Recruitment Consultant – Perms - Early Years / Childcare

Nexter is a specialist childcare and early years recruitment consultancy providing permanent and temporary staffing solutions to private day nurseries, preschools, and early years groups . Built by experienced sector leaders, we are growing quickly and are expanding our dedicated National Permanent Placement Desk to service high client demand .

The Opportunity Unlike a traditional recruitment role where you spend half your time cold-calling to win vacancies, we have an established, incoming stream of permanent job orders from nursery clients across the country . The primary challenge isn't finding clients—it is finding, engaging, and securing qualified talent (Level 3 Practitioners, Room Leaders, Deputy Managers, and Nursery Managers) in a talent-scarce market .

You will take full ownership of your permanent desk: qualifying briefs, proactively headhunting passive candidates, running telephone screenings, managing interview feedback, and closing placements .

Key Responsibilities

Go beyond passive job boards by using Boolean search strings, LinkedIn, CV databases, and direct headhunting to engage qualified Early Years practitioners . Screening & Pipeline Control: Conduct thorough phone/video interviews, assess motivations, and qualify notice periods, salary expectations, and counter-offer risks .

Vacancy & Account Delivery: Take detailed briefs from nursery managers, match suitable candidates, coordinate interviews, and manage the feedback loop promptly . Speculative Placements: Proactively market high-calibre candidates directly to relevant nursery groups within their commute radius . ATS Discipline: Keep candidate records, vacancy pipelines, and interview stages clean and up-to-date using our recruitment software .

Requirements

Proven track record in full-cycle recruitment or high-volume candidate sourcing (agency or contingency background strongly preferred) . Tenacious Phone Sourcing: Someone who naturally picks up the phone, hunts for passive talent, and knows how to build rapport with candidates who aren't actively applying . Commercial Mindset: Target-driven, organized, and focused on turning interviews into billable placement fees .

Self-Sufficiency: Comfortable managing your daily pipeline independently without needing hand-holding on the basics of candidate tracking . Early Years / Education / Healthcare knowledge is a bonus, but commercial resourcing grit and candidate control are what matter most .

Benefits

What We Offer Clear, uncapped monthly commission scheme paid on billed placement fees. Real progression as we expand our regional and national operations. Free on-site parking at our Birstall office (WF17), directly accessible from the M62/M621 . A supportive, experienced senior management team focused on real results rather than micromanagement vanity metrics.

How to Apply Apply directly with an up-to-date CV and a brief note outlining your experience in candidate sourcing and pipeline delivery .