Role: Recruitment Consultant
Location: North East Region
Salary: Negotiable depending on experience
Working Hours: Full-time
Employment Type: Permanent
Role Overview
Realise HR is seeking an ambitious Recruitment Consultant to support the continued growth of our recruitment offering across the North West. This role is focused on building meaningful partnerships with organisations, identifying future hiring needs and delivering tailored recruitment strategies that support sustainable business performance. You will play a key role in strengthening our regional footprint by developing new opportunities, expanding talent networks and enhancing our visibility in the professional market. Working within a boutique consultancy environment, you will have the opportunity to shape how we engage with clients, contribute to thought leadership initiatives and represent Realise HR at events and networking forums.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage recruitment campaigns from initial client engagement through to successful placement.
- Identify and secure new recruitment opportunities through proactive business development activity.
- Develop strategic relationships with clients.
- Conduct targeted sourcing, market mapping and headhunting to build strong candidate pipelines.
- Deliver market insight and recruitment intelligence to support client decision-making.
- Maintain an active presence at networking events and professional forums.
- Support delivery of webinars, roundtables and talent insight events.
- Build strong social media visibility to promote opportunities and strengthen brand awareness.
- Collaborate with marketing and HR consultancy teams to deliver joined-up client solutions.
Skills and Experience
Essential
- Recruitment or sales experience within a professional services or consultancy environment.
- Proven ability to build relationships and influence hiring decisions.
- Confidence in business development and opportunity generation.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management capability.
- Commercial awareness and solution-focused mindset.
- Proactive and self-motivated with a growth mindset.
Desirable
- Experience supporting regional market growth.
- Confidence presenting to clients or facilitating discussions.
- Understanding of employer branding or talent attraction strategies.
If you’re looking to develop your recruitment career within a values-led consultancy where you can build genuine client partnerships and make a real impact, we would love to hear from you.
Don’t meet every single requirement? At Realise, we are committed to building diverse, inclusive and authentic workplaces. If you’re excited about this opportunity but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every requirement, we encourage you to apply anyway, you may be exactly who we’re looking for.
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