Recruitment Team Leader - Business Development

Recruitment Team Leader

Location: Derby (Hybrid - 1 day a week WFH) Job Type: Full-time | Permanent Salary: £41,000 + car allowance Reports to: Operations Manager

About Us

At Shorterm Group, we're passionate about connecting talented people with industry-leading businesses. As part of our continued growth, we're looking for an ambitious Recruitment Team Leader to lead, inspire and develop a high-performing recruitment team while driving profitable business growth. Our office based from Derby, East Midlands specialises in rail/rolling stock recruitment, we have a vast portfolio of clients in which we're extremely proud of, including industry leaders such as Alstom, Hitachi and Siemens to name only just a few.

The Role

As Recruitment Team Leader, you'll be responsible for managing and developing a successful recruitment team, delivering exceptional service to clients and candidates, and achieving ambitious commercial targets. You'll lead from the front-driving business development, coaching your team, strengthening client relationships, and ensuring operational excellence across all areas of the recruitment lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, coach and develop a high-performing recruitment team.
• Drive new business development and identify opportunities for profitable growth within existing clients.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with clients, contractors and candidates.
• Set clear objectives, KPIs and performance expectations for the team.
• Conduct regular one-to-one meetings, appraisals and performance reviews.
• Recruit, train and onboard new team members.
• Support the team in winning, managing and growing key client accounts.
• Ensure compliance with employment legislation, GDPR and company policies.
• Monitor financial performance, budgets and gross profit.
• Work collaboratively with internal departments including HR, Payroll, Finance and Credit Control.

About You

You'll be a confident leader with a proven track record in business development, who enjoys motivating others and delivering outstanding results - while recruitment experience would be beneficial, it's certainly not essential.

Essential Experience

• Minimum 2 years' experience managing a successful sales team.
• Strong business development and client management experience.
• Track record of delivering revenue and profit targets.
• Experience coaching and developing staff.

Skills

• Outstanding communication and leadership skills.
• Commercially minded with excellent negotiation skills.
• Strong relationship-building and stakeholder management abilities.
• Excellent organisational and time management skills.
• Confident using CRM systems and Microsoft Office.

What We Offer

• Competitive salary and uncapped bonus potential.
• Buy and sell holiday scheme
• Electric car scheme
• Birthdays off
• Clear career progression opportunities.
• Ongoing learning and professional development.
• Supportive and collaborative working environment.
• Opportunity to shape and grow your own team.

Ready to Apply?

If you're ready to take the next step in your leadership career and want to make a real impact within a growing business, we'd love to hear from you. Apply today with your CV and join the Shorterm Group team.