Candidate Consultant

Smart Teachers (London) are currently recruiting for a Candidate Consultant to join our driven, high performing team at our office in Shoreditch.

About the role

Smart Teachers is an education recruitment agency. We recruit for Primary, Secondary and SEN Schools across London, with this role focusing on recruiting candidates for the Primary division.

The role of an Candidate Consultant is to:

• Source a high calibre of candidate through contacting job advert responses and through using platforms such as Indeed and Reed to proactively source candidates
• Provide an excellent first impression of the candidate recruitment experience
• Request, gather and chase references and outstanding documents which will enable a candidate to be fully safeguarded when working in school settings with children
• Attend relevant recruitment fairs /exhibitions by way of attracting candidates to join the agency

About the school

If the following applies to you, I'd like to hear from you:

• You’re great at time management and have great organisational skills
• You’re looking for a role that results in career progression and commission
• You’re positive, enthusiastic and are looking for a role that involves customer service
• You thrive on helping great people find great jobs!

Requirements

To be considered for the role of Candidate Consultant you will:

• be highly organised and have the ability to work to deadlines
• have good written and spoken communication skills

Salary is dependent on experience, training or qualifications. The minimum experience, training or qualifications required for this position are:

• to have a basic understanding of ICT
• to have good written and spoken communication skills

Smart Teachers is committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults. We take our responsibilities extremely seriously. All staff we register will undertake thorough interviewing and referencing checks and hold, or be prepared to undergo, an Enhanced DBS check that must be registered on the Update Service.

About Smart Teachers

Smart Teachers is a market-leading education recruitment and supply agency committed to the learning and development of young people. With branches across the country, we are an employer of choice for high-quality primary, secondary and SEND teaching and support staff.

What Smart Teachers offer

As a valued employee of Smart Teachers, you will receive:

• Excellent daily rates paid weekly by our in-house Payroll team using the Pay As You Earn (PAYE) system.
• Guaranteed pay scheme (subject to availability and qualifying criteria).
• Pension contributions (subject to a qualifying period).
• Full compliance with AWR (Agency Workers’ Regulations), to make sure you get the pay and working conditions you are entitled to.
• FREE training to help with your professional development such as Team Teach training, online webinars and safeguarding and child protection updates.
• Generous refer a friend or colleague bonus scheme.
• Access to a dedicated consultant, who will provide ongoing support.

Smart Teachers do not discriminate on the grounds of age, gender, race, colour, religion, disability or sexual orientation, and we welcome applications from all sections of the community.

How to apply

Apply via this website with an up-to-date CV and contact details. For more information, or an informal chat about the role, please call Mubarak Jama on 020 7065 7500 or email [email protected].