Education Recruitment Consultant – Preston

Salary Competitive

Join Humly and be part of a fast-growing digital marketplace 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 — empower educators to work on their terms while helping schools access high-quality staff quickly and efficiently.

We are now looking for an Education Recruitment Consultant to join our North West team in Preston, focusing on delivering high-quality matches between schools and educators, with a strong 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 work across a high-volume, fast-paced environment, supporting both schools and educators throughout the full matching process — from initial requirement through to successful placement.

This role is heavily focused on maximising filled roles, driving utilisation, and delivering a strong service experience to both clients and educators.


Key Responsibilities

  • Maximise the number of roles filled across your market, with a focus on long-term and high-value placements

  • Proactively match educators to school requirements using the platform and other recruitment methods

  • Follow up on placements to ensure successful outcomes and identify further opportunities with schools

  • Build strong relationships with schools to generate repeat business and additional bookings

  • Deliver an excellent experience for educators, supporting them into suitable roles quickly

  • Work closely with the recruitment team to place newly cleared educators into their first role

  • Handle queries from schools and educators via phone and email where required

  • Support schools and educators in using the Humly platform effectively

  • Maintain a strong focus on performance targets, particularly around worked hours and fill rates

  • Adapt quickly to changing priorities based on business and market needs


What We’re Looking For

  • Target-driven with a strong focus on results

  • Organised and able to manage a high volume of activity

  • Confident communicator with strong relationship-building skills

  • Commercial mindset with the ability to identify and maximise opportunities

  • Resilient and proactive, with a strong work ethic

  • Previous experience in recruitment or sales is beneficial but not essential


Working Pattern

  • Monday – Thursday: 07:15 – 17:00

  • Friday: Early finish

  • Work from home: Thursdays

  • School holidays: Reduced working hours


Salary & Benefits

  • Salary: £27,500 – £38,000 (depending on experience)

  • Bonus: Team-based commission (5% – 30% of monthly gross)

  • Additional performance-based incentives

  • Private medical insurance

  • Enhanced maternity and paternity

  • Free onsite parking

  • Long-term career progression opportunities within Humly


What Success Looks Like (3–6 Months)

  • Consistently filling roles across your market

  • Building strong relationships with key schools, leading to repeat bookings

  • Successfully placing newly cleared educators into work quickly

  • Delivering against key performance metrics, particularly worked hours and fill rate

  • Becoming confident in managing your own pipeline of school demand


Career Progression

Humly is a growing business, and this role offers clear progression opportunities. High performers can develop into:

  • Senior Consultant roles

  • Operations or Team Lead positions

  • Regional opportunities across our UK offices


Location Requirement

This role is based in our Preston office (North West). A full UK driving licence is preferred, and the ability to commute is required.

Perks and benefits

This job comes with several perks and benefits

Near public transit
Near public transit

Pension plan
Pension plan

Social gatherings
Social gatherings

New tech gear
New tech gear

Free coffee / tea
Free coffee / tea

Work life balance
Work life balance

Working at
Humly

We're empowering educators with total control in their hands and we’re helping the world to teach. We do this by revolutionising how schools and nurseries find the best educators. We do this by empowering educators with full-career control. And we do this because we must. Because by 2030, up to 69 million classrooms and nurseries won’t have a teacher. But with a push of a button, supply educators can find, choose, and book every job that fits them. With a push of a button, schools and nurseries can instantly and easily find educators. With a push of a button, we simplify, modernise, and improve education for everyone everywhere. And with a push of a button, we can help those 69 million classrooms and nurseries learn another day. In 2015, Kristoffer and Gustav, our Head of Product and CEO co-founded Humly in Gothenburg, Sweden. But before the C-Suite, they were college students and supply teachers, dealing with the same problems many face with agencies: the last-minute work calls, the calls that don’t come, the lack of power or say in your career, and so much more. So they built a home where educators are as important as the job itself. They built Humly, so educators can have the power to choose when, where, and how much they work – simply and easily, without hassle. They built Humly so every eligible educator can find the classroom and nursery that’s right for them.

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