Graduate Recruitment Consultant - Edinburgh in Edinburgh

An exciting opportunity for a Graduate interested in developing a career in Recruitment!

WeConnect Energy (formerly known as Subsurface Global) is a specialist contracting and recruitment organisation focused on the energy industry.

We have an entrepreneurial and collaborative culture, and we are driven by our motto - 'Challenge the Future'.

Our vision is to build a successful contracting and recruitment organisation within the energy sector, focusing niche skills and offering a level of service that goes above and beyond current industry standards.

Your role as a Recruitment Consultant is to continue to grow our business through successful placements of technically qualified professionals within the energy industry.

This is achieved through the growth of long-term candidate and client relationships, while developing new business through effective communication, delivery and results.

The overall goal is to increase profitability through effective sales recruitment processes.

Candidate Generation:

• Actively generate suitably qualified candidates across specific disciplines.
• Headhunting for live open vacancies, pre-screening and reference checking candidates when appropriate
• Ensure database accuracy and efficiency (candidate accounts)
• Completion of Candidate Qualification documentation.
• Submitting relevant and fully qualified candidate CV’s and shortlists to live open vacancies upon agreed timeframes.
• Provide candidates with feedback, successful or not, throughout the recruitment process.
• Manage the full recruitment life cycle from submission > interview > offer > acceptance.

Client Relations:

• Manage existing client relationships and maximise to full potential across the business.
• Business develop to establish new industry relationships, partnerships and clients.
• Negotiation and agreement of client contracts.
• Communicate effectively with HR/Internal Recruitment points of contact as well as Technical Management & Senior Executives.
• Ensure database accuracy and efficiency (client accounts).
• Maintain working knowledge of client activity and potential recruitment needs.
• Manage and control the sales recruitment process from a client perspective, from initial job order through to shortlist, interviews and offer acceptance.

Requirements

• University educated
• Sales experience
• Full clean UK Driving Licence

Additional Information:

• Willingness to travel
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills
• Confident telephone manner
• Creativity and innovative
• Organised and Self Motivated
• Proactive and able to work independently and as part of a team
• Strong networker
• Professional and commercially aware

Exemplify best practice for the below:

• Planning skills
• Organisational skills
• Proactivity
• Communication skills
• Giving effective feedback skills
• Dealing with administration / documentation

Benefits

• Competitive Salary
• Uncapped Commission
• Half Day Fridays
• Pension Scheme
• Private Medical Care
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Two Paid Volunteering Days