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Recruitment Consultant

Job Posted: 19 days ago

Salary: £ 25,000 - 27,000 / Annum
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Histon, Cambridgeshire

Expire in: 9 days

Job Description

We’re excited to be expanding our team and are looking for an ambitious Recruitment Consultant to join our Legal Recruitment division on a full-time, permanent basis.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys building strong professional relationships, thrives in a fast-paced environment, and wants to develop a long-term career within specialist legal recruitment.

You’ll play a key role in connecting talented legal professionals with law firms and in-house legal teams across the UK, while developing your own client base and becoming a trusted recruitment partner within the legal market.

Main duties will include:

Proactively sourcing legal professionals through Bullhorn, Reed, CV Library and LinkedIn Recruiter
Developing new business opportunities and nurturing existing client relationships within the legal sector
Building strong, long-term relationships with solicitors, legal executives, paralegals and law firms
Formatting and presenting candidate CVs to a high professional standard
Taking detailed job briefs directly from clients and understanding their hiring requirements
Creating engaging job advertisements for legal vacancies across our website and job boards
Managing applications and actively searching for suitable candidates across multiple channels
Providing an honest, consultative recruitment service to both clients and candidates
Coordinating interviews and preparing candidates thoroughly ahead of meetings with clients
Negotiating offers and managing expectations throughout the recruitment process
The successful candidate will have:

Previous experience in recruitment, sales, or an office-based customer service environment, with the confidence to communicate with professionals at all levels
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to build instant rapport and credibility
A confident, resilient and tenacious approach to challenges
Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage a busy and varied workload
Confidence using everyday IT systems and willingness to learn recruitment software and CRM platforms
A genuine interest in the legal sector and desire to develop market knowledge
A proactive, commercially driven mindset with the ambition to succeed in a competitive market

Previous legal recruitment experience is advantageous but not essential, as full training and support will be provided for the right individual.

If this role sounds like your next challenge, please apply via the advert or contact Chris or Owen for further information.

We endeavour to reply to every candidate, every time, but if you haven’t heard back within 10 days, please understand that you have unfortunately been unsuccessful for this position or the position has been filled. Please call the office or send an email to discuss other potential opportunities

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