Education Recruitment Consultant

Build and manage a recruitment desk connecting teachers, teaching assistants, and support staff with schools across London.

Remote, South Africa | Fully Remote | 8:00 AM–5:00 PM UK time, with flexibility from 7:00 AM UK time for urgent cover and availability outside standard hours when servicing schools | R32,000–R35,000 per month, experience dependent

ABOUT OUR CLIENT

Our client is a UK-based education recruitment agency specialising in connecting teachers, teaching assistants and support staff with schools across London.

The agency focuses on building strong, lasting relationships with schools and candidates while delivering a professional, personal and responsive service. The team is hardworking, ambitious and results-driven, valuing initiative, urgency, quality of work and achieving results.

THE ROLE: EDUCATION RECRUITMENT CONSULTANT

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, manage priorities and KPIs, build relationships with schools and candidates, and 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.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• 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.

ABOUT YOU

• 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.