Your new team

We have a fantastic opportunity to join a warm and well-established Primary & Teaching Assistant desk. You’ll be part of a hugely supportive team of seven, led by an exceptionally experienced Business Director and wider Senior Leadership Team. The team work incredibly hard but also know how to have fun – creating a rewarding, enjoyable culture is always the top priority.

Our education desks start at 7.30am, and we offer reduced working hours during school holidays. You’ll also have access to a brilliant range of benefits, including hybrid working, your birthday as annual leave, the option to buy or sell extra holiday, a paid volunteer day, and regular incentives such as celebration dinners, team lunches, and summer and Christmas parties. Top performers even have the chance to win a 5-star luxury trip through Hays Elite (destinations have included South Africa and Mauritius!).

Additional benefits include referral bonuses of up to £2,000 per person, free access to the Sonder wellbeing package, unlimited virtual GP appointments, gym discounts, a cycle-to-work scheme, and much more.

Your new role

What can I expect day to day?

As a recruitment consultant, you will gain exposure to a range of different activities whilst being supported by a structured training and development programme from day one. Some of your main responsibilities may include:

• Source, interview, and match high-quality candidates to roles
• Identify and proactively partner with new and existing clients through new outreach and business development calls to build better, profitable outcomes by understanding their hiring needs and challenges.
• Manage the recruitment process by guiding candidates and clients through the full recruitment process, from taking a brief to negotiating offers.
• Be bold and curious, developing specialist market expertise by actively seeking to understand your customer’s market.
• Take accountability for meeting targets and delivering your monetary goals that contribute to the growth and profitability of Hays.
• Be part of a vibrant and inclusive culture that cheers on progress by celebrating personal and team performance.

What are we looking for?

You’ll be ambitious, pushing outside your comfort zone and willing to experiment. It’s not just about who you are, but who you want to become.

• Effective communication skills and interpersonal skills, having honest conversations
• Customer-centric by understanding clients’ needs and delivering tailored solutions
• Have a strategic mindset to spot opportunities and drive profitable outcomes.
• Open to change – being comfortable in a fast-paced, target-driven environment.
• Develop new business relationships and maintain your network of client companies through business development calls, client visits, networking and entertainment events.
• Collaborative in spirit, people focused with a sales-driven mentality.
• Be resilient, bold and curious

What you’ll get in return

Believing that personal growth leads to professional progression, you’ll feel heard, valued and assured that we care about your wellbeing, in an inclusive environment where you can be your authentic self. This will enable you to reach your full potential, broadening your ability to make a positive impact, leading to your own personal success.

• Access to team leadership training for you to evolve your career
• Cutting-edge tools and technology to enable you to make an extraordinary impact
• Generous leave entitlements to take advantage of parental leave, volunteering days, lifestyle and flex leave
• Celebrate success: Culture built on rewarding success with the opportunity to influence your earning potential with uncapped commission in addition to base salary.
• Global career opportunities – make your mark locally or explore international opportunities with Hays
• Thrive in a workplace where diversity is celebrated, and everyone feels welcome
• Wellbeing rewards: Benefit from health, leisure and lifestyle partnership discounts
• Employee Resource Groups and Working Groups for you to connect and collaborate with like-minded colleagues

What you need to do now

If you strive for performance, see things through whilst acting with integrity? Hays is the place to be. Joining Hays means joining a business that’s going places. Apply today!

At Hays, we share a passion for creating a culture where there are opportunities for our people to flourish and succeed, whatever your background. We know that diversity of perspective and an inclusive approach, which encourages those experiences and views to be heard, is great for business and therefore your career with us.

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