Sales Recruiter in Southend-on-Sea

Own Entry‐Level Sales Hiring End‐to‐End

Salary £35,000 + Benefits

Turn potential into performance by building our next generation of sales talent.

About Focus Group

We are powering the digital workplace for 30,000+ UK businesses with a £1bn valuation and 1,300+ employees across 20 offices. We are one of the UK’s fastest‐growing tech companies, and our ambitious growth plans mean we are constantly hiring talented people to fuel our success. Our Talent Acquisition team plays a critical role in attracting, assessing and securing the best talent in the market, ensuring Focus Group remains a destination employer in the tech industry.

The Role: Hands-On Recruitment

As a Talent Acquisition Advisor, you will own the end-to-end recruitment process for multiple roles across our group. This is a high-volume, fast-paced role where you will spend your days sourcing candidates, screening CVs, on the phone assessing potential, arranging interviews and keeping the pipeline constantly full.

Your day-to-day:

• Conducting phone screens and assessments with high volumes of entry‐level sales candidates
• Screening CVs quickly and efficiently to identify candidates with the right potential and drive
• Arranging and coordinating interviews, ensuring a seamless experience for candidates and hiring managers
• Keeping your pipeline full with qualified candidates ready to interview
• Building innovative sourcing campaigns using LinkedIn, social media, careers fairs, campus recruitment and networking
• Partnering with sales managers to understand their needs and deliver candidates who will thrive
• Establishing and maintaining relationships with universities, colleges and education providers
• Managing the full recruitment cycle from sourcing through to offer for multiple vacancies simultaneously
• Tracking metrics and keeping recruitment databases up to date
• Creating compelling content that positions Focus as the best place to launch a sales career
• Contributing to strategic projects that improve our approach to entry‐level sales hiring as we scale

Who We’re Looking For:

• Volume recruiter – Whether you’re from agency or in-house, you thrive in fast‐paced environments managing multiple vacancies and keeping pipelines moving
• Passionate about AI – You will embrace and be part of our AI journey to enhance our efficiency and the recruitment experience
• Sales savvy – You understand what makes a great BDE/SDR and can assess potential quickly
• Relationship builder – You can engage everyone from university career services to senior sales leaders
• Innovative sourcer – You know how to build talent pipelines, source across multiple channels (job boards, LinkedIn etc) and find candidates others miss
• Highly organised – Managing multiple priorities and deadlines doesn’t phase you
• Team player – You are part of a growing Talent Acquisition team within a People & Culture function. You will proactively work with and support colleagues.
• Results-driven – You are motivated by filling roles quickly without compromising on quality
• Strategic thinker – You can execute operationally while thinking about long‐term talent strategy

What You’ll Earn:

• Competitive salary £30,000 - £35,000 (DOE)
• Company pension
• Wellbeing support
• Perks platform with discounts
• Regular team socials and company events

Our Values:

• Respect - Treat colleagues and customers with respect
• Integrity - Uphold the highest standards of honesty and fairness
• Teamwork - Engage and collaborate with colleagues and partners
• Ambition - Determination to be the best that we can be

Don’t let the requirements hold you back! We value passion, potential, and a willingness to learn just as much as experience. We are a fast‐paced and growing environment, and if you’re excited about talent acquisition and building our next generation of sales talent, we encourage you to apply – even if you don’t tick every box.

Focus Group are committed to ensuring protection for all personal information that we hold, and to provide and protect all data. All staff share in this responsibility and must take appropriate steps in protecting all data. All incidents or risks that may impact this protection must be reported to their manager or to the Data Protection Officer.