Trainee Recruitment Consultant in London

Skills Alliance is a high-growth, global Recruitment and Executive Search firm specialising in Life Sciences, Industrials and wider STEM.

After an exceptional performance across all our global offices this year, we are now looking to expand our office in London. This role would suit someone who has worked in a transferable industry and wants to transition into recruitment.

To date we count many of the leading Biotech, Pharma, Medical Devices and Med Tech companies as our partners, and are now looking for Trainees who want to work directly with clients like this.

Start date: Jan/Feb 2026

Location: London

What does this role involve?

• Discover and headhunt high‑calibre candidates for mid‑senior level and retained roles.
• Business Development and forging relationships with clients across your market globally. This is a client facing role with a lot of autonomy. You will be responsible for bringing in and attracting clients, as well as managing accounts once they are onboarded.
• Manage the whole candidate journey, from screening and interviewing candidates to interview feedback, negotiating offers and delivering the news.
• Become the go‑to expert in your market.

What can we offer you?

• Earning potential: Recruitment is one of the few careers where you can make a lot of money early in your career. Our commission structure goes up to 50% with no threshold.
• Benefits: Flexi-hours, wellness days, wellness budget monthly, private healthcare, charity days, time off on your birthday - and more.
• Incentives and perks: Lunch & breakfast clubs every quarter, fully paid annual incentive trips every year, dress down Fridays with early finish, regular socials.
• Development: From day one, you’ll be learning from the very best. Structured training, real-time feedback, and constant development from people who’ve done it and done it well.
• Progression: We aim to get anyone joining us promoted twice in their first year.

Who are we looking for?

• Experience in a transferable role, for example sales, is highly desirable.
• No university degree or similar higher education is required.
• Rewards are high here, so it’s a plus if you are motivated by performance-based rewards on top of your basic salary.
• Competitive, resilient, and ambitious approach to your work.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, as you will be talking to people all around the world.
• Excited to learn, improve and be trained. You want to get 1% better each day.
• You enjoy a fast‑paced, high‑impact environment surrounded by high performers and want to build a long-term career from day one.

This role will initially be on site while you’re learning (usually your first few months), then will be on our hybrid structure which is 3 days in the office, 2 working from home.

If you’re the kind of person who wants to build a career with real progression and cares about working in a supportive, social environment, apply here or email isabella.morrison@skillsalliance.com.