RECRUITMENT CONSULTANT / SALES CONSULTANT

Social Housing & Property Maintenance Sector

Job Reference: SW-007-SalesConsultant-290

Salary: £27,000 – £35,000 per annum + Uncapped Commission
Contract: Permanent
Location: Reading, Berkshire

THE OPPORTUNITY

ITS Property Maintenance are looking for an enthusiastic, commercially driven and outgoing Recruitment Consultant / Sales Consultant to join our specialist Property Maintenance team based in Reading.

The role combines business development, account management and recruitment, with the opportunity to develop your own portfolio of clients, contacts and candidates within the Property Maintenance market.

We’re looking for somebody who enjoys speaking to people, building relationships, winning business and creating opportunities.

Previous recruitment experience would be advantageous, although we’re equally interested in people with a strong B2B sales or business development background.

Experience or existing knowledge of the Social Housing, Property Maintenance, Facilities Management (FM) or Construction sectors would be a particular advantage, giving you an understanding of the clients, contracts, projects and people operating within our marketplace.

WHAT WILL YOU BE RECRUITING?

You’ll recruit temporary and permanent staff across our specialist Property Maintenance and Social Housing division.

Typical vacancies include:

• Multi-Traders, Carpenters, Plumbers, Electricians & other Maintenance Trades

• Site Managers, Supervisors & Contracts/Project Managers

• Surveyors & Quantity Surveyors

• Planners, Schedulers & Administrators

• Resident Liaison & Customer Support staff

YOUR ROLE

You’ll become an integral part of our established Property Maintenance team, developing existing accounts while identifying and winning new business.

BUILDING YOUR BUSINESS

A successful Recruitment Consultant doesn’t simply wait for vacancies to arrive.

You’ll be encouraged to actively develop your market through client research, contract intelligence, candidate marketing, referrals, meetings, networking and proactive business development.

Ultimately, you’ll take ownership of your own specialist market and develop a profitable recruitment desk within the wider ITS Property Maintenance business.

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR

Ideally you’ll have experience within recruitment, B2B sales, telesales, business development or account management.

We’re looking for someone who is:

• Confident and comfortable developing new business

• Outgoing with strong communication and relationship-building skills

• Commercially minded and motivated by targets and results

• Resilient and comfortable working in a sales environment

• Organised and able to manage clients, candidates and vacancies

• Proactive, hardworking and willing to take ownership of their market

• Comfortable working independently while remaining part of a team

Previous Social Housing, Property Maintenance, FM or Construction experience would be particularly beneficial.

WHAT YOU’LL RECEIVE

• £27,000 – £35,000 basic salary, depending on experience

• Uncapped commission

• Established specialist Property Maintenance recruitment market

• Existing client and candidate relationships

• Leading recruitment job boards, CV databases and recruitment technology

• Sales and marketing support

• Hands-on training, mentoring and development

• Opportunity to build and manage your own recruitment desk

• Genuine long-term career and earning progression

WHY ITS PROPERTY MAINTENANCE?

We want someone who wants to help us build a business that becomes an industry leader within Property Maintenance and Social Housing recruitment.

You’ll work alongside experienced, successful and top-billing recruitment professionals, including an industry-leading consultant with over 20 years’ experience setting up and running Social Housing Maintenance recruitment divisions and teams.

That experience includes previously building a specialist recruitment business within this market to multi-million-pound annual turnover.

You’ll therefore be learning from people who understand how to build a desk, develop a market, win clients and turn recruitment activity into sustainable revenue.

You’ll have an established brand, specialist market, experienced team, recruitment technology, candidate databases and existing industry relationships behind you.

The opportunity is there to build something substantial, and we want someone ambitious enough to come on that journey with us.