexible benefit package that enables you to choose and add on things that matter to you , from extra holiday allowance to an Electric car
• Contributory stakeholder pension and life assurance

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.

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