Recruitment Consultant

Recruitment Consultant

Location: Belfast

Salary: DOE + Commission & Benefits

Job Type: Full-Time, Permanent

Sector: Recruitment / Sales

Join Our Growing Recruitment Team

Are you a driven, ambitious, and people-focused professional looking to build a successful career in recruitment?

We are seeking an enthusiastic Recruitment Consultant to join our team. This role offers the opportunity to work with a diverse client base, build lasting relationships, and make a real impact by connecting talented candidates with exciting career opportunities.

Whether recruiting for temporary, permanent, or fixed-term positions, you will play a key role in delivering exceptional recruitment solutions while developing new business opportunities and growing your market presence.

The Role

As a Recruitment Consultant, you will be responsible for attracting, sourcing, screening, and placing candidates into a variety of roles ranging from entry-level positions through to senior leadership appointments.

You will work closely with clients to understand their recruitment needs, provide expert advice, and deliver an outstanding recruitment service. Success in this role will come from your ability to build relationships, identify opportunities, and achieve commercial targets.

Key Responsibilities

Business Development

• Identify and develop new business opportunities through proactive sales activity.
• Conduct targeted business development calls and arrange client meetings.
• Attend networking events, sales meetings, and presentations.
• Win new business by delivering innovative recruitment solutions.
• Research market opportunities and proactively promote candidate talent to clients.
• Grow existing accounts while developing new client relationships.

Client Relationship Management

• Build and maintain strong relationships with new and existing clients.
• Gain a thorough understanding of clients' recruitment requirements and processes.
• Provide a consultative and professional recruitment service.
• Deliver a high-quality customer experience that exceeds expectations.

Candidate Management & Recruitment

• Source, attract, and engage high-quality candidates using various channels.
• Advertise vacancies across online job boards, social media platforms, and other recruitment channels.
• Screen, interview, and assess candidates for suitability.
• Manage candidates throughout the recruitment process.
• Conduct and record all required compliance, background, and vetting checks.
• Match candidates to suitable opportunities efficiently and effectively.

Candidate Sourcing

• Utilise job boards, databases, networking, referrals, and social media to identify talent.
• Develop creative attraction strategies to build candidate pipelines.
• Proactively seek out and engage passive candidates.

What We're Looking For

• Strong communication and relationship-building skills.
• A proactive and target-driven approach.
• Excellent organisational and time-management abilities.
• Confidence in developing new business and managing client relationships.
• The ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong negotiation and influencing skills.
• Previous recruitment, sales, customer service, or business development experience is advantageous but not essential.

What's in It for You?

• Competitive base salary.
• Uncapped commission structure.
• Ongoing training and development.
• Career progression opportunities.
• Supportive and collaborative team environment.

Skills:
Recruitment Consultant Recruitment HR Sales