Job Title: Junior Recruitment Consultant

Department: Education Department

Reporting to: Education Manager

Total Assist Group’s up and coming Education division are searching for an additional pair of hands to help the department continue to flourish and succeed. Quick and efficient, you will be a pro-active and on the ball individual who can build and develop a constant pipeline of available candidates, to deploy as needed against specific demands from our clients – who range from secondary schools to special needs establishments. An eye for detail is vital as every potential candidate has to be compliant and able to work as soon as possible. Fantastic communication and rapport building skills are essential to furthering the objectives of the department, as you will actively seek referrals from candidates as well as promote company benefits to new and prospective candidates, whilst at all times maintaining a relevant candidate pool for both short and long term positions. You will also work to promote candidates through client marketing calls to enhance every opportunity.

You will be expected to over deliver on business goals and excel at Key Personal Indicator targets, manning and maintaining a successful desk capable of satisfying targeted company objectives. It is crucial that you provide an end-to-end service that wows expectation in service deployment and ongoing recruitment planning by managing your workforce from arrival to departure to disbursement.

Key skills:

• IT literate
• Proactive and highly organised
• Team player
• Good geographical knowledge
• Excels at building relationships over the phone
• Accuracy to detail
• Strong listening skills
• Excellent multi-tasker
• Successful influencing and persuasive skills
• Ability to work well under pressure
• Results orientated and committed to succeed
• Self motivated, driven and passionate
• An inspirational brand ambassador
• Can do approach
• Flexible to changing priories
• High integrity

Duties and responsibilities include:

• Use the ITRIS database to efficiently search for candidates
• Receiving and reviewing CV’s / applications, managing forward CV’s and creating a pipeline
• Preparing files and correspondence to forward to clients in respect of suitable candidates in response to their requirements
• Chasing references, registering candidates face to face and checking the suitability of candidates before submitting their details to the client
• Briefing the candidates properly about the role, pay rate and any other important information of every vacancy
• Informing candidates about positive and negative feedback as a result of their CV submission
• Negotiating pay rates with candidates and all other arrangements where applicable
• Offering advice to candidates on training and career progression if appropriate
• Deliver outstanding customer service to candidates and clients 100% of the time
• Deal with any conflict/issues in a professional manner;
• Thorough understanding of the education market, competition and market trends
• Us referral techniques, sales, business development, marketing techniques and networking to attract new candidates
• Over achieve on financial KPI targets and those that relate to the number of candidates registered/placed, the value of placements agreed or business leads i.e. referrals generated
• Building strong relationships and rapport with candidates and clients
• Developing an exceptional understanding of candidates requirements, their specialism, what they do, their work patterns, culture and environment
• Using company website and social media to advertise positions to attract candidates
• Identifying and approaching suitable candidates who may already be in work or currently work with competitors
• To provide an end-to-end service that wows expectation in service deployment and ongoing recruitment planning
• Work in unison with payroll and compliance to maintain best practice

What are the benefits?

Not only do we provide a generous remuneration package, but we also offer an exceptional commission scheme on top of your basic pay. We give daily sales incentives as well as award and recognition programmes for high flyers, so you will always be noticed for the hard work you put in. Career progression is just as important to us as it is to you so we also provide an extensive training and development programme to really see you succeed within the business. Total Assist Group have a fun, lively and excitingly fast paced environment that is thrilling to be a part of, with our family atmosphere completely inclusive and welcoming.

About Total Assist Group

Total Assist Group is a vibrant and robust recruitment solutions company, specialising in the healthcare industry for both the public and private sectors. Founded by Justin Rich in 1999, Total Assist Group has flourished and developed in to a one-stop-shop for industry recruitment, as our thriving business spans supplying medical locums, qualified nursing staff, health science services, teaching professionals as well as social care and support.

With central offices in Eastern Road, Romford, our experienced recruitment consultants offer a bespoke and flexible staffing service to clients across the UK, who are mainly NHS trusts, councils, schools, private residential care homes, secure units, after school clubs and nurseries. We are ISO 9001 compliant, registered members of the REC and are audited regularly by Crown Commercial Services and Neuven, gaining a Platinum audit score last August. We have also achieved the Investor in People award.

Insisting on a great office environment with a healthy work and play balance is key to Total Assist, which is why they are looking to and believe in rewarding and promoting staff through performance excellence.