Recruitment Consultant

Located in East Grinstead, Lloyd Recruitment Services is a highly regarded recruitment consultancy, celebrating 29 years of service in 2025!  We pride ourselves on connecting top-tier talent with leading organisations, offering bespoke recruitment solutions that meet the needs of both candidates and clients.

Why Join Us?

We offer a culture that is unlike most recruitment environments. We focus on long term account management as well creating new opportunities; however, we don’t operate in an all-out KPI-driven environment. If you're looking for a recruitment role that offers flexibility, collaboration, and a focus on long-term partnerships, we’d love to hear from you.

Recruitment Consultant – Job Overview

We are looking for an experienced Recruitment Consultant to join our team. Working closely with the branch team and Senior Consultant, this role focuses on managing the temporary and permanent recruitment process for our valued clients as well as creating new business opportunities. As a Recruitment Consultant will have the support of an Administrator and a Resourcer, to ensure you are focused on the key aspects of the role!

Recruitment Consultant Skills & Experience:

• Proven business development experience


• Able to build revenue by nurturing existing clients


• Able to increase revenue opportunities by onboarding new clients, both over the phone and in person


• Previous recruitment agency experience in resourcing a multitude of roles within the commercial sector (ideally, but other sectors considered)


• Experience of sourcing candidates via job boards, LinkedIn, social media, referrals, and headhunting


• Extremely organised with the ability to multitask


• Experienced in Boolean searching


• Previous experience in candidate management and liaising with clients


• Ability to offer first-class communication and a passion to support both clients and candidates


• Skilled in listening and relationship-building with stakeholders at all levels


• Able to qualify job specifications taken from clients and consultants


• Able to think creatively ‘think out of the box’ and explore different solutions in candidate-shortage markets


• Strong attention to detail and appreciation for maintaining a fully administered database


• Capable of managing the entire recruitment process from sourcing candidates through to onboarding, ensuring a smooth and positive experience throughout


• Proactively identifies and engages with potential candidates for both current and future roles


• Conducts thorough assessments and interviews to ensure the best fit for both candidate and client (in person and via Microsoft Teams)


• Develops and maintains a strong talent pipeline for all roles


• Provides regular updates on recruitment progress, candidate pipelines, and successful placements

What’s in it for you?

• Competitive salary


• Uncapped and monthly paid commission (we never like you to go without!)


• Our targets and commission schemes are hands down better than our competitors


• Clawback scheme if you ever miss a target


• Privately owned company with no red tape that can be found in larger corporate companies


• The latest recruitment software and tech to support you


• Full marketing support 


• Ongoing staff incentives including all paid days out and staff outings


• Birthday off


• Ad hoc days off on top of annual leave allowance at Christmas


• Season ticket & car parking loans


• Career progression and greater earning potential as you grow


• Fun and friendly working atmosphere

Refer a friend and you will receive a retail voucher of your choice up to the value of £500. Full details can be found on our website.

Unfortunately, due to high numbers of applications, we are only able to respond to shortlisted applicants. If you have not heard from us within 5 days, please assume that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion.

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Lloyd Recruitment Services are acting as a recruitment agency in relation to this vacancy and are an equal opportunities employer.