Senior Recruitment Consultant
| Posting date: | 26 August 2025 |
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| Salary: | £30,000 to £35,000 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 02 September 2025 |
| Location: | City of London, London, EC2V 6DB |
| Company: | Hays Specialist Recruitment |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 37078_1756208808 |
Summary
Experienced Recruitment Consultant
Experienced Recruitment Consultant Job - Procurement desk
London Central - Public Sector
Your New Team:
Hays Procurement re the UK's largest, specialist recruiter with over 60 consultants. Last year we successfully recruited 1700 Procurement professionals into Procurement jobs nationally. Within Hays Procurement, is the London Public Sector Procurement team, based in Cheapside, London. This is a well-established and experienced team of three specialist consultants and due to rapid success Hays are now looking to recruit an experienced Recruitment Consultant to join them running a Permanent Procurement desk.
You will specialise in the recruitment of Permanent Procurement professionals into the Public Sector.
This is an exciting opportunity to interact and deliver recruitment services to existing clients, but you will also be supported and trained to identify new clients, through targeted and strategic business development. There is vast opportunity to grow our market share across the public sector. The expectation is consistent fee growth and client wins. The benefit of working within this well-established team is you will be collaborating with high performing individuals, who are truly specialists in their sector and industry and have an impeccable reputation. This presents a wonderful environment for the right individual to make an impact quickly on their own desk, and be financially rewarded.
Your New Role:
As a specialist Procurement recruiter into the Public sector, you will become a subject matter expert in Procurement.
- You will receive a wealth of training in this areas and benefit from the support of highly experienced managers in your office as well as specialist technical support from our National Specialism Director, and your director who will share her 15+ years' experience across the specialism.
- You will recruit across a wide variety of levels from Procurement Officer level to Head of Commercial level, almost immediately. Your client base will vary, and you will partner with Charities, Local Governments and Universities.
- You will benefit from existing client relationships, but the expectation is that you will also be very pro-active and strategic in your business development activity.
- Your candidates are also of utmost importance. In a skill short market, you must demonstrate innovative ways of attracting the best talent and providing an outstanding service in introducing them to suitable employers, managing the candidate experience from initial contact through to appointment and aftercare In summary your role will be an equal split of candidate engagement and client engagement activity.
What you'll need to succeed:
- A strong work ethic where you are motivated and enthusiastic about carving out a career in recruitment.
- Prior recruitment experience is necessary and you will be prepared to work hard, strive to achieve targets, and have an interest and ability to thrive in a corporate environment.
- You will be naturally inquisitive to help you build your market knowledge and build strong business relationships.
- You will be ambitious, driven to progress your career quickly and have strong sales skills with the ability to consult and advise both clients and candidates.
- You will have excellent interpersonal skills with the passion to want to achieve results.
What you'll get in return:
At Hays, we know that recruitment can be demanding and competitive. However, as the market leader, Hays offers you the best training in the industry to support you in your development. You will receive classroom training and on-the-job coaching from highly knowledgeable consultants which will enable you to develop a lasting and successful career. We believe in recognising success, so not only do we promote from within, but you will be rewarded with uncapped commission and unrivalled incentives and benefits.
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.