Graduate Recruitment Consultant

Are you passionate about education and the difference it can make in the world?

Whether fresh out of school/university or looking for a career change, have friends and colleagues always told you how great you are with people?

Does the thought of joining a vibrant team who make it their mission to help teachers and pupils thrive fill your heart with joy?

Join Teaching Personnel.

Make a difference every day, in the lives of pupils, teachers and schools.

Part of the dynamically growing Supporting Education Group, Teaching Personnel is the UK’s leading education recruitment agency, with hundreds of thousands of teachers who have chosen us since 1996 and over 5,000 schools who choose us every year. We have 80+ branches across England & Wales and are the first-choice agency for over 12,000 job seekers.

We match talented educators with schools and whether it is finding the best teaching assistant to support literacy or a maths teacher to deliver curriculum continuity for a group of GCSE maths pupils, our teams go home at night knowing they have played a part in the education of thousands of pupils and in the careers of countless educators.

We are on an exciting journey of growth and we are looking to add a Graduate Recruitment Consultant to our team.

Who We Are: Wales Primary

Sitting within the wider Teaching Personnel team, we are a hard working and energetic team of 20 , based in Cardiff where we’re looking forward welcoming a new Graduate  Recruitment Consultant that will be based in our office based in the centre of Cardiff. We love working together and welcoming new colleagues, who are always supported to learn and develop as they begin an exciting new journey – after all, we’ve all been there! We are straight talkers and value open and fluid communication - it is our strong belief that everyone’s thoughts and ideas count in our journey of continuous improvement. We work hard, but we also have fun and celebrate our successes.

The Role

As a Recruitment Consultant at Teaching Personnel, you bring schools and teachers together, towards a better education experience for pupils. You are not required to have experience in this career or any work experience at all, so long as you bring your energy and willingness to learn to the table. You will join a thriving team covering a specialist sector (primary) and will be responsible for building your candidate pool and school base across a local area – and we will be right there, supporting and cheering you on.  

Should you choose to accept it, your mission will be to: 

Delight your customers through strong relationship building and delivery of best quality teachers and support staff 
Proactively build and develop your own candidate database and match them to the right roles (permanent or temporary) 
Maintain that all-important personal touch through regular face-to-face client visits, high impact sales conversations and ongoing engagement with key decision makers 
Meet and exceed agreed targets and objectives 
Who You Are

A highly enthusiastic perpetual learner, you will flourish in our team if you:

Are passionate about the difference education can make in the world, regardless of whether or not you have worked in the sector before
Love talking to people and you’re great at written communication as well
Have a project management mindset: you think logically through stages of activities, you plan, deliver and follow-up
Are curious and inquisitive and thrive on listening to people and understanding their backgrounds, needs and aspirations
Enjoy teamwork and are able to demonstrate autonomy and initiative
What We Offer

The opportunity to work alongside and be mentored by best-in-class sector professionals who love seeing you grow and flourish
A career path that can take you to the very top with several opportunities to promote every year
Access to excellent training and development and fantastic market leading technology to give you the data, insights and resources you need to succeed
Generous holiday entitlement which increases with service
Additional cash bonuses for performance
Two awesome award nights a year (summer and Christmas)
Local incentives with prizes varying from a free lunch to a day at the races
Holiday prize draws
Discounted gym membership, discounts on purchases at a large selection of national retailers, free monthly cinema tickets
Contributory stakeholder pension and life assurance
Eye care plan
If all this is making you wonder what it would be like to work with us, don’t hesitate: send us your CV and we will be in touch shortly to talk through next steps.

All applicants will require the appropriate qualifications and training for this role. Please see (url removed)/faqs for details.

All pay rates quoted will be inclusive of 12.07% statutory holiday pay. This advert is for a temporary position. In some cases, the option to make this role permanent may become available at a later date.

Teaching Personnel is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We offer all our registered candidates FREE child protection and prevent duty training. All candidates must undertake or have undertaken a valid enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Full assistance provided.

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