Lead Recruitment Consultant children services
| Posting date: | 22 December 2025 |
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| Salary: | £30,000 per year |
| Additional salary information: | plus commission bonus |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 21 January 2026 |
| Location: | Chorley, Lancashire |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | P4 Recruitment Ltd |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 22120258 |
Summary
Recruitment Consultant Lead – Children’s Services (Permanent & Temporary)
Location: Chorley
Salary: £30,000 starting salary + structured increases at 3, 6 & 12 months plus competitive commission structure
Company: P4 Recruitment
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About the Role
P4 Recruitment is offering a rare and exciting opportunity for an ambitious Recruitment Consultant to lead and build our Children’s Services sector nationwide, covering both permanent and temporary recruitment.
This is not a standard consultant role. You will be given the autonomy, backing, and progression plan to grow the Children’s division from the ground up, with a clear pathway to build and lead a team across the sector.
If you are driven, commercially minded, and motivated by long-term leadership progression, this role has been designed for you.
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What We’re Offering
• £30,000 starting salary
• Guaranteed salary reviews and increases at: (performance related)
o 3 months
o 6 months
o 12 months
• Clear progression into a Team Leader / Head of Children’s Services role based on performance
• Full support to build a nationwide desk across permanent and temporary services
• Opportunity to recruit, mentor, and lead your own team
• Strong operational and leadership backing from P4 Recruitment
• Long-term career growth within a fast-growing recruitment business
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Key Responsibilities
• Build and lead P4 Recruitment’s Children’s Services division nationwide
• Manage permanent and temporary recruitment across the sector
• Develop new business relationships with local authorities, private providers, and charities
• Source, screen, and place high-quality candidates across children’s services roles
• Manage and grow client accounts with a consultative approach
• Create and implement a sector growth strategy
• Recruit, train, and lead consultants as the division expands
• Represent P4 Recruitment as a trusted specialist within the children’s sector
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About You
• Experience in recruitment (children’s services, health & social care, or education preferred)
• Strong billing mindset with leadership ambitions
• Confident in business development and relationship management
• Organised, resilient, and commercially driven
• Passionate about progressing into a leadership role
• Ambitious individual looking to build something long-term
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Why Join P4 Recruitment?
P4 Recruitment is committed to developing future leaders. This role offers genuine influence, ownership, and career acceleration for the right individual.
You won’t just be filling jobs you’ll be shaping a national division and positioning yourself as a leader across the Children’s Services recruitment sector.
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Apply now to take the next step in your recruitment career and lead Children’s Services nationwide with P4 Recruitment
Location: Chorley
Salary: £30,000 starting salary + structured increases at 3, 6 & 12 months plus competitive commission structure
Company: P4 Recruitment
________________________________________
About the Role
P4 Recruitment is offering a rare and exciting opportunity for an ambitious Recruitment Consultant to lead and build our Children’s Services sector nationwide, covering both permanent and temporary recruitment.
This is not a standard consultant role. You will be given the autonomy, backing, and progression plan to grow the Children’s division from the ground up, with a clear pathway to build and lead a team across the sector.
If you are driven, commercially minded, and motivated by long-term leadership progression, this role has been designed for you.
________________________________________
What We’re Offering
• £30,000 starting salary
• Guaranteed salary reviews and increases at: (performance related)
o 3 months
o 6 months
o 12 months
• Clear progression into a Team Leader / Head of Children’s Services role based on performance
• Full support to build a nationwide desk across permanent and temporary services
• Opportunity to recruit, mentor, and lead your own team
• Strong operational and leadership backing from P4 Recruitment
• Long-term career growth within a fast-growing recruitment business
________________________________________
Key Responsibilities
• Build and lead P4 Recruitment’s Children’s Services division nationwide
• Manage permanent and temporary recruitment across the sector
• Develop new business relationships with local authorities, private providers, and charities
• Source, screen, and place high-quality candidates across children’s services roles
• Manage and grow client accounts with a consultative approach
• Create and implement a sector growth strategy
• Recruit, train, and lead consultants as the division expands
• Represent P4 Recruitment as a trusted specialist within the children’s sector
________________________________________
About You
• Experience in recruitment (children’s services, health & social care, or education preferred)
• Strong billing mindset with leadership ambitions
• Confident in business development and relationship management
• Organised, resilient, and commercially driven
• Passionate about progressing into a leadership role
• Ambitious individual looking to build something long-term
________________________________________
Why Join P4 Recruitment?
P4 Recruitment is committed to developing future leaders. This role offers genuine influence, ownership, and career acceleration for the right individual.
You won’t just be filling jobs you’ll be shaping a national division and positioning yourself as a leader across the Children’s Services recruitment sector.
________________________________________
Apply now to take the next step in your recruitment career and lead Children’s Services nationwide with P4 Recruitment