Recruitment Consultant

About the Company

Robert Walters is the world’s most trusted talent solutions business. Across the globe, we deliver recruitment, recruitment process outsourcing, and advisory services to organisations of all sizes, opening doors for people with diverse skills, ambitions, and backgrounds. We deliver permanent, temporary and interim recruitment, outsourced recruitment teams and consulting on remuneration and diversity.

About the Job

Our consultants come from a variety of international professional backgrounds with strong industry-focused experience. We offer training and accelerated career development to develop deep specialist knowledge and global career opportunities. As a Recruitment Consultant you will act as an intermediary between organisations (clients) wishing to recruit staff and professionals (candidates) seeking career change, ensuring the best mutual fit by understanding employer business and culture as well as candidates' ambitions.

Responsibilities

• Manage the end-to-end recruitment process professionally and effectively.
• Source, select and assess candidate skills, experience and career goals; advise candidates on market conditions and opportunities.
• Organise and coordinate interviews and fully brief candidates regarding roles; present high-quality candidates to the team and clients.
• Maintain and regularly review candidate database to keep availability and information accurate; take responsibility for candidate engagement (active and inactive).
• Arrange and attend meetings with prospective and existing clients to build long-term trusted relationships and understand their business, culture and resourcing needs.
• Consult and advise clients on recruitment solutions; present candidate profiles and ensure only high-quality candidates are put forward.
• Manage the interview process including screening, feedback and negotiation of remuneration packages with clients; adhere to short turnaround times for screening, advertising responses and reference checks.
• Lead and support candidate and client functions and events; build cross-divisional and cross-regional internal relationships.
• Own and execute a business development plan within your industry specialisation, generate new business proactively and develop a solid pipeline to achieve revenue and targets.
• Keep up to date with market specialisation, industry trends and recruitment best practices; identify and refer potential recruitment consultants to the business.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of professional experience in a relevant field of specialisation.
• Determination, resilience and pro-active commercial acumen.
• Commitment to exceeding client expectations, attracting top talent and achieving targets.
• Entrepreneurial, organised and driven approach with excellent attention to detail.
• Excellent team player who enjoys sharing information and building robust relationships.