Trainee Recruitment Consultant

Recruitment Consultant

Division: Pulse Nursing

Location: Manchester City Centre

Working hours: Monday-Friday, 9am-5:30pm

About us

Part of Acacium Group, Pulse Nursing, is a leading UK and international provider of health and social care staffing; we are unique in our commitment to delivering the highest quality service through placing the best people.

Pulse Nursing support NHS Trusts and the private sector organisations by placing registered nurses, midwives, operating department practitioners, doctors, allied health professionals, health scientists, psychological therapists and social workers into temporary, permanent and contract roles. We care passionately about the quality of our staff and services and recognise the importance of achieving the highest standards. Through attracting and nurturing the best people, we help clients deliver the best compassionate care.

About the opportunity

We have an exciting new opportunity for an enthusiastic, professional and personable individual to join our team as a Recruitment Consultant. Under the direction of the Business Manager, you will be responsible for building and maintaining current gross margin by generating revenue and ensuring that sales and profitability meets and exceeds the budget forecast. You will take a hands-on sales approach in building relationships with new and existing clients and will match qualified candidates to available shifts, as well as proactively generating new opportunities and revenue via sales.

What you will be doing

* Building and maintaining client relationships with the aim of growing gross margin
* Managing existing clients and sourcing new ones
* Sourcing candidates through a variety of methods including; headhunting, utilising the internal database, advertisements, job boards, referrals and social media
* Proactively engaging with healthcare professionals to ensure they are supported throughout the recruitment process and their requirements are being met
* Working towards sales targets and meeting weekly and monthly KPI's
* Building and maintaining the candidate and client database
* Undertaking client visits
* Ensuring compliance and quality control documentation (e.g. DBS checks) have been completed
* Screening, interviewing and assessing candidates in-line with your client's requirements
* Creating, maintaining and developing a network of candidates within our niche area
* Appropriately matching clients and candidates by identifying the needs of both
* Negotiating, persuading and influencing in order to achieve the best outcome

Skill set and experience required

* Recruitment experience is desirable, but not essential.
* Experience within a fast-paced sales environment would be ideal
* Excellent levels of customer service
* A high attention to detail
* Self-motivated and target driven
* Driven and hardworking
* Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
* Interpersonal, with the ability to show understanding, empathy and rapport building skills
* The ability to adapt to a fast-paced sales environment

What we can offer you

* Competitive basic salary plus commission
* Dedication to developing you and your career through our internal training programme
* Career progression completely based on performance
* 25 days annual leave which increases after each full year of service
* Workplace pension scheme
* Season travel ticket loan
* Holiday incentives abroad
* Regular competitions
* Discounted Tastecard membership
* Cycle to work scheme
* Health assessments and dental insurance
* Life Assurance, Critical Illness Cover and Private Medical Insurance

When you join Acacium Group, you will work in a caring culture that prioritises your well-being, is passionate, ambitious and delivers with integrity. Constant and reliable, we care about every colleague having a fulfilling and positive experience as part of our team. From personal development to career pathways and opportunities, competitive benefits, and being part of a global business, we help every person be the best version of themselves.

About Acacium Group

We are collaborative in our common purpose to improve people's lives through expert healthcare, social care, and life sciences. Everything we do is powered by people. From the expertise of our people to our long-standing client relationships, we're proud to be a company that's committed to the human side of business.

Always by your side - driven by excellence - putting people first