Experienced Hire Recruitment Consultant- Established HR Temp Desk in London

Your New Team: Hays HR are the UK’s largest, specialist recruiter with over 60 consultants nationally. Last year we successfully recruited 1,440 HR professionals into HR Jobs. Within Hays HR, is the London Public Sector HR team, based in Cheapside. This is a well-established desk, with a history of consistent success, and we are now looking to recruit an experienced Senior Recruitment Consultant (or above) to join this successful team, and focus on temporary recruitment. The team currently consists of one Business Director who focuses on temporary and fixed-term recruitment, so this is an exciting time for someone to join and make a real impact from day one. You will specialise in the recruitment of temporary HR professionals into a variety of public sector and not-for-profit organisations. This desk has incredible potential, with anticipated billings of £250k + per annum. This is an exciting opportunity to interact and deliver recruitment services to existing clients, and through your own commercial awareness and drive, deliver targeted and strategic business development. There is a vast opportunity to grow our market share across these sectors, and we anticipate consistent fee growth and client wins. The benefit of working within this well-established team is that you will be collaborating with high-performing individuals, who are true specialists in their sector and industry, and have an impeccable reputation. This presents a wonderful environment for the right individual to make an impact quickly on their own desk, and be financially rewarded.

Your New Role: As a specialist HR recruiter in the Public Sector, you will be a subject-matter expert in Human Resources and the various components that make up the discipline, including recruitment, learning and development, HR transformation and change, HR Systems, Employee Relations and much more. Experience with HR recruitment isn’t essential as you will receive a wealth of training in these areas and benefit from the support of highly experienced managers in your office, as well as specialist technical support from our National Specialism Director, and your Director, who will share their 15+ years’ experience across the specialism. An ability to learn quickly will be important as you will be expected to recruit successfully in these areas from HR Administrator level to HR Director level, almost immediately. Your client base will vary, and you will partner with a variety of public sector organisations. You will benefit from existing client relationships, but the expectation is that you will also be very proactive and strategic in your business development activity. Business Development is key to being successful in this position and a large proportion of your time will be spent reaching out to sell our recruitment services to new clients, both in meetings and virtually. Your candidates are also of the utmost importance. In a skill short market, you must demonstrate innovative ways of attracting the best HR talent and provide an outstanding service in introducing them to suitable employers, managing the candidate's experience from initial contact through to appointment and post-start support. In summary, your role will be an equal split of candidate engagement and client engagement activity. Your objectives will be based around three key strategic themes: be visible and build relationships in HR, convert candidate relationships into client relationships, and have a reputation for being a true HR recruiting expert in your market.

What you’ll need to succeed: Above all, you should have a strong work ethic where you are motivated and enthusiastic about carving out a career in recruitment. Prior recruitment experience is necessary (manager experience is helpful, but not essential), but you will be prepared to work hard, strive to achieve targets, and have an interest and ability to thrive in a corporate environment. You will be naturally inquisitive to help you build your market knowledge and build strong business relationships. You will be ambitious, driven to progress your career quickly and have strong sales skills with the ability to consult and advise both clients and candidates. To do all of this, you will need excellent interpersonal skills with a passion to want to achieve results. You’ll be ambitious with passion, credibility, and drive. Your unbeatable interpersonal skills will enable you to build strong relationships with your candidates and clients, which will be vital to your own success and the success of the business.

What you’ll get in return: At Hays, we know that recruitment can be demanding and competitive. However, as the market leader, Hays offers you the best training in the industry to support you in your development from Manager, Senior Manager and beyond. You will receive classroom training and on-the-job coaching from highly knowledgeable consultants which will enable you to develop a lasting and successful career. We believe in recognising success, so not only do we promote from within, but you will be rewarded with uncapped commission and unrivalled incentives and benefits. If you’re interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now. If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career.