Trainee Education Recruitment Consultant - Kent

Graduate Recruitment Consultant - Kent

Location: Kent, Whitstable
Salary: 28,000 - 30,000 base + uncapped commission
Start Date: ASAP

Are you a recent graduate who balanced studies with part-time work, showing resilience, drive, and ambition? If you're now ready to launch your career in a high-performing, people-focused environment-recruitment could be the perfect fit.

At Tradewind Recruitment, we're looking for hard-working, ambitious graduates to join our thriving London office as Graduate Recruitment Consultants. This is an opportunity to work in a fast-paced, rewarding industry where your efforts directly impact your success.

Why Tradewind Recruitment?

We're one of the UK's leading education recruitment agencies, a 5x Sunday Times Top 100 Company, and known for developing top talent through our elite Impact Academy training programme.

If you've juggled coursework, deadlines, and part-time jobs-we already know you have what it takes to succeed here.

What We Offer:

• 28,000 - 30,000 starting salary with uncapped commission
• 35,000 - 42,000 OTE in your first year
• 35 days annual leave, plus early finishes during school holidays
• Industry-leading training via our Impact Academy
• All-expenses-paid international incentive trips
• A collaborative, graduate-friendly team environment in central London
• Regular social events, wellbeing support, and career progression

What You'll Be Doing:

As a Graduate Recruitment Consultant, you'll be responsible for:

• Interviewing and placing education professionals into schools across London
• Writing CV profiles and marketing candidates to clients
• Building strong, long-term candidate relationships
• Supporting the sales team to drive placements and meet demand
• Working towards clear KPIs and earning commission from day one

About the Impact Academy

Our Impact Academy is a comprehensive training programme designed to help high-potential graduates with little or no recruitment experience build exceptional careers. You'll receive one-to-one mentoring, on-the-job coaching, and classroom sessions covering:

• Candidate management
• Compliance & safeguarding
• Time management & prioritisation
• Business development & negotiation (in year 2)

Many of our top consultants and managers started as graduates-we promote based on performance, not tenure.

What We're Looking For:

We're keen to hear from graduates who:

• Worked part-time or full-time alongside their studies
• Are resilient, competitive, and thrive under pressure
• Communicate well and love working with people
• Are highly motivated by success, personal growth, and making an impact
• Are ready to commit to a long-term career path with big earning potential

Whether you've worked in retail, hospitality, customer service or any high-pressure environment during university, that experience counts-it shows you've got grit.

Ready to Start Your Career?

If you're a graduate with a strong work ethic and the ambition to build a high-earning, meaningful career in a company that rewards effort-Tradewind Recruitment wants to hear from you.

Submit your CV to (url removed) to apply now or arrange an interview.

Launch your recruitment career with Tradewind London-where graduates thrive.