Assistant Consultant Salary: £29,000 - £32,000 + 10% Bonus
Location: Farringdon, City of London
Hybrid: 2 days in the office / 3 days working from home
A successful and leading management consultancy and recruitment practice in the public and not-for-profit sectors is urgently recruiting for an Assistant Consultant. You will be working as part of a team with inhouse colleagues and Recruitment Consultants to ensure the smooth running of recruitment processes, by providing effective administrative support for a portfolio of assigned executive/ non-exec recruitment projects.
Key responsibilities:
- Assisting the interim team with the placement of high calibre executive and middle leadership candidates that meet clients requirements
- Assist with candidate and client research to ascertain background information
- Managing candidate compliance process
- Identification of good quality candidates that closely match client brief using database and LinkedIn
- Input data to and update regularly the recruitment team's Executive Search software to ensure all recruitment processes are accurately managed
- Ensure all project deadlines are met in accordance with the agreed timetable and client's expectations
- Ensure regular liaison with the client-side administrative lead, the recruitment associates and candidates
- Be the initial point of contact for queries to the recruitment team, either by email or telephone
- Be proactive in identifying and solving problems appropriately, in a timely manner
- Provide excellent customer service in all dealings with clients and candidates
Essential:
- Experience of working in the recruitment field in house or agency
- Knowledge of the social housing and/or care and/or charitable and/or public sectors desirable
- Understanding of maintaining principles of equality and diversity and transparency in recruitment
- Degree level education or equivalent
- Previous professional experience of working within an office environment
- Experience of operating administrative and data systems
- Solid experience of MS Office applications, in particular Word, Excel, and Outlook
- Experience of working in a customer services environment
- Experience of recruitment marketing, desirable
Benefits:
- 25 days, plus public holidays. This rises by one day per completed year of service, up to a maximum of 30days, plus public holidays
- Salary exchange pension scheme, with an employer contribution that matches employee contributions up to 5%
- Health insurance for employees that have successfully completed their probation. This is available for employees and their dependents, and the company meets the cost of the premiums, though it is classed as a taxable benefit.
- Death in service insurance, set at the equivalent of two years' salary
- Up to 10% bonus based on company and own performance
- Hybrid working, 2 days in the office, 3 days working from home
- Hours 9am-5.00pm
We are urgently shortlisting for this role, please apply ASAP if you are interested and have the relevant experience required.
Huntress Search Ltd acts as a Recruitment Agency in relation to all Permanent roles and as a Recruitment Business in relation to all Temporary roles.
We practice a diverse and inclusive recruitment process that ensures equal opportunity for all we work with, irrespective of race, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age or gender. As an organisation, we encourage applications from all backgrounds and will ensure measures are met when required, to allow a fair process throughout.
PLEASE NOTE: We can only consider applications from candidates who have the right to work in the UK.