Roles & Responsibilities
It’s people who make the Robert Walters experience so special – which makes this a great place to take on the role of Senior Principal. A world-leading specialist professional recruitment consultancy, we are a diverse, global family with a strong sense of community at each of our offices. Our teams are supportive, friendly and full of fascinating people with a positive, future-focused outlook, who share ideas, success and rewards openly. So we offer a fun, vibrant and dynamic culture, the flexibility to manage your workload smartly and the high-performance environment you need to reach your full potential. Get ready to step up to the next level.
About the Role
As a Senior Principal, you’ll be a prominent member of the team. That’s why we’re looking for a high achiever with great track record who can lead by example and get the best out of others. You’ll work closely with our clients, building positive, constructive relationships with them as well as with our candidates by providing world class service. You can also expect to create new opportunities and win new business by networking, attending client meetings, gathering market information and making business development calls. Alongside all of that you’ll send the strongest CVs across to clients and place the right candidates in the right organisations.
In simple terms, you strive to make daydreaming about a job becomes a reality for your candidates by matching them with the right job role.
Key Responsibilities:
- Responsible in new client acquisition from leads generation to negotiating terms to secure exclusive relationships and retain existing business in order to continuously develop your business area.
- Handle a range of clients and take responsibility for key relationships, ensuring we deliver on all client expectations and our SLAs
- Manage the recruitment process from beginning to end, including the development and delivery of short and long-term recruitment campaigns
- Source, select and match high quality candidates, ensuring only the best are put forward to our clients for interview
- Provide guidance to other team members on all aspects of recruitment, mentoring less experienced colleagues
- Support your manager in identifying team and individual areas for development, deputising for them in their absence
About you
To join us as a Senior Principal, your skills and experience should include:
- Minimum 10 years of prior recruitment experience in a recruitment agency environment is mandatory, specialising in HR recruitment.
- The drive to make things happen and hit your targets, even under pressure
- Strong negotiation skills and a highly strategic, commercial mindset
- Passion to come into a sales and client management environment.
- Strong communication and articulation skill
- An entrepreneurial, professional approach and a commitment to self-development
- The ability to maintain a high profile and to set the standards for the team
- Strong problem-solving and lateral-thinking skills – you deliver innovative solutions
Our Culture
We put our people at the heart of everything we do. Building deep, productive relationships, we help high-profile candidates seize amazing career opportunities with the world’s leading businesses. By doing so, we power people and organisations to fulfil their unique potential. We celebrate individual talent, entrepreneurial spirit, genuine teamwork and personal success of our own people every day.
What is in it for you?
- Competitive salaries & quarterly bonus
- Clear career progression plan based on merits
- Collaborative working environment that is sociable, celebratory and supportive
- Best in class training & development programmes
Only shortlisted candidates will be notified.
