Job Description

Senior Recruitment Consultant – Business Support – Existing Client base

Remote or Hybrid with offices in Manchester, London and Portsmouth

£Competitive Salary + Excellent Benefits, Bonus Scheme & Culture.

We are a specialist recruitment consultancy who work with some of the world’s largest Pharmaceutical, Biotech and Life Science companies. As part of our growth we are looking for a Recruitment Consultant to join us to develop our Central Functions desk, focusing on generating new opportunities with our existing clients.

The culture of the company is friendly, fun, collaborative, and supportive. We have a great brand, loyal client partnerships, an innovative team, and a great reputation within our sector.

The role

Specialising in recruiting Business Support / Central Function roles such as Finance, Marketing, HR and Operations you will be building relationships with our existing clients with a view to support them with the recruitment of their central function roles.

You’ll have the opportunity to grow our existing accounts in the UK, EU and US to seek out new opportunities and develop the relationship further.

After taking a detailed job brief you will be managing the full recruitment process while offering a first-class service to candidates and clients.

You’ll also be growing and nurturing the talent pool in your sector and constantly expanding your candidate network via our own database and social media / networking channels.

We pride ourselves on offering a consultative approach so you’ll be continually learning about your market to increase your credibility and provide a knowledgeable service to clients and candidates

Why join Carrot?

We are an independent, specialist recruitment consultancy who work with some of the world’s largest Pharmaceutical, Biotech and Life Science companies.

We have a great brand, loyal client partnerships, an innovative team, and a great reputation within our sector. The culture of the company is friendly, fun, collaborative, and supportive.

We don’t have KPIs around activity – instead we focus on quality and effectiveness and trust you to manage your desk and pipeline. We will support you in your professional development and provide opportunities for you to progress your career with us, both within Carrot and the wider group.

The Life Science and Pharmaceutical sector remains a very attractive industry to work in and with over 18 years’ experience supporting the sector, our reputation has gone from strength to strength and we’re the go-to consultancy for many of our clients.

We are part of Compass Recruitment Solutions, an award-winning group of companies consisting of 5 brands specialising in the independent Health, Care, Education and Life Science sectors. We invest heavily into staff-development and progression (Gold standard investors in people) and we have been rated “World-Class” for Customer Service.

Working for Carrot you will receive…

• Flexibility around working patterns.
• Autonomy – we will support you, but you won’t be micromanaged and we trust you to manage your desk and workload.
• Remote or Hybrid working (Offices in Manchester, London and Portsmouth)
• Opportunities to progress both within Carrot and the wider group
• 25 days holiday which increases to 28 days with service.
• Up to 2 bonus days off each year – target related
• Option to buy or sell 3 days of annual leave per year
• Private healthcare scheme

Additional Perks:

• Quarterly team rewards, company activity afternoons, and meals out for hitting quarter targets.
• Monthly posh lunch and afternoon off for consultants who achieve target.
• Early finish on the last Friday of every month.
• Extra Day annual leave and cash incentive each month for achieving “Consultant of the Month”
• Regular social events with the wider team.

What Kind of Person Are We Looking For?

We are looking for a proven recruitment consultant with strong candidate and client development skills and you’ll know what its takes to be successful in recruitment.

A strong work ethic, proactive and focused approach with a good sense of humour will ensure you fit in to our team and culture.

Perhaps you’re working in a role that is heavily KPI focused and you’re looking for a bit more autonomy? Or you’re back working in the office and you’d prefer a remote or hybrid set up? Or you’re simply interested in joining a recruitment business with a great culture, excellent reputation and rated ‘world class’ for customer service?

What Next?

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Due to the high volume of applications only short-listed candidates will be contacted in this occasion