Morgan Hunt
Senior Recruitment Consultant
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Are you a driven recruitment professional ready to take ownership of a high-performing desk and accelerate your commercial career?
At MorganHunt, we offer the platform, freedom, and market reputation you need to build a lucrative desk, forge influential client partnerships, and reshape how top organisations secure their core business support talent.
We are seeking an ambitious Senior Recruitment Consultant - Business Support to join our team in Edinburgh, UK on a full-time, permanent basis.
Operating under a dynamic hybrid work setup, this 360-degree role puts you at the absolute centre of the regional market. You will blend proactive commercial business development with high-impact candidate sourcing, delivering an end-to-end consultative service to expanding businesses while maximizing your own uncapped earning potential.
Key Responsibilities
- 360° Business Development & Account Management: Win new client business across Edinburgh and the surrounding area, negotiate robust commercial agreements, and deepen relationships with existing key accounts to expand MorganHunt’s market share.
- Strategic Sourcing & Talent Pipeline Development: Identify, headhunt, and engage exceptional business support candidates using multi-channel sourcing strategies, digital networking, and targeted talent campaigns.
- Consultative Client Leadership: Conduct strategic client meetings, provide expert advice on regional salary benchmarks and market trends, and lead continuous workforce planning initiatives.
- CRM & Pipeline Management: Ensure complete operational excellence by rigorously managing sales pipelines, candidate tracking, live vacancies, and client engagements within our CRM platform.
- Cross-Divisional Collaboration: Identify cross-selling opportunities across wider MorganHunt teams, leveraging established brand equity to win multi-service client projects.
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Required Skills & Experience
- Recruitment & Talent Sourcing Expertise (Critical): Demonstrable success executing end-to-end recruitment campaigns, utilizing advanced sourcing methodologies to secure hard-to-find administrative and business support professionals.
- Account Management & Business Development (Critical): Proven track record of cold outreach, account growth, and consistently hitting or exceeding billing targets within a professional recruitment environment.
- CRM & Pipeline Management (Important): Strong technical aptitude for systematically tracking candidate relationships, sales stages, and commercial intelligence through an enterprise CRM platform.
- Commercial Negotiation: Excellent negotiation skills with the confidence to discuss fees, handle objections, and close business with senior stakeholders while preserving commercial margins.
- Relationship Management: Exceptional communication skills, capable of turning early-stage commercial conversations into long-term advisory partnerships.
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Nice-to-Have
- Specialist knowledge or previous recruitment experience within the Business Support market in Edinburgh or the broader Scottish region.
- Active involvement in local professional networks, corporate roundtables, or recruitment industry events.
What We Offer / Why Join
At MorganHunt, we cultivate an entrepreneurial culture backed by structure, support, and clear pathways for career progression. You will receive a highly competitive base salary, a market-leading uncapped commission scheme, and the flexibility of our dynamic hybrid working model. Beyond financial rewards, you will be part of a vibrant, collaborative culture that celebrates individual wins and collective success.
Please note: Applicants must currently possess full, independent right to work in the UK, as visa sponsorship is not available for this role.
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