Recruitment Consultant in Edinburgh

Recruitment Consultant (All Levels)

Why Eden Scott?

As Eden Scott and TalentSpark continues to grow we understand the importance of our great people and the positive impact everyone makes to each other, our candidates and clients each and every day.

We are ‘The People Business’

This commitment and energy from all our staff resulted in Eden Scott reporting on turnover increasing from £13m to just over £17m for the financial year ending March 2024 and we have now embarked on a new two year growth plan. We are looking to hire exceptional talent across our teams and locations.

At Eden Scott, we’re just as committed to exceeding our staff’s expectations as we are our customers. When you join Eden Scott, we firmly believe that you are in charge of your own destiny. We’re not big on overbearing KPIs and unrealistic goals, we are outcome-driven, and you will receive all the support, advice and a bespoke training plan for your own personal development.

We are looking to speak to experienced consultants, who thrive within an autonomous, hybrid working environment.

The Opportunity

We are currently looking to add consultants in the following areas covering both permanent and contract recruitment:

• Tech & Digital
• Deep Tech
• Life Sciences
• Engineering
• Production, Operations & Supply Chain
• HR & Professional Services
• Clean Energy
• Sales & Marketing

As a multidisciplinary recruitment consultancy we span multiple sectors including; Accountancy & Finance, Business Support, Engineering, Financial Services, Food & Drink Manufacturing, Hospitality, Tourism & Visitor Attractions, HR, Legal, Life Sciences, Manufacturing & Technology, Property & Construction, Public Sector, Renewable Energy, Oil & Gas, Sales & Marketing, Supply Chain & Procurement and Tech & Digital.

Our consultants provide unparalleled service and expertise to both our candidates and clients. As an integral part of our busy team’s success, you will be supported and trained so that you reach your goals quickly and continue to develop professionally throughout your career with us.

This is an ideal role if you are looking to thrive and grow your career in an organisation that recognises and rewards your hard work. While we offer support and guidance, we also give you the autonomy to grow and develop your own market and desk.

Our consultants drive their own business; they map out the markets that they want to work in through consistent and consultative business development, candidate networking and going the extra mile. We live and breathe our core values in everything that we do:

• Creative Disruption – we push ourselves to find the most innovative solutions at every stage of the process.

• Unwavering Passion – healthy competition and a passion for the best result is our measure of success. We keep going when others have given up.

• Simply Reliable – we build trust through transparency and mutual respect. Our clients rely on us to treat their needs as our own.

The Role of a Recruitment Consultant

A recruitment consultant (all levels) at Eden Scott is responsible for:

• Developing and maintaining relationships with both candidates and clients.
• Build and develop relationships with clients to truly understand their recruitment needs and provide tailored solutions to their needs.
• Cross selling by introducing colleagues to new and existing clients and candidates.
• Proactively source and headhunt candidates through a range of channels, including job boards, our own CRM system, third party databases, LinkedIn, networking events and referrals.
• Conduct detailed interviews of candidates to assess suitability for roles.
• Manage the entire end to end recruitment lifecycle from initial registration of candidate through to negotiation of offers and successful onboarding of successful candidates.
• Achieving personal financial targets and contributing to overall success of the business.

About You:

Our employees are energetic, driven and committed to success; if you are too, and have a flair for entrepreneurship we would love to hear from you!

Experience & Skills Required:

• Commercial acumen
• Evidence of first class customer service and results driven
• Demonstrable record of accomplishment in developing new and existing business.
• Energetic with excellent networking skills.
• Highly motivated with a strong work ethic.
• Tenacious, highly competitive and able to use own initiative.
• Highly organised, professional and quality focused.
• A good standard of education with excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• IT competent

What’s on offer?

• Excellent base salary
• Industry leading uncapped commission structure
• Flexible hybrid working
• Opportunity to receive additional holidays throughout the year.
• High performer lunch clubs
• Exotic holidays
• European city trips
• Sabbatical policy – 2 weeks additional holiday after 5 years’ service and 4 weeks after 10 years.
• Personal development plan
• Plus much much more!

Application Process

If you are interested in finding out more please send a copy of your up to date CV to Alasdair Murray or call Alasdair on 07949 304 727