Description:
As a Recruitment Consultant, you will:
- Speak to clients to take a brief, ask questions, and clarify their needs and hiring process.
- Manage the candidate side of the recruitment process for junior and mid-level roles across Medical Communications, Medical Education, Healthcare Advertising and Healthcare PR.
- Screen, register and build relationships with candidates, keeping the database up to date and well organised.
- Write up, refine and format CVs ready for submission to clients.
- Proactively put forward suitable candidates to clients, and suggest other companies or opportunities that may be a good fit.
- Support the Senior Consultants across their respective specialisms, working closely together as part of a small, collaborative team.
- Build your market knowledge across the Healthcare Communications space, including the clients, candidates and trends shaping it.
- Get involved in business development as you grow into the role, helping to expand the desk with new clients and geographies.
- Split your time between the Manchester and Cheadle offices (Tuesday and Thursdays), and working from home (Monday, Wednesday and Friday).
You will ideally have:
- Some previous recruitment experience is helpful (up to around a year)
- A background in customer service or account management
- Confidence in picking up the phone, asking questions and staying organised.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including comfort writing up and refining CVs.
- Working independently from home for part of the week, while staying closely connected with the team.
- Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail, with the ability to manage a busy candidate pipeline and database.
- A relationship-led, candidate-focused approach.
- A genuine interest in Pharma, Biotech, MedTech and the wider Life Sciences sector.
- Based in, or able to commute easily to, the Northwest (Cheadle and Manchester).
Benefits
- 25 days leave (Accruing to 28 days maximum)
- Contributory pension of 4%
- *Simplyhealth Cash Plan
- *Sick Cover
- *Cycle to work Scheme
- Childcare voucher
- Internal Referral scheme
- Access to a financial advisor
- *Up to £25 contribution towards own mobile tariff