Senior / Principal Recruitment Consultant

Overview

In this senior role you will lead retained and exclusive search assignments for public sector clients, advising on senior leadership hires. You’ll work with cross-functional teams to identify passive talent, manage the full search lifecycle with a structured, evidence-based approach, and build long-term relationships with national impact. The environment values discretion, quality, and internal progression, offering coaching and development. This is an opportunity to shape leadership hiring at scale in a trusted, established firm.

Pay / Benefits

• 50,000 basic salary plus a commission structure
• Structured coaching, mentoring and personalised development plans
• Clear internal progression routes, with a strong history of promoting from within
• Collaborative culture that invests in long-term development
• Exposure to senior stakeholders and high-impact assignments at national level

Responsibilities

• Lead retained and exclusive search assignments across public sector markets
• Advise clients on senior and leadership-level hiring
• Proactively identify and engage senior, often passive, talent
• Manage the full search lifecycle with a structured, consultative, insight-led approach
• Build deep sector knowledge and long-term client relationships

Key requirements

• Experience in public sector, executive search, or senior/leadership-level search

• ambitious
• credible communicator
• enjoys senior-level conversations
• retained and exclusive search
• structured, evidence-based selection methodology
• bias-awareness training

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