Senior/Lead Consultant - Maritime&Shipping

Who we are

Consortio Recruitment Group and Access Talent Group are two of four brands that make up a successful group of recruitment businesses. Owned by two Recruitment Directors who founded the group 10 years ago, we have organically grown to a team of 55 and continue to scale up, and we are currently looking to hire a Senior/Lead Recruitment Consultant for our Consortio team, to support the growth of our Maritime&Shipping desk in Southampton.

Our clients range from global shipping lines, cruises, yatchs and port operations and storage to offshore energy firms and maritime consultancies. Our business is not only UK based but also has a hub in Abu Dhabi to focus on the vibrant Middle Eastern market, and a Dublin office.

The Job
We are seeking to hire a Senior/Lead Consultant for our Maritime&Shipping team. This is a long-standing, proven desk and one of the oldest in our company with a huge database and company network around it. So, if you have experience in a sophisticated market, able to understand a global marketplace and are hungry to earn, this desk can really look after you.
Fees on this desk average around 15k and also offer the opportunity to do retained and also RPO business.

What are we looking for?

Previous 360 recruitment experience in a sophisticated market, Maritime and Shipping is of course a big plus. Aptitude for learning new markets and able to adapt to working in a global recruitment space.You will be working middle to senior level roles in our client’s business’s, so you need to be comfortable speaking with executives.Keen to learn how to head hunt not just recruit!Happy to work in a quality over quantity recruitment market.

Read before you apply

To save you wasting your time (and ours), make sure you're happy with the below factors:

• The role is based in our HQ in Southampton, however we would consider Remote for fairly experienced Consultants.
• This is a 360 role, so you are expected to do BD, Account Management and Delivery.
• You absolutely must understand the dynamic of our business is to have fun and make money. 

Why pick us?

• We have second year earners taking home 90k plus with our market leading commission scheme. 
• We offer flexible working. Clock in and out when you like to get the job done. You can earn your way to a 4 day working week! 
• Even though you have experience you will still get training provided to take what you do know already and to push it to the next level. On average experienced consultants bill 25% more with us than their previous employers due to our training and development.
• Quarterly reviews. Every 3 months we sit down and discuss your desk, business area and how we can improve you and the business plan for your desk. We will always discuss the next promotion and set objectives around it. No micromanagement atmosphere – if you’re hitting target no one cares about call times or KPI’s.

We will teach you to headhunt. Not just recruit.

We are a small to medium sized business who are keen to grow but not at any cost. We only hire people we enjoy working with day-to-day and love to keep the fun in recruitment. We love to celebrate through staff nights out, celebrations and events. The owners of the business sit on the sales floor like everyone else (no ivory tower stuff) and are people you can work with day-to-day bouncing ideas off and working together as a team to drive the business forward. If you are looking for a fun and lively business that will embrace the truly ambitious then you should be applying to us!

We will provide extensive support on how to find and source the people our clients require, alongside constant and consistent provision of training on any areas of recruitment or market practise that you see fit, possibly where you have lacked input before from previous employment. 

Our company atmosphere is all about working very hard but having fun along the way. As a business we aim to ensure we maintain an excellent work life balance. We are constantly working on our employee value proposition to make sure our staff feel rewarded and appreciated in our business. If you are curious about our benefits please check them here.

If you want to get a feel for what our company is like, then it would be a good idea to check us out on Instagram (Access_Talent) and have a look at our websites (https://www.consortiorg.com/ and https://www.accesstg.com/ ).