Recruitment Consultant

About Adapt Recruitment

Adapt Recruitment is a contemporary recruitment agency headquartered in Wrexham, serving clients across the United Kingdom. The company specializes in both contract and permanent recruitment specifically for the Construction and Engineering industries. With ambitious growth plans, this role offers an excellent opportunity for driven individuals eager to advance their careers alongside an expanding organization.

Responsibilities

• Employ sales, marketing, business development strategies and networking to acquire new clients.
• Work towards achieving targets related to margin billing, sales activities, and service delivery.
• Establish and maintain strong relationships with both clients and candidates.
• Gain a thorough understanding of client companies, their sectors, work cultures, and environments.
• Represent the company by attending networking events, job fairs, and recruitment days as needed.
• Conduct drive rounds in industrial and commercial areas to identify new business leads.
• Manage a systematic business development approach by consistently engaging and expanding the prospective client database.
• Analyze competitors' business models and customer bases to identify opportunities.
• Support the resource team by contributing ideas for recruitment campaigns to attract candidates and strengthen client relationships.
• Utilize candidate databases and job boards effectively to match the right workers to clients' requirements.
• Assist the resource team as required in various tasks.
• Ensure all workers are fully briefed on their roles, responsibilities, health and safety protocols, and other essential information before client deployment.
• Adhere strictly to company and legal compliance standards during worker placement processes.
• Positively represent the Adapt Recruitment brand to both workers and clients at all times.
• Negotiate terms of business, pay, and charge rates for new and existing clients in accordance with legislative changes, ensuring proper documentation of all agreements.
• Maintain efficient administrative processes with clients to guarantee timely and accurate payment to workers.
• Conduct periodic client visits to carry out service reviews, enhance processes, and maintain robust working relationships.
• Provide expert advice to clients and candidates regarding legislation, current market conditions, pay scales, training, and career progression.
• Ensure operational compliance with all relevant company policies, procedures, and legislation.
• Act as a positive role model by mentoring and supporting junior team members and leading them when required.
• Be available to respond to out-of-hours calls from clients and candidates when necessary.

Candidate Profile

• Highly motivated and ambitious individual looking to grow quickly within a company with significant expansion plans.
• Possesses a positive attitude and approach to work and life.
• Can easily establish rapport with others both face-to-face and via telephone.
• Proficient IT skills including Microsoft Office applications.
• Organized, able to independently manage workload efficiently.
• Experience within construction or engineering sectors is advantageous but not a strict requirement.
• Willingness to go beyond usual duties, including occasional contact outside normal working hours.
• Good level of education, effective communication skills, and comfortable liaising with people at all levels.
• Capable of earning people's trust and putting them at ease.
• Persuasive, patient, and persistent with strong negotiation skills.
• Flexible and adaptable to changing situations and challenges.
• Excellent telephone manner and confidence in phone communications.
• Ability to follow instructions carefully and dependably.
• Resilient, diligent, and able to handle high workloads and pressure.
• Strong team player mentality.

What We Offer

• Competitive base salary, negotiated based on experience, plus uncapped commission.
• Relaxed and informal working environment.
• Company-provided laptop and mobile phone.
• Opportunity to work closely with the business owner and influence company decisions.
• 28 days annual leave including bank holidays plus your birthday off.
• The office closes for at least three days between Christmas and New Year, not deducted from holiday entitlement.
• Regular team lunches at local eateries and in-office fast food days.
• One free hot drink per week from a local coffee shop.
• Casual dress code with optional company branded apparel.
• Standard office hours from Monday to Thursday 9:00 AM to 4:55 PM, and Friday 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM.