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Trainee Recruitment Consultant, EducationKey details Salary: £23,000 to £26,000 plus commissionContract: PermanentLocation: Westbourne Manor, EdgbastonDesk: Warm. Live schools, live vacancies, and an existing candidate poolExtra focus: Managing Master Vendor arrangements and PSL accounts What this job isThis is a trainee consultant role with responsibility from day one. You will learn the full recruitment cycle, while running a warm desk and delivering staffing into schools. You will also work within master vendor and PSL setups, which means you follow agreed processes, protect service levels, and keep things compliant while filling at speed.What “warm desk” means in practice You inherit existing client relationships and active requirements.You work live bookings immediately, rather than building a desk from scratch.Your focus is fill rate, candidate control, and account growth. What “Master Vendor” means in practiceA master vendor model is where one supplier takes primary responsibility for filling temp requirements. If they cannot fill, they release roles to secondary suppliers. As the consultant on this desk, you will be accountable for getting roles filled first and fast, then managing overflow appropriately.What “PSL” means in practiceA PSL is a preferred supplier list. The client has pre-approved agencies and controls how vacancies are briefed, who can supply, and what compliance and reporting standards must be met. You work inside those rules and still win through service.What you will doFill roles quickly and accurately Take job briefs from schools, confirm key details, start date, timetable, behaviour profile, SEN needs, and expectations.Match and book teachers, cover supervisors, teaching assistants, and SEN support staff.Confirm book