Senior Recruitment Associate

We’re delighted to be assisting with the recruitment of an accomplished and forward thinking Senior Associate, on behalf of a truly innovative and highly-successful business with an international presence.

As a Senior Recruitment Associate you will use your expertise in identifying opportunities and forging prosperous working relationships to further scale the international client build out of a newly formed part of the business, which is focused on providing professional services to the Renewable Energy and Sustainability sector. To drive forward this new enterprise, we’re looking for talented and self-motivated individuals with a proven track record of quantifiable business development success, ideally within the renewable energy, technical or professional services sectors.

The successful applicant will enjoy a friendly and supportive working environment, with flexible working hours and a fantastic range of benefits.

Duties and responsibilities:

• Scaling and servicing the existing client base of a business operating across the Renewable Energy and Sustainability verticals on a global basis, though with a particular focus on Europe and & North America
• Using sales, business development and networking activity to form partnerships to attract business from relevant companies
• Mapping and prospecting new clients and fostering relationships to achieve repeat business accounts
• Delivering/recruiting into existing and new client recruitment mandates
• Attending/contributing towards industry conferences, networking events, and roundtable discussions
• Analysis and identification of new market segment opportunities
• Account expansion
• Clear presentation of services in business meetings (local & international)
• Targeted content and collateral creation
• Delivery of brand engagement strategies

Skills and experience required:

• Extensive commercial recruitment and / or business development experience, ideally within the Energy, Sustainability, Technical or Professional Services sectors
• Proven track record of working in a sales role and developing business that has resulted in revenue generation
• Able to give examples of interacting and communicating with key stakeholders and decision makers
• Experience of winning and developing accounts
• Ability to negotiate successfully
• Demonstrates ambition and self determination to scale out a successful recruitment client services business
• Excellent time management, communication and organisation skills
• Strong analytical and written/verbal skills
• Strong self-awareness and passion for self-development
• Entrepreneurial spirit
• Takes an innovative and autonomous approach

Hours of work:

• Monday – Friday 8.30am – 6.00pm

Salary and benefits:

• £35,000 – £40,000 with highly competitive bonus structure
• Pension Scheme
• 25 days annual leave with extra time off over Christmas (office shuts) plus two duvet days and two charity days
• Flexible working hours/remote working
• Focus on learning and professional development
• Company Travel Loans
• Ride to work scheme
• Free breakfast and fruit provided (office)
• Subscription to Perkbox (gives access to a wide range of benefits and discounts)
• Quarterly lunch clubs at leading London restaurants
• Annual Holiday Club for employees that hit their annual targets
• Friendly and relaxed office, reflected with chill out areas, an office pool table, X-Box, separate eating areas and games areas