[Hiring] Education Recruitment Consultant @Legends EOR

Role Description

Build and manage a recruitment desk connecting teachers, teaching assistants, and support staff with schools across London. The Education Recruitment Consultant is a remote, target-focused role based in South Africa, combining candidate recruitment and management with sales, business development, desk management, compliance, and safeguarding.

The role requires the successful candidate to:

• Structure their own day and manage priorities and KPIs.
• Build relationships with schools and candidates.
• Drive commercial success without close supervision.

Full training on UK education recruitment processes, systems, and the UK market will be provided. Initial engagement will be a six-month contract serving as a probation period, intended to convert to a permanent setup subject to performance and agreement.

Qualifications

• Proven previous experience in sales, recruitment, or other target-driven roles.
• Proven track record in recruitment, outbound sales, business development, or target-driven environments.
• Demonstrated capability in achieving measurable sales targets or KPIs.
• Strong, clear spoken and written English communication skills.
• Excellent telephone communication, relationship-building, and negotiation skills.
• Strong time management and organisational skills.
• High attention to detail.
• Proficiency with CRM software, databases, and Microsoft Office tools.
• Reliable internet setup and a dedicated home working space in South Africa.
• Willingness to work 8:00 AM–5:00 PM UK time, with availability from 7:00 AM UK time for urgent cover when required and flexibility outside standard hours when servicing schools.
• Uncompromising alignment with safeguarding and compliance standards.
• Experience in UK staffing/recruitment or the education sector is desirable but not essential.

Requirements

• Proactively source candidates through job boards, CV databases, and advertising.
• Screen CVs and conduct phone and video interviews.
• Manage candidate registrations, documentation, and compliance onboarding.
• Maintain candidate pipelines while upholding strict safeguarding standards.
• Proactively contact schools, headteachers, SENCOs, and other decision-makers to identify recruitment needs.
• Market candidates to schools through calls and emails.
• Convert leads into interviews, trial days, and placements.
• Negotiate commercial terms and grow the recruitment desk.
• Plan each working day around priorities and KPIs.
• Maintain detailed and accurate CRM records.
• Track vacancies and candidate communications.
• Respond quickly to urgent and time-sensitive school staffing requests.
• Perform required vetting, DBS, reference, and right-to-work checks in coordination with the Compliance team.
• Maintain absolute adherence to safeguarding guidelines.

Benefits

• Salary: R32,000–R35,000 per month, experience dependent.
• Fully remote work opportunity.