Recruitment Consultant
Join Humly as a Preston-based Education Recruitment Consultant. Help schools place top educators in long-term roles, with flexible hours, great earning potential, and real impact.
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Join Humly and be part of a fast-growing, tech-led supply agency transforming how educators and schools connect.
Humly operates across the UK and Sweden, supporting over 1,000 educators into work every day. Our mission is simple — to empower educators to work on their terms while helping schools access high-quality staff through a seamless blend of expert consultancy and innovative technology.
We are now looking for an Education Recruitment Consultant to join our North West team in Preston. You will focus on delivering high-quality matches between schools and educators, with a particular emphasis on long-term and high-value placements.
The Role
As an Education Recruitment Consultant, you will play a key role in managing and fulfilling school staffing requirements, ensuring roles are filled efficiently and to a high standard.
You will operate in a high-volume, fast-paced environment, managing the full matching process from initial requirement through to successful placement. This is a delivery and sales-focused role, where success is driven by maximising filled roles, identifying opportunities within your client base, and building long-term relationships with schools.
Key Responsibilities
Maximise filled roles across your market, focusing on long-term and high-value placements.
Proactively match educators to school requirements using our bespoke tech platform and traditional recruitment methods.
Drive repeat business by building and developing strong, lasting relationships with schools.
Take a sales-led approach to uncover new opportunities and growth within existing clients.
Deliver an excellent experience for educators, placing them into suitable roles quickly.
Collaborate with the recruitment team to place newly cleared educators into their first roles.
Support users (schools and educators) in effectively utilising the Humly platform.
Maintain a performance focus on key targets, particularly worked hours and fill rates.
What We’re Looking For
Experience: Essential experience in education recruitment OR a deep understanding of the education sector.
Drive: Target-driven with a relentless focus on results and performance.
Commercial Acumen: Commercially minded and confident in sales-led environments.
Organisation: Ability to manage a high volume of activity without dropping the ball.
Communication: A confident communicator with natural relationship-building skills.
Resilience: Proactive, resilient, and comfortable in a fast-paced setting.
Salary & Benefits
Salary: £27,500 – £38,000 (depending on experience).
Bonus: Uncapped team-based commission with strong monthly earning potential (£229 – £950+).
Healthcare: Private medical insurance.
Work-Life Balance: Reduced working hours during school holidays and an early finish every Friday.
Flexibility: 1 day working from home (Thursday).
Family: Enhanced maternity and paternity package.
Perks: Free onsite parking and additional performance-based incentives.
Working Pattern
Monday – Thursday: 07:15 – 17:00
Friday: Early finish
Work from home: Thursday
Holidays: Reduced working hours during school holidays
Career Progression
Humly is a growing business with a clear pathway for high performers. We don’t just offer a job; we offer a career. Success in this role can lead to:
Senior Consultant roles.
Operations or Team Lead positions.
Regional opportunities across our UK offices.
Location Requirement: This role is based in our Preston office. A full UK driving licence is preferred, and the ability to commute daily to the office is required.
- Business area
- Business Operations
- Role
- Operations Specialist
- Locations
- Preston
- Remote status
- Hybrid
- Yearly salary
- £27,500 - £38,000
- Employment type
- Full-time
- Start Date
- 01 June, 2026
Preston
Our Mission
We are on a mission to empower every educator with total control in their hands.
About Humly
Founded in 2015, Humly is an international supply education company with five hubs and two headquarters throughout the UK and Sweden.
We help create a world where education is accessible, and every educator has choice and opportunity. We empower teachers and nursery nurses with full-career control to instantly see, choose, and book available jobs the moment they go live through our next-gen app and digital marketplace.
Our +100 employees, +5000 partner schools and nurseries, and +7000 teachers and nursery nurses are breaking down barriers and revolutionising education. We're making finding and booking jobs easier, faster, and better for educators, which makes it better for schools and students.
And we're only getting started.