Secondary Education Recruitment Consultant – Account Manager

EQL Tech (sales & engineering talent)

Secondary Education Recruitment Consultant managing placements and growing client relationships in London secondary schools. Utilizing a platform-led model for efficient candidate management and compliance workflows.

Posted 6/12/2026full-timeLondon • 🇬🇧 United KingdomMid-LevelSenior💰 £45,000 - £55,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Placing supply teachers, cover supervisors, and teaching assistants into secondary schools across London on a daily and short-term supply basis
Managing and growing client relationships at headteacher, SLT, and operations manager level
Developing new secondary school business within your London region
Working closely with a candidate resourcing function to maintain strong talent pipelines for your schools
Utilizing a platform-led model for candidate availability collection and compliance workflows

Requirements

What you’ll need

Proven experience running a temporary education recruitment desk, placing supply teachers, cover supervisors, or teaching assistants into schools - this is not suitable for candidates with internal recruitment or HR backgrounds
A track record of building and managing secondary school client relationships at leadership level, not just filling inbound vacancies
Genuine fluency with ATS and CRM tools as part of your daily workflow, not just for record-keeping
The discipline and setup to run a 7am desk during term time
Mindset - education recruitment is not easy, but it can be better. If you take full ownership of your actions, can share your opinions constructively, and are open to learning daily, this could be a great place for you to continue your career.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Base salary: £45,000–£55,000 depending on experience
Commission: £5k+ per half term at mid-performer level / £13k+ per half term at top performer level
Annual OTE at mid-level: approximately £78,000–£88,000
Annual OTE at top level: approximately £123,000–£133,000
Hours: 7am–5pm term time; shorter hours during school holidays
Location: London - Hybrid

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Hard Skills & Tools

temporary education recruitmentplacing supply teacherscover supervisorsteaching assistantsclient relationship managementtalent pipeline management

Soft Skills

ownershipconstructive feedbackopenness to learningdiscipline