Trainee Contract Recruitment Consultant
Swindon | Monday to Thursday in the office
£28,000 basic salary plus commission of up to 30% of billings
Are you successful in sales but looking for a career where you can build something of your own?
rmg Digital is looking for a commercially driven salesperson to join our team and develop a growing contract recruitment desk.
You don’t need previous recruitment experience. We’ll teach you how to source specialist contractors, manage recruitment processes, understand compliance and build long-term relationships across the technology industry.
What you do need is confidence, resilience and the willingness to pick up the phone, create opportunities and win new business.
About rmg Digital
rmg Digital is a specialist digital recruitment agency based in Wiltshire.
We recruit across software engineering, data, AI, product and design for technology businesses throughout the UK and Europe, ranging from high-growth start-ups to established organisations.
We work across permanent and contract recruitment, helping our clients build long-term teams and access specialist talent for projects, transformation programmes and urgent delivery requirements.
Led by our two founding directors, rmg has built a strong reputation within the digital and technology market. We have ambitious growth plans for the next five years and want to hire someone who is looking to build a genuine long-term career with us.
The opportunity
This isn’t a role where you’ll simply be handed vacancies to fill.
You’ll work with rmg’s existing clients while also identifying and winning new contract opportunities of your own.
rmg already has established relationships across technology, product, design and data. You’ll build on those relationships, uncover upcoming projects and increase the number of contractors working through the business.
Over time, you’ll take responsibility for the full lifecycle of a contract recruitment desk, including:
- Developing new and existing client relationships
- Identifying upcoming projects and contract hiring requirements
- Making proactive business development calls
- Sourcing specialist contractors
- Qualifying candidates based on their skills, availability and rates
- Managing interviews, offers, onboarding and assignments
- Negotiating contract rates and protecting commercial margins
- Managing contractor extensions and repeat business
- Understanding IR35, right-to-work checks and contractor compliance
- Building a profitable and sustainable contract desk
What we’re looking for
We’re looking for someone with a proven sales background who wants greater ownership over their career and earning potential.
You’ll need:
- A track record of working towards and achieving sales targets
- Confidence speaking to new people over the phone
- A genuine interest in business development and winning clients
- Strong communication and relationship-building skills
- Resilience and the ability to handle rejection
- A consistent work ethic
- Commercial awareness
- A willingness to learn and respond to coaching
- The motivation to earn commission and build a successful desk over time
Experience in B2B, telephone-based or solution sales would be particularly relevant, although we’re open to people from other sales environments.
Exposure to technology, software, digital services or professional services would be helpful but isn’t essential.
The type of person who will succeed
This role will suit someone who enjoys sales but wants more ownership over what they’re building.
You’ll be comfortable creating opportunities rather than waiting for leads. You’ll enjoy asking questions, building relationships and understanding what is happening inside a client’s business.
Contract recruitment moves quickly. Clients often need specialist people at short notice, contractors may be interviewing with several businesses and priorities can change quickly.
You’ll therefore need to be organised, responsive and able to maintain momentum throughout a recruitment process.
Most importantly, you’ll need to be hungry, coachable and prepared to put in the work required to establish yourself.
Training and progression
You’ll receive structured training and ongoing support directly from RMG’s founders and senior team.
Your training will cover:
- Business development and sales
- Candidate sourcing and market mapping
- Account management
- Contractor qualification
- Contract rates and commercial margins
- IR35 and contractor compliance
- Interview and offer management
- Contractor onboarding and extensions
- Technology and digital recruitment markets
Our progression route is clear:
Trainee Consultant Recruitment Consultant Senior Consultant Principal Consultant Team Lead Management and Directorship
Progression is based on your performance, capability and the size and profitability of the desk you build.
Package
- £28,000 basic salary
- Commission of up to 30% of billings
- Significant earning potential through recurring contractor revenue
- Monday to Thursday in our Swindon office
- Direct training and support from our founders
- Clear, performance-based career progression
- The opportunity to build and ultimately lead a contract recruitment function
If you’re successful in sales and want to build a long-term career in recruitment, we’d love to hear from you.
