Recruitment Consultant – Perms Desk

Reed Coventry and Leamington Spa is looking for a Recruitment Consultant to join their growing engineering team. You don’t have to have recruitment experience as you will be joining a well-established and extremely successful business with many loyal clients and candidates who would be happy to work with you and the Reed name. You just need passion and enthusiasm for the engineering sector along with some experience and/or knowledge of terminology for working in this field.

• Role: Recruitment Consultant – Engineering – Permanent Desk
• Location: Coventry Binley Business Park (with blended home working and office working)
• Salary: £22,500 to £30,000 per annum (dependent on experience + bonus scheme)
• Hours: Mon-Fri, 37.5 per week
• Contract: Full Time Permanent

Reed is the most recognised recruitment brand in the UK, with a rich history and reputation for improving lives through work, for over 60 years. Delivering recruitment solutions with many household brands throughout the UK and globally, we find new jobs and careers for people from many different backgrounds across multiple business sectors. As trailblazers in our field, our business has depth, and the types of recruiters and the opportunities available across Reed, vary enormously.

The engineering business is one of Reed’s most successful and profitable divisions, we specify in providing our clients with specialist candidates within the engineering and manufacturing sector. Our reputation as experts in our field precedes us and we are proud to work with some of the UK’s most prestigious organisations. We are on the lookout for ambitious individuals who can help us expand our presence within the sector and join us in continuing to offer our clients the quality, precision recruitment they have come to expect.

What is a typical day for a Recruitment Consultant in Reed?

• Sourcing suitable candidates via a number of different methods
• Managing your own workload
• Strategic business development
• Networking virtually and face to face
• Up-selling your candidates to your existing client base and vice versa, as well as arranging interviews/meetings between the two
• Gaining and maintaining strong, long-lasting client relationships
• Supporting with administrative tasks i.e. payroll, referencing and compliance checks

Requirements:

• As Recruitment Consultant you will need outstanding communication skills, resilience and dedication to succeed.
• You will be juggling and prioritising multiple demands whilst delivering fast-paced service excellence;
• This involves building trusting working relationships with both your candidates and clients, which is exactly what makes Reed the recruiter of choice
• You could be an experienced recruiter looking for a change or someone wanting to start a career in recruitment – thanks to our industry-led training packages.

We look for people who want an inclusive and collaborative environment, who strive for performance and celebrate team success, in a challenging and rewarding career.

Why Reed

Achievement is celebrated through…

• Unlimited earning potential – our transparent and uncapped bonus schemes are paid every 4 weeks
• Clear and transparent career development frameworks which deliver regular promotions and salary increases
• Annual high achiever awards held at prestigious venues
• Thrive at Reed – annual bespoke, personalised holidays, for our high achievers – make memories with the people you care most about
• R1 Formula Reed – our high achievers club, giving you access to exclusive benefits including private healthcare
• Luxury cars, holidays and more available through our periodic high achievers scheme 

Your work matters and you’re supported with…

• A personalised learning and development experience, hosted on our bespoke digital learning platform, supported by our experienced in-house team
• Your personal Microsoft device enabling you to work dynamically wherever you work best
• The ability to buy more holiday and gain paid sabbaticals linked to your length of service on top of the 25 days we give
• Our dedicated health and wellbeing centre and calendar – everything from financial wellbeing to mindfulness
• Reward Hub delivering you retail savings of £100s a year
• Professional and personal development schemes and your choice of three different mentoring schemes
• Access to life assurance which covers you to the value of 4 times your salary
• We have inclusion and belonging ambassadors and senior board sponsors, who act as catalysts for change
• Our cycle to work scheme, supports the environment and your health

Trailblazers in our field…

• You have an annual opportunity to join our shadow board and contribute to the company strategy
• Be part of our social impact strategy – 18% of Reed owned by the Reed Foundation – meaning you work one day a week for charity. We give globally and have invested over £36m to help alleviate poverty and support Women’s rights worldwide
• We are all about the environment being the first recruitment company to be certified as Carbon Neutral 

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Proud winners of:

• #1 Recruitment Agency – Glassdoor Best Places To Work 2020
• The JobCrowd Top Companies for Graduates to Work For 2021
• The JobCrowd Top Companies for Apprentices to Work For 2021

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All job offers are subject to satisfactory references and compliance with vetting requirements applicable to the job role. Reed is an equal opportunities employer.  We aim to ensure that no candidate or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, race, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity. We are a Mindful Employer, proud signatories of the Business in the Community Race at Work Charter and the Armed Forces Covenant. We offer a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants and ex-services personnel, reservists and cadets, who meet the minimum criteria.