Talent Acquisition Consultant

£24,000 - £28,000pa DOE

Kings Hill, Kent / Hybrid

Are you an agency recruiter that is tired of business development and cold calling? Or have you gained experience as an in-house recruiter and want to play an integral part in a thriving businesses growth ?

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Recruitment Consultant to join the Commercial Services Group, Talent Acquisition team. This role represents a great opportunity for a dependable, self-motivated, and driven recruiter to join our team of Talent Consultants who provide end to end internal recruitment services across 28 brands within the CSG group.

You will have the opportunity to work on a wide range of vacancies, as our group houses brands within Education Resources, HR Services, Recruitment, Energy, IT & Facilities and many more.  You will be attracting, sourcing, and selecting diverse talent and be responsible for delivering to challenging timescales to meet project needs.

In return we will offer you-

• 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays
• Birthday day off
• Generous discount scheme, including gym and retail.
• Life assurance cover
• Health cash plan initiative
• A culture of progression and development
• Plus many more perks

Key duties

• Ensuring that we have the right people, in the right roles, at the right time, to deliver on our goals and key project timelines.
• Headhunting and sourcing key talent through a range of recruitment tools that we have available.
• Building a network and pipeline of candidates for each diverse division, having a candidate in mind before a role even comes available!
• Administration and organisational duties, such as posting stand out job adverts through our ATS system, ensuring all candidates are responded to and coordinating multiple diaries for interviews.
• Becoming a walking ambassador for the company, promoting us at every opportunity, whether that is on social media or at networking events.
• Delivering world class customer service to our candidates and hiring managers – ensuring to go the extra mile and leave people wanting to work for CSG.
• Being a friendly face for new starters, ensuring that everyone has a positive onboarding experience.
• Managing the relationships with all relevant recruiting partners and ensure they are fully effective and delivering against key objectives.

What we need from you –

• Strong experience in recruitment and resourcing across a diverse range of roles, either in a Recruitment Agency setting or In- House recruitment setting.
• Excellent relationship builder, be able to build rapport with stakeholders across the whole group.
• Solid networking and sourcing skills, be capable of headhunting suitable candidates through a range of recruitment tools.
• A real people person – be able to communicate with individuals from all walks of life.
• Strong organisational skills – able to coordinate multiple diaries and schedule numerous interviews with ease.

About Commercial Services Group

Commercial Services Group (CSG) is the largest, local authority-owned trading company (LATCO) in the UK, generating over £800m in revenue per annum and providing services to over 16,000 education and public sector customers globally.

• Our Group is on a mission to be recognised as the global leader in education and public sector procurement and support services. Currently growing at a rate of 25% each year, CSG has expanded to 28 trading businesses via an innovative buy and build model delivering an important mix of organic growth, acquisitions and strategic joint venture partnerships.
• Our 28 businesses provide a wide range of services to customers across education, local authorities, blue light services and the NHS. We deliver education management, IT, legal services, HR services, recruitment, waste and landscape management, energy and decarbonisation services, procurement, education supplies and project management. Our 1,800 colleagues are passionate about providing customers with an incredible service, knowing our growth is fuelled by purpose.

CSG and its businesses are wholly-owned by local authorities, meaning the profits we generate are delivered back into front line services. With over £65m delivered so far, we truly believe this is profit with a purpose. It is the exciting blend of commercial growth and social value which makes CSG unique.