Consultant - Senior Recruiter in Southampton

We partner with private equity investors and high-growth businesses across energy, renewables and SaaS to place the talent that drives real enterprise value. At the top end, that's retained executive search: the CEOs, CROs and commercial leaders who take a company from where it is to where the investors need it to be. We also build out whole teams, the project hires that get a new initiative off the ground, and the go-to-market functions (sales, marketing, customer success) that turn a product into revenue.

If that sounds like you, the lack of a recruitment background is not a problem. You’ve held down a role and stuck at it; you’re not someone who jumps ship every six months. You’ve worked somewhere with real customers, real targets, and real pressure. You’re comfortable picking up the phone before hiding behind an email. You stay composed when a deal wobbles or a client pushes back. You’re independent, financially motivated, and ready to commit to something properly. A degree is not required.

What you’ll actually do:

• Lead retained search assignments for private equity-backed and high-growth businesses
• Build out project teams and go-to-market functions, managing multiple hires at pace
• Engage directly with CEOs, CROs and investment partners
• Map talent markets and headhunt the people who move the needle, from leadership down
• Manage complex, multi-stakeholder processes from brief to placement
• Generate new mandates and build your own client relationships over time

You’ll work to clear revenue targets in a high-performance team, with genuine progression and the support to get there.

Where it goes: Executive Recruitment Consultant is a core revenue role with a defined path to Managing Consultant and Head of Section. Progression is based on performance and leadership, not how long you’ve been sitting in the chair.

What you get:

• Competitive base plus a market-leading uncapped commission scheme, up to 50%
• A share of the £100,000 company bonus pool; your slice scales with your contribution to the £2.5m team goal
• Quarterly milestone bonuses
• Client Account Strategy bonus
• Champagne on your first placement
• Equity in the business
• An electric supercar for a year when you bill £1m in a single year
• The EI Members Club trip of a lifetime
• Team lunches when you bill £15k in a month

Health and wellbeing:

• Private medical insurance with Vitality
• Private dental insurance with Bupa
• Life assurance worth 4x your salary
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Free eye tests and a glasses contribution
• 5% employer pension contribution

Time and lifestyle:

• 25 days holiday, plus your birthday off
• Days off for your children’s birthdays and their first day of school
• A full week of paid honeymoon leave
• 4pm Friday finishes and 2pm Friday drinks
• Work from home when you need to
• A games room with a Nintendo Switch, table tennis and darts

Why it matters to us: We’ve raised over £34,000 for charity, and we plant a tree for every placement we make through our partnership with Treeapp. Being named a Best Place to Work, and becoming Hampshire’s first B Corp recruiter, is the proof that doing it properly works.

Everyone belongs here: We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, committed to creating a workplace that values diversity, promotes equality, and fosters inclusion. We welcome applications from all individuals, regardless of race, gender, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, or any other protected characteristic. Our goal is to ensure every employee feels respected, supported, and empowered to thrive.