Recruitment Consultant

We’re looking for an individual with a strong recruitment or business development background to take on an exciting Recruitment Consultant position within our South Shields branch.
Responsibilities:
• Business Development and engagement with employers to secure recruitment, pre-employment training and apprenticeship opportunities
• Account management
• Conducting competency based interviews and selecting suitable candidates to place with clients – this may include interviewing in various locations throughout the North East
• Writing job descriptions and personal specifications based on information gathered from clients
• Relationship management
• Lead generation, qualification and follow up
• Working to targets – achieving KPI’s, including financial and business development targets.
• Attending training planning meetings with sales/account management colleagues
• Contributing towards the production of proposals, tenders and presentations relating to new business development
• Liaison with marketing colleagues regarding client and candidate marketing initiatives including social media
• Keeping up-to-date with employment and training related legislation and ensuring compliance within training, recruitment and the business as a whole
• Matching candidates to opportunities
• Co-ordinate recruitment process, liaising between employers and candidates
• Ensuring all apprenticeship, work placement and/or employment opportunities are filled
• Coaching candidates and supporting them throughout the recruitment process
• Supporting employers with information on employing young people
• Offering careers advice and guidance as appropriate
• Ensuring all legislative requirements are met with regards to the registration and placement of candidates (including ID, RTW and qualification checking)
• Compliance with and enforcement of internal policies, standards and procedures
• Supporting of internal and external auditing activity
• Use of Profile (internal CRM system).
• Delivering against internal standards, systems and procedures and involvement in internal audit programme
• Work closely with other departments of Zenith
• Undertaking of specific organisational projects as required
• Ensuring funding compliance is met
• Answering telephone and taking/distributing messages as needed when in office
• Contributing information for website, blog, Facebook and Twitter
• Contributing to team meetings
• Increasing Zenith People’s profile within the training sector
• Develop a network of contacts to assist with the generation of candidates for referrals and recruitment e.g. work programme organisations, Job Centre Plus, etc
• Represent Zenith People/Rising Star at relevant meetings and networking events to strengthen reputation and network of contacts within the funding/training sector
Skills:
• Strong business development /recruitment background with the ability to demonstrate the achievement of targets and KPIs
• Confident in liaising with young people and adults
• IAG level 4 (or a willingness to study qualification)
• Proactive attitude to rapidly changing situations
• Excellent communicator
• Self-motivated
• Excellent planning, co-ordination and organisational skills
• Good IT and administrative skills
• Outgoing personality
• Supportive, friendly and professional manner
• Smart appearance
• Car owner.