Recruitment Consultant
Job description
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Location: Belfast (City Centre)
Contract: Full-time, Permanent
Working Pattern: Hybrid
Salary: Competitive base + uncapped bonus
About Reed
Reed is the UK’s largest family-owned recruitment company with over 60 years’ experience supporting clients and candidates across specialist markets. Our Belfast office continues to grow, and we’re now looking for an ambitious Recruitment Consultant to build and develop a HR desk.
Whether you’re an experienced recruiter, a HR professional with strong commercial instincts, or a proven sales performer looking for a new challenge, this is an opportunity to build a long-term career with industry-leading support and progression.
The Role
As a Recruitment Consultant within our HR specialism, you’ll run a full 360° recruitment desk, partnering with organisations across Northern Ireland to recruit HR talent at all levels.
You will:
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Develop new and existing client relationships within the HR market
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Take detailed job briefs and provide insight on salary, availability and hiring trends
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Proactively win new business through targeted BD and relationship management
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Source, engage and qualify HR professionals across generalist and specialist roles
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Manage the full recruitment lifecycle from interview through to offer and onboarding
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Ensure full compliance across right-to-work, references and documentation
Why Join Reed?
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Uncapped bonus structure
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Clear career framework with promotion opportunities based on performance
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Award-winning training from day one, including market-specific development
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Support from experienced managers and shared services teams
Benefits
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Hybrid working model
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Long-service sabbaticals every 5 years
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Health Cash Plan
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Reed Reward Hub (retail, travel and leisure discounts)
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High Achievers Club and national incentive trips
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Annual incentives including vouchers and luxury prizes
Who Will Succeed
This role would suit:
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Recruiters looking to specialise or grow their own desk
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HR professionals keen to move into a consultative, commercial role
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Sales-driven individuals who enjoy relationship building and autonomy
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⭐ Highlight your HR recruitment experience or HR professional background at the top of your CV as Reed specifically mentions both paths
📊 Quantify your recruitment metrics: "Placed 15 HR professionals monthly, achieving 120% of target"
🌐 Emphasise your business development skills as the role involves winning new clients through targeted BD
🎯 Showcase your 360° recruitment experience or full lifecycle recruitment management capabilities
🤝 Demonstrate your relationship-building abilities with specific examples of client retention or candidate engagement
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- •Generated £180k in new business revenue through targeted BD activities, securing 12 new client partnerships within 6 months
- •Managed 25+ active recruitment processes simultaneously, achieving 95% client satisfaction and 8-week average time-to-hire
- •Built relationships with 40+ HR professionals across generalist and specialist roles, maintaining 85% candidate retention rate
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Dear Hiring Manager,
Reed's opportunity to build and develop an HR recruitment desk in Belfast aligns perfectly with my commercial drive and relationship-building expertise. Your focus on 360° recruitment and business development matches my experience in client acquisition and candidate sourcing.
My background in sales and recruitment has equipped me with the commercial instincts needed to win new business whilst managing the full recruitment lifecycle. I understand the importance of market insight and salary benchmarking in providing value to both clients and candidates.
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Interview questions
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Technical
- ›How would you approach building a new HR recruitment desk from scratch?
- ›What methods do you use for sourcing HR professionals across generalist and specialist roles?
- ›How do you ensure compliance with right-to-work documentation and reference checking?
- ›Describe your approach to salary benchmarking and market analysis for HR roles
- ›How would you manage the full recruitment lifecycle from brief to onboarding?
Behavioural
- ›Tell me about a time you had to build relationships with new clients in a competitive market
- ›Describe a situation where you exceeded your sales targets through proactive business development
- ›Give an example of how you've managed multiple recruitment processes simultaneously
- ›Tell me about a challenging placement you made and how you overcame obstacles
- ›Describe a time when you had to provide market insight that influenced a client's hiring strategy
STAR answer examples
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Tell me about a time you had to build relationships with new clients in a competitive market
Describe a situation where you exceeded your sales targets through proactive business development