Recruitment Business Launch Director Job Manchester | £50k – £75k

Recruitment Business Launch Director

Children’s Social Care Recruitment

Location: Manchester / Hybrid

Salary: £50,000 – £75,000 basic salary + bonus

An established Manchester-based training provider is launching a fully funded, standalone recruitment business focused on children’s social care professionals.

This is a rare opportunity for an experienced recruiter or recruitment leader to build a new recruitment company from the ground up.

The business already has access to an existing database, strong sector relationships and the financial backing needed to launch properly.

The new recruitment business will operate separately from the existing training company, but will benefit from its infrastructure, credibility and access to children’s social care professionals.

This is not a traditional recruitment desk role. This is a business build role.

The Role

As Recruitment Business Launch Director, you will be responsible for setting up and growing a new specialist recruitment business.

You will create the structure, systems, processes and commercial strategy needed to make the business successful.

This will include:

• Building a standalone recruitment business from the ground up.
• Creating the business plan, launch strategy and commercial model.
• Developing the recruitment brand, website and marketing strategy.
• Selecting and implementing the CRM system.
• Building candidate attraction campaigns using the existing database.
• Developing relationships with clients in children’s social care.
• Creating recruitment policies, procedures and compliance processes.
• Setting up HR, onboarding, terms of business and operational documentation.
• Designing the full recruitment workflow from candidate registration to placement.
• Recruiting, training and managing future recruitment staff as the business grows.

The Person

This role would suit an experienced recruiter who wants to build and lead a recruitment business without personally funding the launch.

You may already be working as a Senior Recruitment Consultant, Principal Consultant, Team Leader, Billing Manager, Branch Manager, Divisional Manager, Recruitment Director or recruitment business owner.

You do not need to come from children’s social care recruitment. Applications are welcome from recruiters across any recruitment sector.

The key requirement is that you understand recruitment, can win business, can build relationships and know what a successful recruitment operation needs.

Required Experience

• Strong recruitment experience from any sector.
• Experience winning clients and developing business.
• Good understanding of candidate attraction and database management.
• Knowledge of recruitment CRM systems.
• Understanding of recruitment compliance, process and documentation.
• Ability to create policies, procedures and operational structure.
• Commercial awareness and strong judgement.
• Ability to work independently.
• Confidence building something from scratch.
• Interest in children’s social care or purpose-led recruitment.

Suitable Backgrounds

This role could suit someone currently working as a:

• Senior Recruitment Consultant
• Principal Recruitment Consultant
• Recruitment Team Leader
• Billing Recruitment Manager
• Branch Manager
• Divisional Manager
• Recruitment Director
• Recruitment Business Owner
• Recruitment Entrepreneur
• Senior Consultant looking for a funded launch opportunity

Location

The office is based in Manchester.

The role can be hybrid, but it is not fully remote.

If you live outside Manchester, you must be able to work from the Manchester office at least one day per week.

Salary And Benefits

• £50,000 – £75,000 basic salary
• Bonus structure
• Fully funded recruitment business launch
• Opportunity to build and lead a standalone recruitment company
• Existing database of children’s social care professionals
• Backing from an established training provider
• Hybrid working
• Long-term leadership opportunity
• Scope to build a team
• Genuine autonomy

Why Apply?

Most recruitment leadership roles involve taking over an existing desk, team or branch.

This role is different.

You will be building the recruitment business from the beginning.

You will shape the CRM, website, marketing, compliance, policies, procedures, candidate journey, client strategy and future team.

For the right recruiter, this is a rare opportunity to launch and lead a recruitment business without taking the personal financial risk of funding it yourself.