Graduate Consultant Executive Search

Location: Central Edinburgh

Salary: £26.5k + bonuses

Start Date: ASAP

Sector: Executive Search/ Executive Recruitment

Entry level role - no experience required

Candidates on Graduate Visas unfortunately cannot be considered

If you are a smart, ambitious, curious and commercially minded Graduate, seeking your first career role, with a well established and well respected Executive Search firm in Edinburgh, who recruit for C-Suite positions in some of Scotland's most exciting and high profile businesses this is the role for you.

Executive Search sits at the intersection of consultancy and recruitment. It is the industry that manages the sourcing and recruiting of the most senior, and highly skilled individuals for organisations around the world. Working closely with businesses across a variety of sectors, their expertise are used to provide deep market research, trend analysis, salary benchmarking and networking to align businesses with the best talent in the industry, you don't need any experience in the sector, just the right competencies and attitude (more info below), everything else else taught on the job!

Based in the heart of Edinburgh, my client partners with some of the leading brands and businesses across the UK, from Scottish Rugby to Investment Banks, engaging with Board Members and C-Suite Executives to provide strategic guidance and on their hiring plans, and source the best talent in the country. They pride themselves on their high level delivery and the deep and sustained relationships that they foster with their clients

You will be joining an established high-performing Research Team which forms a critical part of the businesses service offering and you will be in a highly visible role both internally and externally.

Research Assistants are involved in assisting through the end-to-end Search process from briefing stage (meeting with the client to understand their hiring needs) to completion of the assignment (filling the role) and have the opportunity to work across all business areas. Working in conjunction with the Commercial team, you will be actively contributing to the delivery of high-quality candidate searches, market mapping, designing creative role briefs and producing client reports.

My client has run a successful graduate programme for a number of years now and you will be given full training and mentoring, supported by everyone I the business, including the previous years grads.

• Undertake desk-based research, using the CRM and online resources such as Linkedin and Companies House, for market mapping exercises.
• Compile market insight reporting including on target companies, remuneration benchmarking and key competitors.
• Research the full competitor landscape for strategic recruitment purposes.

• Collate research for the Commercial Team in regard to pitch preparation.
• Assist with the preparation of Proposal documents.

• Attend client briefings, initially with a senior member of the research team, and support on the production of a detailed candidate role specification.

• Carry out phone and desk-based research to identify and qualify candidates for retained Searches and research exercises.
• Sit in on candidate interviews and support in the production of Candidate Reports for Shortlisting.
• Longer term conduct candidate screening calls against the client's criteria for the role.

• Assist senior members of the Research Team in the production of high-quality documentation such as Proposals and Candidate Briefs and Search Reporting.
• Proof-read and edit documentation produced by Principals, Partners and fellow researchers.

• Ongoing maintenance of the CRM by capturing accurate candidate and market data and administration of the Search process.
• Manage client and candidate liaison and logistics, including sending out specifications and reports and scheduling interviews.

Contribute to wider commercial and team initiatives through the various project pods' e.g. for charities, events or improved…