Milk Education
Trainee Recruitment Consultant
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Trainee Recruitment Consultant
Milk Education | Manchester
£26,000 Basic Salary + Uncapped Commission
Monday to Friday | 7:15am starts during term time
Ready to kick-start a career where hard work is recognised, progression is real?
If you're ambitious, resilient and love speaking to people, recruitment could be the career you've been looking for.
At Milk Education, we're an award-winning, purpose-driven education recruitment agency, connecting exceptional teachers, teaching assistants and support staff with schools across the UK. Our Manchester branch is one of our highest-performing offices, a buzzing, energetic team that works hard, celebrates success and genuinely enjoys coming to work.
This is more than just a job. It's an opportunity to learn from experienced consultants, build a successful career and be part of a team that thrives on supporting each other to achieve great results.
Whether you're looking to start your recruitment career or you're coming from a teaching background and want to stay within education in a different capacity, we'd love to hear from you. A background as a Teacher, Teaching Assistant, Cover Supervisor or Tutor would be a real advantage, giving you valuable insight into the challenges schools face and helping you build strong relationships with both schools and candidates.
What You'll Be Doing
You'll begin your career as a 180 Recruitment Consultant, where you'll focus on sourcing outstanding education professionals, building relationships and developing a strong candidate network.
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As your confidence and experience grow, you'll progress into a 360 Recruitment Consultant, managing your own client portfolio, developing business opportunities and building a successful recruitment desk.
Recruitment is fast-paced, rewarding and sales-driven. You'll spend your day speaking with candidates and schools, building relationships, solving problems and working towards achievable targets. If you're motivated by success and enjoy working in a busy environment, you'll fit right in.
Don't worry if you've never worked in recruitment before—we'll provide industry-leading training, ongoing coaching and all the support you need to succeed.
Your Day-to-Day
- Source and interview candidates across Primary, Secondary and SEND education.
- Build lasting relationships with education professionals.
- Match great candidates with exciting opportunities in schools.
- Speak with schools and introduce the services Milk Education can offer.
- Manage candidate availability and recruitment pipelines.
- Work towards individual and team KPIs.
- Keep our CRM updated with candidate activity.
- Contribute to a positive, high-performing team culture.
What We're Looking For
- A confident communicator who enjoys building relationships.
- Someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment.
- Self-motivated, resilient and driven to succeed.
- Target-focused with a positive attitude.
- Previous experience in sales, customer service, hospitality, retail or another people-focused role is a bonus—but not essential.
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What's In It For You?
- £26,000 basic salary plus uncapped commission.
- Clear career progression from 180 to 360 Recruitment Consultant.
- Industry-leading Learning & Development programme.
- Ongoing coaching and mentoring from experienced recruiters.
- 23 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
- Your birthday off and three paid charity days.
- Online GP access and critical illness cover.
- Free mortgage advice.
- Wellness Wednesdays and Early Finish Fridays.
- Hybrid working following successful completion of probation.
- Regular team socials, incentives and company events.
Why Manchester?
Our Manchester office is home to a buzzing, ambitious and high-performing team. We celebrate each other's success, support one another through challenges and create an environment where everyone has the opportunity to thrive. Whether it's smashing targets, celebrating wins or developing future leaders, you'll be joining a team with a fantastic culture and genuine opportunities to build a long-term career.
If you're looking for a career where your effort directly impacts your earnings and progression, we'd love to hear from you.
Apply today or get in touch with Victoria Riley on LinkedIn
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