Interim Recruitment Consultant-External Communications
- Employer
- VMA GROUP
- Location
- London (Central), London (Greater)
- Salary
- Competitive+Bens+OTE
- Closing date
- 8 Sep 2018
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- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Discipline
- Press / Media Relations, Corporate Communications, Marketing Communications
- Seniority
- Graduate / Entry Level
- Sector
- Industrials, Professional Services
Job Details
VMA Group’s External Communications practice is growing and we would love you to be part of it!
Working within an established team with an excellent brand reputation in the market; you are likely to already be a recruitment consultant working on contract or interim assignments. You understand the legal complexities and all of the compliance that goes hand in hand with recruiting freelancers and interims.
If you don’t have a background in recruitment, you will need to be a communications professional who is looking to change their career path and move into a communications focused sales role or be a strong sales person with an ability to demonstrate your skills at quality service delivery.
Main responsibilities of the role
- To handle interim recruitment assignments from brief to completion
- To ensure sustainability and growth of your own business stream and that of your practice
- To build and maintain loyal, profitable relationships with both existing and new clients and candidates
- To work closely with other consultants to help build the brand of VMA Group further to maintain, strengthen and solidify its reputation as a leading niche recruitment consultancy
- To proactively win new business for your practice and VMA Group as a whole
- To ensure that individual and team revenue targets are met and maximised by the successful and continuous placement of candidates within your practice area
- To contribute to the success of VMA Group as a whole via cross-selling and other cross-practice activity
Desired Skills and Experience
- Educated to degree level or equivalent
- Experience gained within PR, Comms or Marketing or sales/recruitment experience
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Effective presentation skills
- Good listening and questioning skills and an ability to make sound assessments of people’s abilities
- A natural interest in people and their development
- The ability to remain calm under pressure
- Strong administrative ability with high attention to detail and the ability to follow tasks through to completion
- A positive, adaptable and flexible attitude is required as you will be dealing with all levels and cultures of candidates and clients
- A broad understanding of the business environment
- Financial acumen.
Personal attributes
- Professional and confident manner
- Strong team player, highly approachable with positive outlook
- Open minded
- Positive
- Hardworking
- Commercial
- Self-starter with initiative
- Flexible, resilient and confident with the ability to respond and adapt to a fast moving, swiftly changing environment
About us
VMA Group is the leading international search and recruitment specialist for corporate and marketing communications.
Our successful growth strategy to date has focused on our unrivalled market knowledge and the quality of service our dedicated consultants provide.
We operate specialist practices focused on the recruitment of internal communications, external communications, financial services, investor relations, public affairs and marketing communications professionals across permanent, interim and executive search.
In the first instance please send your CV in word format via email to Nicky Seymour on [email protected] quoting reference NS-INT-EX.
To view all our vacancies, please visit our website at www.vmagroup.com.
VMA Group is committed to equal opportunities and is a Diversity Pledged Recruiter.
Company
VMA GROUP is the international executive search and recruitment specialist for communications, marketing, digital and change, operating across permanent, contract and interim markets.
With offices across the UK and Europe, VMA GROUP has a reputation for providing expert consultancy services and advice, supported by in-depth knowledge of the professions it recruits for.
For over 45 years, VMA GROUP’s team of recruitment professionals, which includes ex-industry specialists, has maintained long-term, successful relationships with an international network of clients. From innovative, independent start-ups, to large multinational corporations and not-for-profit organisations, VMA GROUP has helped build formidable teams across the world.
- Website
- http://www.vmagroup.com/
- Telephone
- 020 7436 4243
- Location
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10 Bloomsbury Way London, England
London
England
WC1A 2SL
United Kingdom
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