Executive Search Consultant in Harrogate

Location: Uk
Salary: £40,000 per year
Recruiter: Mackenzie Stuart
Job Hours: Full-time

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Graduate Executive Search Consultant

Location: London, UK

Salary: £28,000 & an un-capped commission structure + company benefits.


Mackenzie Stuart is a market leading Executive Search firm established in 2005, we are searching for enthusiastic graduates to join our group of companies across Leeds, London & Harrogate. We are an ambitious, competitive, and a highly motivated organisation which prides ourselves on offering unparalleled executive search services.

The Mackenzie Stuart Group consists of the parent company Mackenzie Stuart and subsidiary companies including Indenovo Global, TH Daniels, George Thomas, JB Andrews, Irving Knight Group, Atrio Search, Potentia Search, Novaris Search and Sectr Partners. We are a business that places a huge emphasis on hiring graduates and young professionals who are looking to begin a successful career in recruitment. This position is a sales and business development role which gives you the opportunity to be client facing in the global corporate business world.


What we can offer YOU:


  • Competitive base salary and uncapped commission scheme which is among the best in the industry. Average 1st year OTE £40-50k.
  • Fast progression - average time to management is 12-18 months! We also give you the opportunity to become a Director of your own Recruitment Company .
  • A fun, high energy but professional office environment where you are surrounded by like-minded individuals .
  • Monthly, Quarterly & Yearly incentives including, luxury retail vouchers (Selfridges, Harvey Nichols, John Lewis), free holidays abroad (Ibiza, Skiing & City breaks) and monthly meals out!
  • Continuous professional development – external courses etc.
  • Brand new 12,000sqft state-of-the-art office space with communal working areas, yoga studio, golf simulator, a bar and many more features (Leeds HQ).
  • A tailored 12-week training period providing you with all the tools necessary to succeed as well as support and advice throughout.


What you will be doing as an Executive Search Consultant:

  • Essentially you will be managing your own business within our business , specialising in one of our many industries on a global basis.
  • Headhunting top industry talent into high-level job openings internationally.
  • Managing and building client and candidate relationships as soon as you start the role and responsible for the entire end-to-end recruitment process. You will have a high level of support and autonomy!
  • This position is a sales and business development role; you will be working towards targets, have KPI’s and will be responsible for developing your own clients, from scratch. We need confident, resilient, hard-working, competitive and down-to-earth individuals who can add value to our business and clients!




What we are looking for in our Graduate Consultants:

  • We need enthusiastic and hardworking graduates who are looking to start their career in a corporate, competitive and rewarding career path .
  • Driven and confiden t individuals who have a strong desire to begin their journey in the recruitment industry.
  • This is a demanding and challenging role which require a positive and resilient mentality.
  • Proactive individuals with excellent communication looking to fulfil a sales focused role.


No previous experience is required, we hire on personality and potential as well as all types of degrees!

Our primary business model is to hire graduates and people starting their career in executive search and develop them into the future leaders of the recruitment world. We never hire anyone outside of the business above you to give you the best chance to succeed and progress quickly. We truly believe that our most valuable asset is our people, so we pride ourselves on the investment, training, development and advancement opportunities that we offer to our employees to facilitate their professional and personal development.

For more information on our business and the Recruitment Consultant role at one of our companies, please visit

All applicants must have the full right to work in the UK, without sponsorship. Due to the large number of applications if you have not heard anything within 14 days then unfortunately you have been unsuccessful.


About Mackenzie Stuart


Established in May 2005, Mackenzie Stuart was founded to deliver bespoke, sector-specific services & expertise and in doing so, establish a new standard within Executive Search. We have an impressive pedigree, with our Directors’ having over a combined 50 years experience within the industry. They have used this knowledge to position Mackenzie Stuart in a unique way with the business making over 90% of its placements internationally, meaning we are a true Global Executive Search firm.

Today, we remain an innovative, results-driven business that prides itself on delivering one-to-one service, accurate market insight and proven business acumen. Our highly tailored approach to recruitment places lasting client relationships before short-term gains & makes openness, integrity and honesty a priority. We also understand the need to consider each and every position as unique – wherever in the world it may be.

From our offices in Leeds, London, Dubai and Harrogate, we provide retained and contingency recruitment solutions across industry and have specialist recruitment consultants that work within the Medical & Scientific, Healthcare, Education, Water, Chemicals, Ingredients & Flavours, Automation, Industrial and Logistics sectors.

Having set up another fifteen executive search firms, our group now comprises over 250 consultants and £25m annual revenues having grown from one company and just 17 consultants in 2010. In early 2021 we also completed the £ multi million sale of the first additional company we set up, by then an £12m turnover business. Our growth plans remain as ambitious with plans to increase to over 400 consultants and £40m in revenues by 2026, as well as starting MBO's with multiple group subsidiaries.

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