Role: Recruitment Manager – Life Sciences
Location: Hybrid working, twice a week in Tunbridge Wells office
Salary: Base salary £35,000 to £50,000 based on experience, plus commission (up to 25%), pension, healthcare, life assurance, team over-riders, etc.

Whilst we’re hiring for a Manager right now, we’re actually looking for someone with the ambition to build and shape a team in their vision, and grow their role into an Associate Director!

Our five-year vision is to transform our Pharma division into a team of 12. This will include a structure made up of consultants across the experience spectrum and career grades, as well as a tier of sub-management.

Your journey to Associate Director can be realised much quicker, based on your ability to build your team and deliver to commercial objectives.

We’re committed to hiring ambitious recruiters. People who want to make a difference and be successful within this industry. But we need a manager to lead them.

Someone who’s able to inspire and provide direction. With a wealth of knowledge and experience within a 360 environment. So knows how to plan business development, build client and candidate relationships. Cut through the noise of competition and establish rapport which turns into valued business partnerships.

But can also do all this through a team. Able to attract and engage talent. Train, nurture and support both experienced hire recruiters in excelling in what they do, as well as training the next generation of recruiters looking to cut their teeth in the industry.

Blue Pelican’s Mission:

“To be the most trusted recruitment partner to our clients, a respected resource for our candidates, and the most supportive company for our colleagues.”

Some evidence points in our journey to achieve this includes:

• A 4.7 star rating on Google
• A defined 5 year roadmap to grow by 100%
• A commission plan which pays up to 25% of monthly invoicing
• No desk fee
• Holiday allowance which starts at 26.5 days rising to 31.5 days with service (plus bank holidays of course)
• 37hr week with flexible start and finish times with core hours of 10-4pm
• Training and development including an individual budget allocated for you each year

Incentives and rewards

• Short-term – includes top quality lunches at exclusive restaurants, axe throwing, kart racing, West End shows, spa day, etc.
• Additional holiday allowance bonuses for hitting target
• Do 120% of your billing target over 6 months and you’re going on a multi-day overseas trip – all expenses paid!

Quality-of-life and culture:

• Brand new offices right in the centre of Tunbridge Wells
• A sense of responsibility and purpose, doing good for our community. Whether it’s something you’re personally motivated by, or even if it’s aligned to our charity partners.
• No big egos. Ask around and you’re likely to hear one of the big USP’s of working for us are the people. They’re knowledgeable and supportive. Exactly the kind of people you’ll likely want to spend time with chatting over drinks after work. They’re good people!
• We have something most other recruitment firms don’t. People who come back and tend to care very successful careers with us.

What we’re looking for

• Highly experienced 360 recruiter who also has experience of training, mentoring and nurturing junior recruiters
• Able to demonstrate a pedigree of experience in winning new business. Negotiating fees, exclusivity arrangements and successfully influencing in a B2B sales environment
• Past experience of hiring within the Pharma industry would be a real advantage
• Good relationship management skills with a commercial focus. You know how to spot the opportunity for win/win and how to finesse things to get positive outcomes
• You’re organised and know how to structure searches to deliver results for clients quickly and effectively
• Great people management skills, you’re organised, able to deliver to deadlines and hold others accountable to doing the same
• Motivated to achieve results, tenacious and driven.

TO APPLY

If you think you’ve got what it takes, you can share your Linkedin profile or email me a CV – it doesn’t have to be up to date, we can work on that once you decide you want to explore a career with us further.

Conrad Chant
Founder and Director
conrad@bluepelican.com