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Education Recruitment Consultant
location
Scunthorpe
contract type
Full-time
contract term
Permanent
salary
£23,000 to £23,000 per year
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psdl5s31
Apply by
27 July 2022
Job start
ASAP
Vision for Education is looking to appoint an Education Recruitment Consultant to join our Education team, where you will be working with schools across Lincolnshire. This is a fantastic opportunity to join market leaders in education recruitment.
About the role
Vision for Education can offer an unrivalled service to both schools and teachers.
You will provide a vital link between clients and candidates. The role is demanding and diverse and involves:
- Working with a large client base - many of the schools nationally work exclusively with Vision for Education.
- Using sales, business development and marketing techniques and networking opportunities to attract business from client schools.
- Visiting clients to build and develop close working relationships.
- Developing a good understanding of client schools; what they do and their culture and environment.
- Using social media to advertise positions, attract candidates and build relationships with candidates, employers, and the teaching community.
- Headhunting - identifying and approaching suitable candidates who may already be in work.
- Using candidate databases to match the right person to the client's vacancy.
- Receiving and reviewing applications, managing interviews, and creating a shortlist of candidates for the client.
- Requesting references and checking the suitability of applicants before submitting their details to the client.
- Briefing the candidate about the responsibilities, salary, and benefits of the job.
- Preparing CVs and correspondence to forward to clients in respect of suitable applicants.
- Organising interviews for candidates as requested by the client.
- Informing candidates about the results of their interviews.
- Using our Salesforce system to manage bookings.
- Coordinating sponsorship activities for client schools.
Requirements
To be considered for the role of Education Recruitment Consultant you will:
- Excellent communication and sales skills.
- The ability to grow a their desk from the start.
- Excellent time management and organisational skills.
- An ability to organise their own workload and meet deadline
- Self-motivated and resilient.
- The ability to act on their own initiative.
- Possess a professional and ethical approach to business.
- Be able to forge and maintain relationships over the telephone and face-to-face.
- Possess a desire to exceed the highest levels of customer service.
- Operate effectively as part of a happy, motivated team.
About us
Vision for Education is a market-leading education recruitment and supply agency committed to the learning and development of young people. With branches across the country, we are an employer of choice for high-quality primary, secondary and SEND teaching and support staff.
What we offer
- Excellent salary package with an open-ended bonus system.
- Company/team performance incentives throughout the year.
- Excellent career progression and professional development opportunities.
- Regular team events.
- Friendly, professional, and hard-working team environment.
- Reduced working hours during school holidays.
Salary
£23,000 to £23,000 per year
£23,000 - £30,000 minimum within first year (combination of base salary and commissions)
Salary is dependent on experience, training or qualifications. The minimum experience, training or qualifications required for this position are:
- Sales experience would be advantageous
Vision for Education do not discriminate on the grounds of age, gender, race, colour, religion, disability or sexual orientation, and we welcome applications from all sections of the community.