Recruitment Consultant
£40,000 / Newcastle upon Tyne / Jan 30, 2026
Catalyst is a leading North East recruitment consultancy employing a core team of highly experienced local recruitment experts. We assist SMEs and large corporates alike, calling upon our hard-earned knowledge and experience of the region’s recruitment landscape, to solve our clients’ hiring issues.
Following a year of sustained revenue growth and a successful doubling of our team, we now seek to recruit a talented and experienced recruitment consultant who can bring similar levels of market insight, determination and integrity to the team.
We recruit at management and executive level typically across Accounts/Finance, Data, Tech, Engineering & Manufacturing. Catalyst’s success is based on the quality of our delivery across a mix of retained, exclusive and contingent assignments which leads to valued, long-term client relationships.
As Recruitment Consultant, you will:
· Manage you own desk, encompassing the full recruitment lifecycle
· Attract new clients via telephone, email, social media and in person
· Source, vet, shortlist and propose suitable candidates
· Utilise a modern CRM system and associated recruitment technology to co-ordinate your assignments
· Co-operate and collaborate closely with other team members
· Maintain up-to-date knowledge of your market sector
As Recruitment Consultant, you will need:
· Proven experience in Technical or Professional permanent/interim/contract recruitment
· A commercially astute mindset
· An ability to identify and acquire high quality new clients
· Experience sourcing and matching the highest calibre of candidates
· Strong organisational and time management skills
· A determination to consistently locate the best candidate for the job
Salary & benefits:
· Basic up to £40k
· Attractive commission structure, with no threshold
· Hybrid/home working
· Realistic opportunities for progression
· Experienced mentors
· 25 days holiday + stats
· Auto-enrolment pension