Recruitment Consultant

Role overview

STR Group is hiring a Recruitment Consultant in Portsmouth. This position offers a base salary of £25,000, with the potential to rise to £26,000–£27,000 after successful completion of the Training Academy and delivery of targets.

To support the first stages of the role, new joiners receive a commission accelerator worth up to £1,500, paid across the first six months. This is intended to help build pipeline strength and develop market knowledge while you settle in.

The first-year on-target earnings are set at £35,000. For year two, expected earnings are £50,000–£70,000, and by year three this can increase to £80,000–£100,000+.

This opportunity is aimed at people who are ambitious, competitive, and motivated by sales and progression. You may already work in recruitment, or you may be moving across from a sales-focused role. In either case, full support is provided from day one through an award-winning Training Academy designed to give you structure and the tools needed to succeed.

The role involves working with US-based clients while based in a UK office, making it an international-facing position. Because of the time zone and market coverage, the working pattern is a four-day week from 11:00am to 8:30pm.

About STR Group

STR Group has been delivering permanent and contract recruitment solutions since 2000. The business is an international recruitment organisation made up of five specialist brands across Life Sciences, Leading Edge Capex Projects, Automation, Maritime, and Engineering & Manufacturing.

The company describes itself as progressive and transparent in how it approaches promotion, and it also offers flexible working, a wide range of benefits, and loyalty-based rewards.

What you'll do

• Build new business by identifying and approaching prospective clients through outbound sales activity.
• Use professional networking platforms to create and maintain a strong candidate pipeline.
• Develop positive working relationships with both clients and candidates.
• Create, market, and publish vacancy advertisements across multiple channels.
• Learn how to agree terms of business with commercial clients.
• Work towards personal KPIs and financial targets.
• Take ownership of your income potential and career progression.

Training and working pattern

New starters are supported by the company’s Training Academy, which is intended to provide guidance, structure, and long-term development. Flexible and hybrid working may be available after the Training Academy has been completed, provided performance targets continue to be met.

The standard schedule for this role is four days per week, with working hours from 11:00am to 8:30pm.

Terms and additional information

STR Group states that it will guarantee an interview to disabled applicants who meet the minimum requirements for the vacancy.

This is a full-time role based in Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom.

Benefits and rewards

The role includes a commission scheme of up to 30%, structured promotion opportunities, and access to award-winning learning and development delivered by in-house specialists.

Additional benefits include early finish Fridays at 3:00pm, modern office facilities with breakout spaces and a kitchen area, pool and football tables, and a breakfast club with cereal, breakfast bars, and fresh fruit every day.

There are also monthly and quarterly recognition awards, quarterly directors’ lunches at five-star restaurants, a graduation celebration lunch after the Training Academy, and annual top-performer trips to destinations such as Las Vegas, Ibiza, Iceland, New York, or Dubai, all paid for by the company.

Employees also receive annual company awards, summer and Christmas celebrations, service-based anniversary gifts and bonuses, 23 days of holiday plus bank holidays rising by one day per year of service up to 28 days, the option to buy up to five additional days of leave, healthcare cash plan access, optional private healthcare from day one, pension support, enhanced maternity and paternity leave, a birthday day off, a drinks fridge, free on-site parking, a cycle-to-work scheme, and an employee referral programme.