Trainee Recruitment Consultant - Education Recruitment - London

Trainee Recruitment Consultant - Education Recruitment - London

32,000 Basic Salary 35,000- 42,000 Year 1 OTE Uncapped Commission

Location: Holborn, Central London
Job Type: Full-time, Permanent

Ready to turn your ambition into a successful career?

Are you a graduate looking for an exciting career with genuine progression? Perhaps you're a teacher considering a move out of the classroom, or someone with experience in sales, hospitality or customer service looking for a new challenge?

Tradewind Recruitment is looking for ambitious individuals to join our successful London team as Trainee Recruitment Consultants.

This is an excellent opportunity to build a career in education recruitment, sales and business development, with comprehensive training, uncapped commission and clear career progression.

No previous recruitment experience is necessary. We invest in your development through our award-winning IMPACT Academy.

What will you be doing?

As a Trainee Recruitment Consultant, you'll initially develop your candidate recruitment and relationship-building skills before progressing into sales and business development.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Sourcing and attracting teachers, teaching assistants and education professionals.
• Advertising vacancies and generating candidate applications.
• Interviewing candidates and assessing their suitability.
• Registering candidates and managing recruitment compliance.
• Building relationships with teachers and education professionals.
• Developing relationships with schools and identifying new business opportunities.
• Promoting recruitment services, negotiating rates and securing placements.
• Managing client accounts and delivering excellent customer service.
• Working towards individual KPIs, sales targets and revenue objectives.

This is a sales-focused role, so you'll need to enjoy speaking to people, picking up the phone, building relationships and working towards targets.

The IMPACT Academy - Your route into recruitment

You won't be expected to know everything from day one.

Our award-winning IMPACT Academy provides structured training, practical experience, coaching and ongoing development to help you become a successful recruitment professional.

You'll develop valuable skills in recruitment, sales, business development, negotiation, interviewing, relationship management and leadership.

You'll receive ongoing support from experienced managers who are committed to helping you achieve your potential.

Salary, commission and benefits

• 32,000 basic salary.
• Realistic first-year OTE of 35,000- 42,000.
• Uncapped commission with earning opportunities from day one.
• 35 days' annual leave.
• Reduced working hours during school holidays.
• Extended wellbeing lunch breaks.
• Regular incentives and team socials.
• Opportunities to win all-expenses-paid international trips.
• Award-winning training and continuous professional development.
• Clear progression into Senior Consultant, Management and Leadership positions.

Who are we looking for?

We're interested in ambitious people with the right attitude, work ethic and desire to succeed.

You could be:

• A recent graduate looking for a graduate recruitment consultant role.
• A qualified teacher looking to leave teaching.
• An education professional considering a career change.
• Someone with experience in sales, retail, hospitality or customer service.
• An ambitious individual looking to develop a career in recruitment and business development.

You'll ideally demonstrate excellent communication skills, confidence, resilience, strong organisation and a competitive nature.

A degree and previous recruitment experience are not essential.

Applicants must have the right to work in the UK. Tradewind Recruitment is unable to offer visa sponsorship.

About Tradewind Recruitment

Tradewind Recruitment is one of the UK's leading education recruitment agencies, specialising in recruiting teachers and education support professionals for schools.

With almost 30 years of experience, we're passionate about delivering excellent service and developing talented people.

We're proud to have featured five times in the Sunday Times Top 100 Companies to Work For. Many of our current managers and senior leaders started their careers as trainee recruitment consultants.

Ready to start your recruitment career?

Whether you're a graduate, an ex-teacher or simply looking for a new career challenge, we'd love to hear from you.

Apply today to join Tradewind Recruitment's London team and begin your journey through our IMPACT Academy.