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IT Recruitment Consultant

United Kingdom, Edinburgh Employment contract, B2B · Job Posted May 27, 2026
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We're looking to hire an IT Recruitment Consultant or Senior Recruitment Consultant to take ownership of a warm, established technology desk following a recent internal move. This is a genuine opportunity to inherit existing IT clients, ongoing relationships, and live recruitment demand across both permanent and contract hiring. This is not a cold start. You'll step into a desk with momentum, credibility, and the freedom to develop it further in a way that suits your strengths alongside other markets. This is a full 360, dual‑desk position, covering both permanent and contract IT recruitment. You'll manage roles end to end while acting as a trusted partner to clients and candidates.

Job Responsibility

  • Taking over and developing existing IT client relationships which accounts for 50% of their current billings
  • Managing live permanent and contract roles across the technology market (software, data, cloud, infrastructure, AV, PM, BA's etc.)
  • Qualifying requirements and advising on market conditions, rates, availability, and hiring strategy
  • Sourcing, engaging, and managing IT professionals through the full recruitment lifecycle
  • Growing accounts through repeat business, extensions, and new hiring needs

Requirements

  • Previous experience running a 360 recruitment desk within IT
  • exposure to perm, contract, or both
  • appetite to work a dual-desk model
  • confident managing roles independently and building relationships with candidates and hiring managers
  • proven billing track record
  • strong client ownership
  • credibility to advise rather than simply take orders
  • organised
  • commercially aware
  • comfortable operating in a fast-moving IT recruitment environment

What we offer

  • Quarterly incentive schemes recognising top performance and consistency
  • Hybrid working model - 3 days in the office, 2 days from home
  • Generous holiday allowance
  • birthday off
  • excellent benefits package
  • Supportive, experienced leadership
  • collaborative working culture
  • Clear progression based on results rather than tenure

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