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Recruitment Consultant

Posted 8 days ago

  • Clyst St Mary, Devon
  • Permanent
  • Uncapped Commission
  • £26,000 to £38,000 /Yr
  • Sponsored
  • Expires In 20 days

Recruitment Consultant – Education

Office based – EX5 1FY

£26,000 - £38,000 + uncapped commission

Do you want to earn a competitive salary that increases with success? Are you driven, determined and motivated to succeed? TeacherActive are looking for a Recruitment Consultant to join our team in Exeter.

This role is fully office-based, Monday to Friday, therefore right-to-work in the UK is a requirement.

Working hours:

Term time: 7:30 – 4:30/5:30

School holidays: Reduced hours, 8:30-3:30pm approx.

The role of a Recruitment Consultant:


  • Sales/business development with new and existing clients to win business from schools
  • Working with clients, identifying their needs and requirements to fill their vacancies
  • Attending client meetings, school visits, recruitment fairs and expos
  • Searching for candidates through various tools, such as advertising, cv searching, referrals and utilising the CRM
  • Shortlisting CVs, contacting educators and interviewing face to face to build a pipeline of candidates
  • Supporting schools with educators on a temporary and permanent basis
  • Assisting schools with emergency cover on a daily basis, filling bookings quickly
  • Maintain regular contact with your candidates and clients, building excellent lasting relationships
  • Collaborate with Resourcers and compliance team to ensure candidates are fully cleared for work
  • Maintain up to date industry knowledge
  • Reviewing your performance to continually improve

You need to be adaptable in recruitment as no two days are the same. The industry is exciting, fast-paced, and requires somebody with a lot of resilience, enthusiasm, and energy.

TeacherActive Benefits:


  • Realistic year one OTE of £38,000 (based off a starting salary of 26k) with potential to exceed this
  • Uncapped commission with no threshold
  • The opportunity to increase your base salary by hitting key milestones
  • 23 days annual leave plus bank holidays (increasing with length of service) and an extra days annual leave on your birthday, plus a life admin day to be taken when needed
  • Fantastic career and promotion opportunities as we are a fast moving and performance-oriented business with excellent rewards
  • Reduced working hours in the school holidays
  • 20 Days WFH allowance per annum (upon passing probation)
  • The most effective training and coaching programme in the industry. You will be working in a supportive, friendly, fun environment designed to encourage your success
  • Company run functions that celebrate success
  • Private healthcare (after a qualifying period)
  • Champagne Fridays

Key skills required:


  • Previous sales experience or having worked in a target and KPI focused role
  • Drive, determination and motivation
  • Exceptional organisational and time management skills
  • Confident, positive and resilient personality
  • Strong communication skills with the ability to build rapport
  • Ability to build relationships

If this sounds like something you would be interested in, then please do not hesitate to apply!

India Buchanan – Head Office

india.buchanan@(url removed) / (phone number removed)

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