Senior Recruitment Consultant

Established in 2008, WeConnect Energy (formerly Subsurface Global) provides specialist recruitment and contracting solutions to the global Energy sector, focusing on Upstream, Corporate, Low Carbon and Renewables.

Our business has been built on a foundation of achieving results, while maintaining a reputation for integrity, honesty, and reliability.

Our success lies in our ability to efficiently identify, evaluate, qualify, and deliver top-tier talent for the Energy sector.

People are at the heart of everything we do. We take an active interest in learning about our clients’ business, and we work tirelessly to identify candidates with the expertise required to advance growth ambitions and unlock potential. We pride ourselves in maintaining genuine relationships to allow us to foster new business opportunities with our clients, contractors and candidates.

The role of a Senior Recruitment Consultant is to effectively and successfully contribute to the business growth through successful placements of technically qualified senior professionals within a specified industry. This is achieved through the advanced growth and placements of long-term candidates and clients. The overall goal is to increase profitability through effective and advanced recruitment processes.

Requirements

Key Responsibilities:

Candidate Generation:

• Actively generate suitably qualified candidates across specific disciplines.
• Run and manage your own desk and build market expertise
• Headhunting for live open vacancies, pre-screening and reference checking candidates
• Ensure database accuracy and efficiency (candidate accounts)
• Completion of Candidate Qualification documentation.
• Submitting relevant and fully qualified candidate CV’s and shortlists to live open vacancies upon agreed timeframes.
• Provide candidates with feedback throughout the recruitment process.
• Manage the full recruitment life cycle from submission > interview > offer > acceptance.

Client Relations:

• Manage existing client relationships and maximize to full potential.
• Effective business development to establish new industry relationships and clients.
• Negotiation and agreement of client contracts.
• Communicate effectively with HR/Internal Recruitment, Technical Management & Senior Executives.
• Ensure database accuracy and efficiency (client accounts).
• Maintain working knowledge of client activity and potential recruitment needs.
• Present data to clients independently.
• Manage and control the recruitment process from a client perspective, from initial job order through to shortlist, interviews and offer acceptance.

Desired Competencies & Capabilities

Competencies:

• Resourcing & Researching
• Process Management
• Reaching Targets
• Client Development
• Personal Effectiveness

Capabilities:

• Running and managing your own desk
• Client Account Management & closing deals
• Building further market expertise
• Presenting data to clients independently
• Building further personal brand

Skills & Experience

• University educated
• Experience – minimum 3 years in recruitment
• Full clean UK driving licence
• Willingness to travel
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills
• Confident telephone manner
• Creative and innovative
• Organised and self-motivated
• Pro-active and able to work independently and as part of a team
• Strong networker
• Professional and commercially aware
• Planning skills
• Organisational skills
• Effective feedback skills
• Accurate record management skills

Benefits

• Uncapped Commission
• Half Day Fridays
• Pension Scheme
• Private Medical Insurance
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Two Paid Volunteering Days per Year