Trainee Recruitment Consultant

Trainee Recruitment Consultant - Catering Division
Chelmsford
Up to £27,000 DOE
Hybrid Working Schedule

This is an exciting opportunity for a Trainee Recruitment Consultant to join our Recruitment team. We have been established for 30 years and due to the increased success as Essex’s leading Catering Agency we are now looking to expand and grow our Catering Division.

Initially, the Trainee Recruitment Consultant will work alongside a Senior Consultants until such time you will be confident to work alone. As Trainee Recruitment Consultant you must be extremely driven with good communication skills.

The successful Trainee Recruitment Consultant will need to be real 'foodie’ and will love talking daily about food and drink to the passionate clients that we deal with. This role would suit a Chef or FOH person looking for a career change or someone from a role selling into the Catering Sector? Alternatively, if you have come from a sales background and very keen to begin a career in Recruitment, please do not hesitate to contact me. Previous catering knowledge preferred but not essential.

Role:

• Sourcing candidates through existing database, job boards, advertising, social media and referrals.
• First point of contact for candidates, identifying their skills and matching with appropriate vacancies.
• Cold calling candidates / clients.
• Assisting with gaining compliance documentation for candidates.
• Sourcing suitable temporary and permanent vacancies from a range of clients.
• Developing and maintaining relationships with all clients
• General administrative/sales support to the recruitment team.
• Working towards daily/weekly/monthly target, responsible for delivering on set targets.

Preferred Experience

• Educated to a minimum of GCSE/A-level or equivalent level.
• Well-developed skills in Word Processing (e.g. Microsoft Word), Spreadsheets (e.g. Excel) Emails (e.g. Outlook)
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Self-starter who is goal oriented and has a proven experience of working with a matter of urgency.
• Previous catering knowledge preferred but not essential.

You will be on-call and be required to work a mixture of shifts, including evenings and weekends. Car driver preferred.