Location: Angel, London
Employment Type: Permanent, Full-Time
Salary: Competitive basic salary plus commission and bonus
About Rize
Rize is an established international recruitment company specialising in the delivery of highly skilled professionals across the technology and infrastructure sectors.
Since opening our German office in Düsseldorf in 2012, we have built a strong reputation for supporting leading companies across Germany and wider Europe. Our specialist markets include:
- Datacenter construction and engineering
- Energy and power infrastructure
- Telecommunications and fibre networks
We recruit for freelance, permanent and German labour-leasing opportunities, giving our consultants access to a varied and valuable client base.
The Opportunity
We are looking for an ambitious Recruitment Consultant to join our London-based team.
You will work alongside experienced recruiters and business leaders, supporting major infrastructure and technology projects across Germany and Europe.
The position will involve developing relationships with candidates and clients, identifying new recruitment opportunities and managing the complete recruitment process from initial introduction through to successful placement.
Ideally, applicants will already have recruitment experience and speak fluent German. We will also consider candidates with experience in international technology sales or another B2B sales environment who can demonstrate strong communication, relationship-building and business-development skills.
Key Responsibilities
- Identify and approach suitable candidates through LinkedIn, job boards, referrals and Rize’s existing database
- Build and maintain relationships with specialist professionals across Europe
- Conduct candidate qualification and career-development calls
- Match candidates to suitable freelance and permanent job opportunities
- Prepare and present candidate profiles to clients
- Coordinate interviews and manage candidate feedback
- Support offer negotiations and candidate onboarding
- Develop relationships with existing and prospective clients
- Identify new vacancies, projects and recruitment opportunities
- Maintain accurate records within the company CRM
- Work towards individual and team-based activity and revenue targets
- Represent Rize professionally across telephone, email, LinkedIn and face-to-face meetings
What We Are Looking For
- Previous recruitment experience is strongly preferred
- Fluent German language skills are highly desirable
- Applicants without recruitment experience should ideally come from international technology sales or another B2B sales environment
- Experience developing client relationships and generating new business
- Ambitious, resilient and motivated by achieving results
- Confident communicating with candidates and clients
- Comfortable making outbound calls and developing new relationships
- Organised and able to manage several recruitment processes at once
- Commercially aware with a strong work ethic
- Positive, competitive and able to work effectively within a team
- Interested in developing knowledge of international technology and infrastructure markets
- Fluent English communication skills
What Rize Offers
- Competitive basic salary
- Uncapped commission in addition to basic salary
- Monthly and quarterly performance incentives
- Structured recruitment and sales training
- Support from experienced recruiters and company directors
- Access to established clients and specialist candidate networks
- Opportunities to work across international markets
- Clear progression into Account Management, Senior Consultant and leadership positions
- A collaborative environment where effort and performance are recognised
- Opportunities to travel to Germany and meet candidates and clients
- Central London office location
Career Development
Rize provides a clear career path for consultants who demonstrate consistency, hard work and commercial ability.
You will receive hands-on training covering:
- Candidate sourcing and headhunting
- Candidate qualification
- Recruitment technology and LinkedIn
- Client development
- Vacancy qualification
- Interview management
- Offer negotiation
- Recruitment compliance
- International contract and permanent recruitment
As your experience grows, you will be encouraged to take ownership of client relationships, develop your own specialist market and progress into an Account Manager or leadership position.
Why Join Rize?
This is an opportunity to join an established recruitment business with a strong international reputation and genuine growth plans.
You will work in specialist markets where demand for skilled professionals remains high and where successful consultants can build valuable, long-term relationships with candidates and clients.
Rize rewards hard work, effort, intelligence and results. We are looking for someone who wants more than simply a job and is motivated to build a successful recruitment career.