Senior Delivery Consultant

Senior Delivery Consultant – Defence & Aerospace

Location: Remote (with travel to London 1–2 days per month)

Workspace: Remote from anywhere in the UK, or from a network of WeWork offices

Salary: Above Average Salary + Outstanding Commission Structure & Immediate Earning Potential

About my Client

This award-winning, global workforce solutions company delivers the people, technology, and change programmes that are shaping the future of leading UK organisations. Their consultancy-led approach drives digital transformation for major businesses, particularly in defence and aerospace, by closing digital skills gaps and providing highly skilled, diverse talent. With a vibrant, inclusive culture and an industry-accredited Academy, they offer an exceptional platform for ambitious recruiters to progress their careers.

Why Apply Today?

• Career growth: Build an impressive career in a market leader and learn from sector experts
• Flexible, hybrid working: Work from home or WeWork spaces
• Earnings: Uncapped commission with rewards from day one
• Benefits: 23 days’ holiday plus bank holidays (rising with service, plus the option to purchase 5 extra days), strong pension, vouchers, and ongoing individual and team incentives
• Exposure: Work directly with high-profile clients on critical defence and aerospace projects

Core Responsibilities

• Engage directly with clients/hiring managers—role qualification, understanding talent needs, and providing robust market insights on candidate skills, locations, and trends.
• Partner with internal sales and Account Management teams to anticipate and prepare for future client demand in the defence and aerospace sectors.
• Proactively build and nurture high-quality talent pools and pipelines for consultancy and permanent recruitment, using innovative sourcing and headhunting tactics.
• Lead candidate attraction, engagement and shortlisting, ensuring excellent candidate experience across all touchpoints.
• Use ATS technology (Bullhorn, Pocket Recruiter) to ensure all recruitment activities are tracked and data is accurate; champion new recruitment tools including Hinterview to proactively market candidates.
• Consistently deliver against SLAs: time-to-shortlist, CV-to-interview ratio, fill rates, and monthly targets.
• Act as a visible brand ambassador, supporting the wider sales effort through market mapping, candidate profiling, and event/social media engagement.
• Maintain up-to-date sector knowledge, especially on business transformation, change, and technical roles within defence and aerospace.

The Ideal Candidate

• At least 5 years’ experience in end-to-end recruitment, within the defence and aerospace technology sectors.
• Confident in full lifecycle recruitment: sourcing, engaging, shortlisting, and placing candidates for both contingent and permanent opportunities.
• Adept at managing and influencing both client and candidate stakeholders, with a reputation for clear communication and service excellence.
• Highly proficient with ATS systems (especially Bullhorn) and enthusiastic about driving continuous improvement.
• Driven, proactive, and able to work efficiently to deadlines and targets in a fast-paced environment.
• Collaborative, commercial, and passionate about using industry insight to shape a future-facing workforce.

This is a fabulous chance to accelerate your recruitment career with an award-winning global company, working in partnership with some of the UK’s most exciting and ambitious organisations. If you’re passionate about making a difference in defence and aerospace transformation, apply today and let\’s discuss your next step.