Recruitment Divisional Manager
Location: Exeter
Salary: Up to £36,000 basic salary DOE + Company Car/Allowance + Bonus
OTE: £38,000 - £41,000+
Recruitment Divisional Manager Opportunity
Are you an experienced Recruitment Manager, Branch Manager, Team Leader, Business Manager or Senior Recruitment Consultant looking for the next step in your career?
The Best Connection is seeking an ambitious and commercially driven Recruitment Divisional Manager to lead an established recruitment division, develop high-performing consultants, grow client relationships and deliver sustainable business growth.
This is an excellent opportunity for a proven recruiter with leadership experience who is looking to take ownership of a branch or division, manage profit and loss, and play a key role within one of the UK's largest employee-owned recruitment businesses.
You'll inherit an established client base with strong foundations and be given the autonomy, support and resources to develop your division while building your long-term career with a market-leading recruitment business.
Salary & Benefits
✅ Competitive basic salary up to £36,000 DOE
✅ Realistic first-year OTE of £38,000 - £41,000+
✅ Company Car or £450 monthly car allowance
✅ Industry-leading management and recruitment training
✅ Advanced Diploma in Recruitment Practice
✅ Professional industry qualifications and recognised accreditation
✅ 30 days annual leave, increasing to 33 days after one year
✅ Employee-owned company with profit-sharing opportunities
✅ Employee Assistance Programme providing legal, financial and wellbeing support
✅ Cycle to Work Scheme
✅ Retail, travel and lifestyle discounts
✅ Genuine career progression into senior leadership roles
Key Responsibilities
As Recruitment Divisional Manager, you will:
- Lead, mentor and develop a team of recruitment consultants
- Drive branch performance against sales and profitability targets
- Develop new business opportunities and grow existing client accounts
- Build long-term relationships with key customers and stakeholders
- Manage divisional budgets, forecasts and profit and loss performance
- Deliver operational excellence across recruitment processes and compliance
- Monitor KPIs, productivity and consultant performance
- Support recruitment, onboarding and staff development activities
- Identify opportunities to increase market share and revenue growth
- Maintain high levels of customer service for both clients and candidates
What We're Looking For
To succeed in this role, you will have:
- Previous recruitment industry experience (Industrial or HGV recruitment preferred but not essential)
- aExperience managing or supervising recruitment teams
- Strong business development and client relationship skills
- Commercial awareness and financial accountability
- Proven success achieving sales and recruitment targets
- Excellent leadership, coaching and communication skills
- A proactive and results-driven approach
- Full UK driving licence
Ideal Backgrounds
We welcome applications from:
- Recruitment Branch Managers
- Divisional Managers
- Recruitment Team Leaders
- Senior Recruitment Consultants ready for management
- Operations Managers within recruitment
- Business Managers
- Regional Recruitment Managers
Why The Best Connection?
For more than 35 years, The Best Connection has built a reputation as one of the UK's leading recruitment specialists, supporting the Driving, Industrial, Warehouse, Manufacturing, Commercial, Aviation and Healthcare sectors.
As an employee-owned business, every employee contributes to and benefits from the company's success. You'll be joining a supportive, ambitious and collaborative environment with clear opportunities for progression.
Working Hours
- Monday to Friday
- Office-based role
- 8:00am to 5:00pm
Apply Today
If you're an experienced Recruitment Manager looking for greater responsibility, stronger career progression and the opportunity to make a real impact, we'd love to hear from you.
Apply now and take the next step in your recruitment management career.