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Senior Public Sector Recruitment Consultant
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Senior Public Sector Recruitment Consultant Opportunity
Belfast City Centre
MCS Group is expanding our high-performing Public Sector division, and we're looking for a talented Recruitment Consultant to join our Belfast team. This is a full 360 role where you'll combine customer service, business development, client relationship management, and candidate sourcing to support public-sector organisations across Northern Ireland. MCS are proud to supply a variety of Public Sector Frameworks in Northern Ireland including the HSCNI Framework, Local Councils, Arm's Length Bodies and Charity Organisations.
If you thrive in a fast-paced environment, enjoy building relationships, and want a career with clear progression and strong earning potential, this is an opportunity to make a real impact.
What You'll Be Doing
- Managing the full recruitment cycle - Taking ownership of roles from initial briefing through to placement, including job scoping, shortlisting, interview management, and offer negotiation.
- Business development - Identifying new opportunities across government, health, education, justice, and arm's-length bodies; engaging potential clients; and promoting MCS Group's recruitment solutions.
- Client relationship management - Building trusted partnerships, understanding workforce needs, and delivering a high-quality, consultative service.
- Talent sourcing - Proactively identifying and engaging skilled candidates, building strong talent pipelines, and ensuring a positive candidate experience throughout the process. Using a variety of techniques to source candidates including Linkedin, Job Boards, Referrals.
- Compliance - Ensuring candidates are fully compliant with Public Sector Framework Requirements.
- Market insight - Developing a deep understanding of public-sector recruitment frameworks, compliance requirements, and emerging workforce trends.
- Job Advertising - Creating and posting Job Advertisements in line with Public Sector job specifications.
- Administration - Ensuring MCS Group Customer Relationship Management System is kept accurately up to date with relevant information.
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Why Join MCS Group?
- Career development - Clear promotional pathways, realistic targets, and multiple career routes depending on your strengths and ambitions. Our Investors in People Gold accreditation reflects our commitment to your growth.
- Specialist training - Industry-leading recruitment training, plus tailored development to help you become an expert in the public-sector market.
- Compensation - Competitive base salary (aligned to experience) and an excellent commission structure with no threshold.
- Benefits - Private medical insurance, health cash plan, Birthday leave, retail discounts, enhanced maternity and paternity pay, and hybrid working.
- Diversity commitment - Bronze Diversity Mark accreditation, demonstrating our dedication to equality, diversity, and inclusion.
- Team culture - A collaborative, supportive, and ambitious environment where success is recognised and rewarded.
- High expectation / high reward - If you're prepared to put in the work, you'll progress quickly and see the financial rewards of your success.
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What We're Looking For
- Strong communication skills and the ability to build rapport quickly.
- Resilience, competitiveness, and the ability to thrive under pressure.
- Ability to work at pace and prioritise workloads.
- Strong organisational and administrative skills.
- A proactive mindset and a genuine interest in developing a long-term recruitment career.
To speak in absolute confidence about this opportunity please send an up-to-date CV via the link provided or contact Darcy Lorimer at MCS Group.
Even if this position is not right for you, we may have others that are. Please visit MCS Group to view a wide selection of our current jobs.
MCS Group is committed to Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion for all, being the first recruitment agency in NI to achieve Bronze Diversity Mark accreditation, if you have a disability which means you require a reasonable adjustment to be considered at any stage of the recruitment process, please contact us and we will endeavour to facilitate the request.
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