Recruitment Consultant - Legal Recruitment - Beckenham - To £32,000 + Commission

Wise May are a growing independent Recruitment Agency based in the heart of Beckenham with a large client base in Central London. With an established client base in the Legal sector, we are looking for a Recruitment Consultant to join our team to undertake a 360 role, building your client base and sourcing candidates for Temporary, Contract and Permanent Legal roles across London. You will work in a collaborative team who go above and beyond to deliver an exceptional service to our candidates and clients at all times.

This is a full time, permanent role. We offer hybrid working once you have passed probation (4 days in the office / 1 day remote) and the hours are 9am-5pm, Monday to Friday (with 1 hour for lunch), flexibility may be required outside of these hours depending on urgency of a task and workload. 

Recruitment Consultant key tasks and responsibilities:

• Canvassing Legal clients from a pre-existing warm and cold database to sell the services you and Wise May offer
• Arrange face to face meetings / MS Teams calls to meet with prospective clients
• Building strong relationships with potential Legal clients and keeping in touch via phone, email, face to face meetings and client entertainment
• Building and maintaining a strong network of Legal clients and candidates through various channels; LinkedIn, database, networking events
• Identifying possible leads and following them up
• Building a pipeline of prospective Legal clients
• Building and establishing a Permanent and Temporaries desk for Legal roles in London 
• Managing the full recruitment lifecycle to include negotiating fees and charge rates, taking job briefs from clients, advertising roles, sourcing candidates, arranging interviews, completing interview prep calls, obtaining feedback, managing offer negotiations and compliance.
• Resourcing for Legal roles via your own network and our existing database, job boards, LinkedIn and social media
• Acting as a liaison between the clients and the candidates giving sound advice and guidance throughout the entire Recruitment process, demonstrating honesty and integrity

Recruitment Consultant skills and experience required:

• Previous experience working in recruitment, engaging with clients and candidates in the Legal sector
• Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal skills and strong attention to detail
• Ability to build relationships and rapport
• Used to working in a fast-paced, target driven and high-volume environment
• System Skills: Competent in MS Office and CRM databases
• Resourceful with the ability to use own initiative
• Ability to think outside the box and think of ways to be different to your competition
• Positive and collaborative attitude
• Composed under pressure, with a flexible and adaptable approach
• Ability to manage conflicting priorities, exercising responsible judgement when appropriate

Company Benefits

• Competitive commission scheme - up to 20%
• Vitality Health Insurance (after probation)
• 25 days holiday + work anniversary and birthday off each year
• Eye care vouchers
• Pension scheme  
• Business Laptop and mobile phone
• Team events