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Technical Recruitment Consultant (27466)

Cambridge, office-based
£37k OTE first year, plus excellent prospects

For communicative sci/tech professionals with an interest in business

If you have a software, electronics, mechanical, scientific or mathematical background – perhaps with years in industry, research or teaching already – and you’re looking for a change of pace in a rewarding business role, consider ECM. Applicants who have taken a career break are welcome.

ECM are the high-tech recruitment experts, specialists with an enviable reputation. We offer an environment where you’ll make use of your technical background, won’t be “micro-managed”, and will be given the training and support you need to thrive. Rewards are directly geared to your own efforts. We assist and advise both candidates and companies. We most definitely aren’t the typical “pushy” agency you might have experienced.

You will be:

  • Degree qualified in a technical subject, with potentially a master’s degree or PhD. You’ll have an abiding curiosity and interest in technology and its commercial applications.
  • Mature and self-directed, either naturally or through years of tech industry, research, or teaching experience.
  • Able to express yourself well in writing, and with a good telephone manner. You will have outstanding written and verbal comprehension skills in English, including technical language.
  • Relatable but professional; detail-oriented but multitasking; conscientious but pragmatic; confident but self-aware; collaborative but gently competitive; honest, tactful and on occasion persuasive, but not “pushy”.
  • Seeking a long term role in a small company environment, with achievement directly linked to your own initiative and hard work.

We offer a relaxed working environment, a 37.5 hour working week with core hours, 24 days holiday plus bank holidays and, after passing probation, home working on Fridays. Our offices are just north-east of Cambridge and we have parking on site. Applicants must be able to easily and practically reach our offices every business day. Long term UK work permission is required.

We are a long-established company, but we are by no means complacent – your ideas, initiative and input into the business will be welcomed. Be part of our success: you’ll receive training and mentoring to help you quickly become productive here. And with an uncapped commission structure, your earnings potential is unlimited.