Senior Recruitment Consultant

Cape Town, South Africa Posted on 26/03/2026

• Industry Employment - Recruiting - Staffing
• Work Experience 5+ years
• Required Skills
  • negotiation skills
  • negotiation skills
• City Cape Town
• Province Western Cape
• Country South Africa
• Postal Code 7100
• Number of Positions 1

About Outsourcery

We connect UK businesses with South African talent across operations, marketing, finance, tech, and customer experience. Our model enables full time or fractional remote hiring through a simple, compliant, and cost effective process.

The Role

This is a proactive, hands on role suited to someone with a can do attitude who is comfortable owning the full recruitment cycle. You'll build your own client portfolio, convert opportunities into placements, and develop long term relationships.

What You'll Do

• Proactively identify, engage, and convert new clients.
• Build and grow a portfolio of long term client relationships.
• Present Outsourcery's value clearly to founders and senior stakeholders.

• Manage roles end to end, from brief to placement and follow up.
• Source top talent through LinkedIn, job boards, referrals, and networks.
• Conduct interviews and assess fit (technical, behavioural, cultural).
• Manage interview process, feedback, and offers.
• Deliver on multiple roles (8-10) without compromising quality.
• Provide regular updates and adjust approach as needed.

• Lead client interactions and manage expectations.
• Provide guidance on hiring, salaries, and market trends.
• Ensure a smooth, high quality experience for clients and candidates.
• Build long term relationships to support repeat business.

• Stay up to date on UK and SA market trends.
• Act as a strong representative of the Outsourcery brand.
• Feed insights back into the business.

• Degree or Diploma.
• 5+ years' end to end recruitment experience.
• Proven track record in business development and client wins.
• Strong sourcing capability and placement track record.
• Experience working with founders / senior stakeholders.
• Strong communication and negotiation skills.

Preferred:

• Experience with CRM/ATS tools.
• Exposure to the UK market.
• Practical use of AI tools in your workflow.
• Relationship led sales approach.
• EOR industry experience.
• Strong instinct for identifying high quality talent.

What Success Looks Like:

• Consistent pipeline of new clients.
• Leads converted into signed roles.
• High quality placements delivered consistently.
• Strong client relationships and repeat business.
• A high quality experience for clients and candidates.