Resourcer

Clinical Professionals Group
Resourcer

Company Overview:
Clinical Professionals, one of Europe’s leading pharmaceutical research and development staffing businesses, focus on job placement in the scientific, pharmacology, clinical development and post approval services. We are dedicated to staffing in the Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology, Devices and CRO industries throughout Europe. Our client portfolio includes global leaders in pharmaceutical development and clinical research, whilst our expertise encompasses a wide remit of jobs sectors, including dedicated teams within clinical research jobs, drug safety and pharmacovigilance jobs, QA/QC, regulatory affairs jobs and medical affairs. Established in 2006, the company has enjoyed growth year on year to our current headcount of circa 60 employees across multiple locations and are currently set for even stronger growth this year.

Recent market research has allowed us to identify our following USP’s;
– Clinical Professionals is Europe’s largest independent pharma recruiter
– 95% of hiring managers rate Clinical Professionals as consistently superior in Quality, speed of response, staff retention and communication
– 9 out of 10 customers rate Clinical professionals as their most trusted partner

Our mission is to double turnover by 2015 by diversification of services, geographic expansion and investment in our people

Essential purpose of the position:
An exciting opportunity has for an early-stage recruiter to join our Head office in Reading, focusing on candidate resourcing and management for a specific desk.

We are looking for a sales focused individual to join our team, based at our Head office in Reading as a Resourcer. This is a huge opportunity for candidate with some recruitment exposure (not necessary if you believe you have what it takes!) to join an organisation where training and development and personal growth is recognised as the underpinning necessity for the continued success of our business. This is an opportunity to become a specialist niche career resourcer, or develop their career into a 360 recruitment role.

This is a superb opportunity to join a fast growing company and become a key member of the business. The salary is negotiable and in addition to the base salary there is a very attractive bonus scheme (Basic salary + Circa £26,000Year 1 and Circa £10 – £15k Year 2)

Areas of responsibility include;
– Being the first point of contact for any candidates calling into the business or sending CVs through via our websites or other job boards
– Maintaining the database for the area you are working within i.e. ensuring candidates are fully screened and registered, CVs are updated and Consultants are aware
– Gaining referrals from our current candidate database to continue growth and supply of new candidates.
– Establishing leads via candidates to pass onto Consultants
– Working closely with your consultant to understand specific job requirements
– Calling through our database of candidates to screen and select the best and most relevant candidates who match the job brief
– Sending mailshots, letters or SMS to the database
– Creatively sourcing candidates through a variety of methods including websites, referrals, networking etc.
– Writing job adverts and news articles.

Experience;
– You ideally will have worked in a recruitment consultancy before and will already have a good understanding of the research/resourcing role
– You will have first-class communication skills and able to gain immediate credibility with candidates up to Director level
– You will be comfortable operating in a corporate environment

Professional skills;
– Fluent written and spoken English necessary for advert writing and professionally presented CV’s and Internal Reports
– Experienced in the field of recruitment and or industry
– You must be able to demonstrate a target driven environment where achievement was measured and essential to success

Qualifications:
– English and Maths GCSE or equivalent
– Preferred A Levels/Degree or equivalent, but not essential, more important are the competencies within urgency/drive

Key competencies;
– Sales ability and/or persuasiveness
– Urgency and drive for results/goal orientation
– Planning and organisation
– Team work – team sports etc
– Communication – listening, written and verbal
– Flexibility and change orientation
– Compliance – ability to comply with company procedures that support development/working practices