About the Role
We are seeking an experienced Contract Recruiter to manage our established Cloud & Infrastructure desk. This role offers a unique opportunity to inherit a high-performing market with existing client relationships and live opportunities, providing the platform and support to drive future growth.
Responsibilities
- Build and maintain strong client relationships, offering market insight, salary benchmarking, and talent strategy advice.
- Identify and win new business through networking, referrals, and proactive outreach.
- Source and engage high-quality candidates using platforms like LinkedIn, job boards, and your own network.
- Manage the end-to-end recruitment process, from job brief to offer, ensuring a smooth, professional experience for both clients and candidates.
- Support clients and candidates from negotiating terms through to managing best package for candidates at offer stage.
- Keep accurate records in Bullhorn and ensure alignment with GDPR, employment law, and internal standards.
- Stay ahead of industry trends and share insights to support clients’ needs.
- Live our values of care, ambition, and humility, contributing to a high-performing, inclusive team culture.
Requirements
- Proven experience in a 360 recruitment role, ideally within the tech, digital, or change space.
- A strong track record of business development and client relationship management.
- Confidence sourcing talent through platforms like LinkedIn, job boards, and your own network.
- The ability to manage the full recruitment lifecycle with professionalism and attention to detail.
- Solid negotiation and offer management skills, with a commercial mindset.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to influence and build trust.
- A collaborative, team-first mindset, with a proactive approach to hitting personal and shared targets.
- Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple roles and stakeholders at once.
- Familiarity with CRM systems (Bullhorn experience is a plus) and an understanding of recruitment compliance and best practices.
Skills
- Client Relationship Management
- Business Development
- Talent Sourcing
- Recruitment Delivery
- Negotiation
- Offer Management
- CRM Systems
- Recruitment Compliance
- Communication Skills
- Organisational Skills
Location
- London
Work Type
- Contract
- Hybrid Working Model
- 4 days a week from our London office
- 2 weeks per year to work from anywhere
Experience Level
- Experienced
Salary/Compensations
- 15% commission to start, moving to 33% of NFI up to £800k and 40% on billings beyond that.
- Additional earning streams such as Management overrides, cross-selling and referral bonuses from our Academy & Solutions service lines.
Benefits
- Industry-Leading Commission Structure
- Up to 30 days of annual leave, plus bank holidays
- Birthday off
- Christmas closure period
- Annual Company Ski Trip
- Subsidised gym membership
- Weekly in-office massages
- Mental Health Support
- Enhanced Maternity Pay
- Regular team socials, performance incentives, and rewards
- Discounted private health and dental plans
About the Company
- La Fosse is an employee-owned talent solutions business specializing in tech, digital, and change.
- Our mission is to create a working world where talent is recognized for its value, not its background.
- We help businesses solve people and growth challenges through recruitment, our academy, solutions, and executive search.
- Being employee-owned means everyone has a voice, shares in success financially through profit-sharing and long-term wealth-building opportunities.
- We are ambitious, collaborative, and care about doing great work with great people.
- We focus on learning, development, and building meaningful careers in a grounded, inclusive, and fun culture.
Equal Opportunity
- We believe diverse teams create better outcomes.
- We welcome applications from all backgrounds and are dedicated to creating a workplace where everyone can thrive.
- If this role excites you but you don’t tick every box, we still encourage you to apply!
