Recruitment Consultant

At Brook Street, we help people build better working lives. We're growing our Business Professional team in Ashford and are looking for an experienced Recruitment Consultant who thrives on building relationships, winning new business, and delivering exceptional recruitment solutions.

This is an opportunity for an ambitious recruiter who enjoys being out with clients, identifying new opportunities, and developing long-term partnerships. You'll have the autonomy to grow your market, supported by the strength of the Brook Street brand, an extensive candidate database, and a highly experienced team.

If you're commercially focused, relationship-driven, and motivated by success, we'd love to hear from you.

You'll join a supportive, high-performing team with responsibility for developing and growing your own recruitment market. This is a 360 recruitment role combining business development, client relationship management, and candidate delivery.

You'll spend time meeting clients, understanding their hiring needs, securing new business opportunities, and building trusted partnerships across your market. Alongside this, you'll source and engage top talent, managing the recruitment process from initial vacancy through to successful placement.

Working across permanent recruitment, you'll use your market knowledge, network, and consultative approach to generate opportunities and deliver outstanding results for both clients and candidates.

• Developing new business opportunities through proactive sales activity, networking, and client engagement
• Attending client meetings to understand hiring challenges and identify growth opportunities
• Building and nurturing long term relationships with new and existing clients
• Becoming a market expert and trusted recruitment partner within your specialist sector
• Managing, growing, and maximising existing client accounts
• Identifying and converting opportunities within both warm and new prospective clients
• Sourcing, headhunting, and engaging high quality candidates
• Managing the full recruitment lifecycle from vacancy briefing through to placement
• Negotiating fees, salaries, rates, and offers
• Providing market intelligence and recruitment advice to clients
• Delivering an exceptional candidate and client experience throughout the recruitment process
• Working towards and exceeding individual and team revenue targets
• Contributing to a collaborative, high performance team culture
• Maintaining compliance and ensuring all processes are completed to a high standard

We're looking for an experienced Recruitment Consultant with a proven track record in business development and relationship management.

You'll be confident building new business, comfortable meeting clients face to face, and motivated by developing long term commercial partnerships. Experience managing the full recruitment lifecycle and working within a target driven environment is essential.

To be successful you'll be:

• An experienced recruiter with 360 recruitment experience
• A strong business developer with a proven ability to win and grow accounts
• Commercially astute and motivated by achieving and exceeding targets
• Confident networking and building relationships at all levels
• Consultative in your approach with strong influencing and negotiation skills
• Resilient, proactive, and driven by success
• Passionate about delivering excellent service to both clients and candidates

• Up to £30,000 basic salary DOE plus monthly commission Uncapped
• 24 days' holiday (rising to 27 with service) plus your birthday off
• Option to buy up to five extra days.
• Recognition through shout outs, incentives, and appreciation events
• Pension with increasing employer contributions
• Health and well being support through our flexible benefits fund
• Family friendly policies and an employee assistance programme
• Monthly early finish Fridays and volunteering opportunities
• Discounts including gym membership, Tastecard, and ManpowerGroup Rewards

A career with us is more than a job. You'll join a friendly, inclusive team where you'll be supported, encouraged, and able to grow at your pace. We're one of the UK's most trusted recruitment agencies, part of ManpowerGroup - recognised as one of the world's most ethical companies for 15 years.

We welcome applications from all suitably qualified people. We are a Disability Confident Employer and happy to discuss flexible working.

You must live in the UK and have full right to work. A full driving licence is essential for this role.

Shape what's next. Apply today and discover why we're proud to be Brook Street.

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