Recruitment Consultant

Candidate Manager (Recruitment Consultant)

London Waterloo | Hybrid (Tuesday and Friday WFH)

At Joss Search, we partner with some of the world's most influential private equity and alternative investment firms, delivering exceptional Executive Assistant and operations talent into high-growth environments.

We're looking for a Candidate Manager to join our flagship London team. This role is ideal for someone early with recruitment experience who wants to accelerate quickly in a high-performance environment.

Responsibilities

• Build and manage high-quality candidate pipelines
• Own advert response and identify top talent quickly
• Speak to candidates daily to understand motivations, processes, and readiness to move
• Support live roles across multiple levels, maintaining pace and quality
• Partner with consultants to convert activity into placements
• Proactively source candidates using LinkedIn and other tools

Requirements

Essential

• 6-24 months' min recruitment experience (agency)
• Experience in a structured or training-led environment
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, high-volume role

Key Attributes

• Drive & resilience - you've stuck at something challenging and pushed through
• Commercial awareness - you understand how activity leads to placements
• Strong work ethic - comfortable with pace, repetition and output
• Learning mindset - quick to pick things up and open to feedback
• Professionalism - articulate, credible and confident

Benefits

From day one

• 25 days' holiday + birthday off
• ‘Work from anywhere' perks
• 3-for-2 days off over Christmas
• Competitive commission structure
• Flexible working
• Annual team trip and regular socials
• Paid volunteering day
• Free breakfast and snacks
• Employee Assistance Programme and enhanced sick pay

After 6 months

• Pension matched up to 5%
• Private medical cover
• Additional "best self" bonus (£50pm - we will cover something that helps you be your best self)

Longer-term benefits

• Increased holiday up to 30 days
• Enhanced parental leave
• Sabbatical after 5 years
• Unlimited holiday after 10 years