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Education Recruitment Consultant

Balfor Recruitment Group are currently looking for Education Recruitment Consultants who have experience within an Education background to work with our specialised, friendly team in our head office in Birmingham. You will be appointed with the pleasure of managing and placing our candidates out to work in vacancies from our well-established clients across the wider West Midlands.

Could this be the opportunity you've been waiting for?

What you could be doing:

We are an award-winning recruitment agency based in Birmingham and we aim to make working with us as rewarding as possible. For this reason, there are a range of benefits you can take advantage of. These include:

  • Your objective will be to build on a successful warm temporary recruitment desk with the flexibility to work on permanent vacancies as well
  • Build strong working relationships with key clients via regular client visits
  • Build a strong portfolio of candidates suitable and relevant for key clients
  • Using tools such as LinkedIn, Job boards and other data sources map and source the best talent
  • Conducting detailed candidate interviews either in person or via video phone
  • Evaluating and selecting candidates to progress through the recruitment process
  • You will ensure all candidates are compliant with companywide standards
  • You will work as part of a supportive team in a fast-paced environment

All of our consultants are experienced within the education sector and always strive to provide the best possible service for our candidates.

What are the benefits?

  • Competitive basic salary
  • Market-leading uncapped bonus structure
  • Company Pension Scheme
  • Monthly & Quarterly incentives
  • Internal ongoing training
  • External training programme – delivered by market-leading experts
  • A great work-life balance
  • Flexible home working
  • Stunning offices in Brindley Place, Birmingham
  • 25 days of holidays plus Bank Holidays
  • Highly supportive management team and an enthusiastic, energetic, hardworking, highly skilled and reliable team with a genuine desire to succeed
  • The opportunity to progress within the company, with a clear structured career path
  • We are a preferred supplier to UK’s largest employers across public, private and voluntary sectors
  • We have more than 25 years’ of experience building strong relationships within the educational and healthcare sectors
  • We are at a multi award winning company and proud of our success story
  • A variety of company and team-based incentives and additional benefits

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