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Senior Education Recruitment Consultant (SEND) – Smart Teachers

Location: London

Contract: Permanent - Full-Time 

Competitive salary dependent on experience level

Smart Teachers is part of The Edwin Group – listed in The Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2025 for the 3rd year running! Rated as 'Excellent' by our staff in all categories and recognised as having industry leading and world-class levels of employee engagement across the Group.

We are looking to appoint a Senior Recruitment Consultant, looking to progress their career with the aim to move into management in the near future. You will be working with an established team supporting SEND schools across London. This is a fantastic opportunity to join the market leaders in education recruitment, recruiting high-quality teaching and support staff for short, long-term placements and permanent roles. 

We are looking for Experienced Consultants:

Key Requirement:

Successful Education Recruitment experience - or a similar sector 2 + years
Proven track record of developing and supporting clients
Must be Sales/Business Development focused
Smart Teachers is proud to offer an unrivalled service to both schools and candidates.

You will provide a vital link between clients and candidates. The role is demanding and diverse and involves:

Working with a large client base - many of the schools work exclusively with Smart Teachers
Using sales, business development and marketing techniques and networking opportunities to attract business from client schools
Visiting clients to build and develop close working relationships
Developing a good understanding of client schools; what they do and their culture and environment
Advertising vacancies by placing adverts on a variety of job boards
Using social media to advertise positions, attract candidates and build relationships with candidates, employers, and the teaching community
Headhunting - identifying and approaching suitable candidates who may already be in work
Using candidate databases to match the right person to the client's vacancy
Receiving and reviewing applications, managing interviews, and creating a shortlist of candidates for the client
Requesting references and checking the suitability of applicants before submitting their details to the client
Briefing the candidate about the responsibilities, salary, and benefits of the job
Preparing CVs and correspondence to forward to clients in respect of suitable applicants
Organising interviews for candidates as requested by the client
Informing candidates about the results of their interviews
Using our CRM system to manage bookings
Coordinating sponsorship activities for client schools
The successful Recruitment Consultant will have/be:

Excellent communication and sales skills
The ability to grow a SEND desk from the start
Excellent time management and organisational skills
An ability to organise their own workload and meet deadlines
Self-motivated and resilient
The ability to act on their own initiative
Possess a professional and ethical approach to business
Be able to forge and maintain relationships over the telephone and face-to-face
Possess a desire to exceed the highest levels of customer service
Operate effectively as part of a happy, motivated team
What do we offer?

We have fantastic support teams – Payroll (PAYE), marketing, and compliance teams
Excellent salary package with an open-ended bonus system
Company/team performance incentives throughout the year
Excellent career progression and professional development opportunities
Regular team events
Friendly, professional, and hard-working team environment
Reduced hours over the school holidays
Early finishes every Friday
Hybrid working
How do you get in touch?

If you have Education Recruitment experience, then apply today!

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