Recruitment Consultant – Perms - Early Years / Childcare

Nexter is a specialist childcare and early years recruitment consultancy providing permanent and temporary staffing solutions to private day nurseries, preschools, and early years groups. Built by experienced sector leaders, we are growing quickly and are expanding our dedicated National Permanent Placement Desk to service high client demand.

The Opportunity

Unlike a traditional recruitment role where you spend half your time cold-calling to win vacancies, we have an established, incoming stream of permanent job orders from nursery clients across the country.

The primary challenge isn't finding clients—it is finding, engaging, and securing qualified talent (Level 3 Practitioners, Room Leaders, Deputy Managers, and Nursery Managers) in a talent-scarce market.

You will take full ownership of your permanent desk: qualifying briefs, proactively headhunting passive candidates, running telephone screenings, managing interview feedback, and closing placements.

Key Responsibilities

• Active Candidate Sourcing: Go beyond passive job boards by using Boolean search strings, LinkedIn, CV databases, and direct headhunting to engage qualified Early Years practitioners.

• Screening & Pipeline Control: Conduct thorough phone/video interviews, assess motivations, and qualify notice periods, salary expectations, and counter-offer risks.

• Vacancy & Account Delivery: Take detailed briefs from nursery managers, match suitable candidates, coordinate interviews, and manage the feedback loop promptly.

• Speculative Placements: Proactively market high-calibre candidates directly to relevant nursery groups within their commute radius.

• ATS Discipline: Keep candidate records, vacancy pipelines, and interview stages clean and up-to-date using our recruitment software.

What We Are Looking For

• Recruitment Experience: Proven track record in full-cycle recruitment or high-volume candidate sourcing (agency or contingency background strongly preferred).

• Tenacious Phone Sourcing: Someone who naturally picks up the phone, hunts for passive talent, and knows how to build rapport with candidates who aren't actively applying.

• Commercial Mindset: Target-driven, organized, and focused on turning interviews into billable placement fees.

• Self-Sufficiency: Comfortable managing your daily pipeline independently without needing hand-holding on the basics of candidate tracking.

• Early Years / Education / Healthcare knowledge is a bonus, but commercial resourcing grit and candidate control are what matter most.

What We Offer

• Clear, uncapped monthly commission scheme paid on billed placement fees.

• Real progression as we expand our regional and national operations.

• Free on-site parking at our Birstall office (WF17), directly accessible from the M62/M621.

• A supportive, experienced senior management team focused on real results rather than micromanagement vanity metrics.

How to Apply

Apply directly with an up-to-date CV and a brief note outlining your experience in candidate sourcing and pipeline delivery.

• Category: Nexter Office Jobs
• Hours: 40
• Location: Birstall
• Salary / Rate: £27000-£31000pa + bonus
• Contract: Permanent
• Job Ref: ZR_162_JOB
• Call: 0113 328 0668