Trainee Recruitment Consultant - Education

Trainee Recruitment Consultant - Education

Location: Southampton

Salary: £26,000 plus bonuses

Hours: Full time - 1 work from home day per week (Wednesday)

Are you confident, ambitious and great at building relationships?

We're looking for a motivated Trainee Recruitment Consultant to join our education recruitment team. You don't need previous recruitment experience. We're more interested in your attitude, communication skills and willingness to learn.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone from a customer service, sales, hospitality, retail, administration or education background who wants to build a long-term professional career.

The role

Initially, you'll focus on finding and engaging talented teachers and support staff for schools, colleges and educational settings. With structured training and support, you'll gradually develop the skills needed to manage vacancies, build client relationships and run your own recruitment desk.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Finding candidates through job boards, LinkedIn, social media, referrals and our database.
• Speaking with applicants to understand their experience, availability and career goals.
• Building and maintaining strong candidate relationships.
• Writing engaging job adverts and supporting recruitment campaigns.
• Matching suitable candidates with vacancies.
• Coordinating interviews and supporting candidates throughout the process.
• Maintaining accurate candidate and vacancy records.
• Assisting with references, safeguarding and compliance checks.
• Working towards individual and team activity targets.
• Developing your knowledge of recruitment and the education sector.

Who we're looking for

You’ll be someone who is:

• Confident communicating by telephone and face‑to‑face.
• Naturally good at building relationships.
• Organised and able to manage several priorities.
• Resilient, motivated and comfortable working towards targets.
• Positive, professional and willing to learn.
• Attentive to detail.
• Comfortable using Microsoft Office and learning new systems.
• Collaborative and committed to delivering excellent service.
• Committed to equality, diversity, safeguarding and inclusion.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Previous experience in recruitment, sales, customer service or education would be helpful but is not essential, as full training will be provided.

Applicants must hold GCSE English and Mathematics at Grade C/4 or above, or equivalent qualifications.

What we offer

• A competitive salary and performance-related bonus.
• A clear route into a Recruitment Consultant position.
• Structured training, coaching and ongoing development.
• Support towards professional recruitment qualifications.
• A friendly and collaborative team environment.
• Flexible working options.
• The opportunity to build a long-term career with a leading education recruitment business.

TimePlan Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All successful applicants will be subject to appropriate suitability and employment checks.

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