333 Specialized Roles jobs in the United Kingdom

Principal Associate – Executive Search

About the Firm

A long-established global executive search and leadership advisory business, with a strong track record across the industrials, technology, and digital transformation sectors. The firm partners with boards, chairs, management teams, and investors to deliver senior-level executive search and advisory services, supported by affiliates worldwide.

The Role

The Principal Associate role sits between Senior Associate and Consultant, with responsibility for driving high-quality search execution and supporting business growth. This position offers progression to Consultant or the opportunity to specialise and build a sector focus.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of executive search assignments, from client briefing to candidate placement.
• Manage search processes, timelines, and quality control.
• Identify, assess, and engage candidates; conduct competency-based interviews.
• Prepare role briefs, reports, and client-ready documentation.
• Support Directors with business development, pitches, and practice growth.
• Build and maintain strong client and candidate relationships.
• Mentor and coach Associates and researchers.
• Contribute to knowledge sharing, process improvement, and cross-practice collaboration.

Success Measures

• Effective delivery of 15–20 projects per year.
• Consistently high-quality execution and reporting.
• Positive client and candidate feedback.
• Recognition as a collaborative role model within the team.

Ideal Candidate

• Degree-educated, with 10+ years’ executive search experience.
• Strong project management and client service skills.
• Commercial, strategic thinker with C-Suite relationship experience.
• Highly collaborative and detail-oriented.
• Experience or interest in industrials or related sectors.
• Fluent in business English.

The firm is committed to diversity, inclusion, and delivering transformational outcomes for clients, candidates, and colleagues.

Principal Associate – Executive Search

About the Firm

A long-established global executive search and leadership advisory business, with a strong track record across the industrials, technology, and digital transformation sectors. The firm partners with boards, chairs, management teams, and investors to deliver senior-level executive search and advisory services, supported by affiliates worldwide.

The Role

The Principal Associate role sits between Senior Associate and Consultant, with responsibility for driving high-quality search execution and supporting business growth. This position offers progression to Consultant or the opportunity to specialise and build a sector focus.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of executive search assignments, from client briefing to candidate placement.
• Manage search processes, timelines, and quality control.
• Identify, assess, and engage candidates; conduct competency-based interviews.
• Prepare role briefs, reports, and client-ready documentation.
• Support Directors with business development, pitches, and practice growth.
• Build and maintain strong client and candidate relationships.
• Mentor and coach Associates and researchers.
• Contribute to knowledge sharing, process improvement, and cross-practice collaboration.

Success Measures

• Effective delivery of 15–20 projects per year.
• Consistently high-quality execution and reporting.
• Positive client and candidate feedback.
• Recognition as a collaborative role model within the team.

Ideal Candidate

• Degree-educated, with 10+ years’ executive search experience.
• Strong project management and client service skills.
• Commercial, strategic thinker with C-Suite relationship experience.
• Highly collaborative and detail-oriented.
• Experience or interest in industrials or related sectors.
• Fluent in business English.

The firm is committed to diversity, inclusion, and delivering transformational outcomes for clients, candidates, and colleagues.

Principal Associate – Executive Search

About the Firm

A long-established global executive search and leadership advisory business, with a strong track record across the industrials, technology, and digital transformation sectors. The firm partners with boards, chairs, management teams, and investors to deliver senior-level executive search and advisory services, supported by affiliates worldwide.

The Role

The Principal Associate role sits between Senior Associate and Consultant, with responsibility for driving high-quality search execution and supporting business growth. This position offers progression to Consultant or the opportunity to specialise and build a sector focus.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of executive search assignments, from client briefing to candidate placement.
• Manage search processes, timelines, and quality control.
• Identify, assess, and engage candidates; conduct competency-based interviews.
• Prepare role briefs, reports, and client-ready documentation.
• Support Directors with business development, pitches, and practice growth.
• Build and maintain strong client and candidate relationships.
• Mentor and coach Associates and researchers.
• Contribute to knowledge sharing, process improvement, and cross-practice collaboration.

Success Measures

• Effective delivery of 15–20 projects per year.
• Consistently high-quality execution and reporting.
• Positive client and candidate feedback.
• Recognition as a collaborative role model within the team.

Ideal Candidate

• Degree-educated, with 10+ years’ executive search experience.
• Strong project management and client service skills.
• Commercial, strategic thinker with C-Suite relationship experience.
• Highly collaborative and detail-oriented.
• Experience or interest in industrials or related sectors.
• Fluent in business English.

The firm is committed to diversity, inclusion, and delivering transformational outcomes for clients, candidates, and colleagues.

Trainee Executive Search Consultant

Location: Harrogate, North Yorkshire

Salary: £25,000 – £0,000 (OTE) + Commission (10%–60%)

Start Date: Immediate

Company Overview

Our client is a rapidly growing recruitment firm based in the centre of Harrogate, just moments from Valley Gardens. Renowned for delivering high-quality recruitment solutions, they are currently expanding their team with four graduate-level hires. The business also operates a sister company, offering clear pathways for long-term career progression and potential equity opportunities for top-performing individuals.

The Opportunity

Seeking driven and ambitious graduates to join as Graduate Resourcers in a 180-style role, initially supporting existing mandates across high-demand verticals. You'll work closely under the guidance of a high-performing team lead, in an environment where high standards, long hours, and tangible results are part of the DNA.

Key Responsibilities

• Identify, screen, and engage with candidates for active vacancies
• Worn on live roles with efficiency and precision
• Assist consultants and business development staff in fulfilling clients hiring needs
• Contribute to a high-energy, results-oriented team environment

Progression Path

• First 6 months : Focus on delivery/resourcing (180 role)
• Post-6 months : Choose your path:
• Continue within the Data Centres vertical
• Progress into a 360 Recruitment/BD Consultant role
• Long-term growth may include leadership & equity.

Working Culture & Hours

• Mon–Thurs : (hard-working, performance-driven culture)
• Friday : Typically a half-day, off by 1 PM or even the day off if targets hit.
• Three-day weekend model : Earn your time off by putting in the graft early in the week
• Dress Code : Smart casual – office culture values fitness, sharpness, and energy

What’s On Offer

• Competitive base salary (£25k–£30 flexible DOE)
• Uncapped commission: earn 10%–60% from day one
• Access to live, revenue-ready roles from the outset
• Opportunity for rapid progression in a high-impact environment
• Equity potential – proven with past hires
• Supportive team and founder-led leadership

Ideal Candidate Profile

• Hardworking, high-output individuals with a clear career focus
• Ambition to earn, grow, and build within a fast-paced firm
• Strong preparation: research-driven, goal-oriented, and commercially aware
• Cultural fit: switched-on, energetic, competitive – no ego, no entitlement
• Not a role for “coasters” – this is for grafters who want to build something real
• Capable of working towards KPIs

About the Team

You’ll be working directly under Managing Director, in a motivated and tight-knit team where expectations are high, and the rewards are higher. Past hires have accelerated quickly, with one example being Tyler, a consultant , who earned 25% equity in the spin off firm in under two years.

Interested in applying?

Be ready to demonstrate a clear understanding of the business, show initiative, and prove you’re ready to contribute to a winning team.

Executive Search Consultant

Location: Leeds

Salary: £26k - £0k DOE (Expected earnings 0k- 0k)

Our client is one of Leeds’ most respected and high-performing executive recruitment firms, and we're growing. Looking for ambitious, driven individuals to join our team.

This is a career opportunity for people who take work seriously, value results over excuses, and want to build something substantial in an environment where performance is everything.

About Us:

We work at the highest level of Executive Search and Recruitment, partnering with businesses internationally. Our firm is built on a foundation of discipline, resilience, and an unrelenting focus on delivering results - for our clients, our candidates, and ourselves.

Our consultants are experts in their markets, trusted advisors, and relentless in their pursuit of success. We don’t micromanage. We don’t babysit. But we do expect excellence - and we reward it accordingly.

What You Can Expect:

• Uncapped Commission – up to 60% of your billings
• A high-performance environment with serious earning potential
• Exposure to C-suite and executive-level clients
• Structured progression based purely on merit - your career moves as fast as you do
• A team culture that values hard work, resilience, and high standards
• Hands-on support and mentoring from experienced industry leaders

What We’re Looking For:

• Work ethic. This is a high-output role. We want individuals who take ownership and consistently go above and beyond.
• Commercial intelligence. You’ll be speaking to business leaders daily. You need to think strategically and sell with purpose.
• Resilience. Recruitment is tough. There are highs and lows. We want people who can stay focused, bounce back, and keep moving forward.
• Sales experience or previous recruitment experience is highly desirable – but we’re open to driven individuals from other performance-based roles.

Who This Role Is For:

• You’re not interested in coasting. You want to be part of a team where your output is recognised and your earnings reflect your results.
• You’re competitive - with others, and with yourself.
• You’re serious about building a career that’s fast-paced, financially rewarding, and genuinely challenging.

If you’re ready to step into a recruitment role where expectations are high and rewards are higher, we want to hear from you.

Apply now with your CV!

Ward Howell International - Partner Executive Search

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Your Profile

• You are experienced and successful in executive search , and you enjoy building and managing international accounts.
• You think entrepreneurially, work independently , and want to take on real responsibility.
• You value your freedom without structural barriers and want to actively shape your client relationships.

Your Situation

• Frustrated because you have to export mandates/clients?
• Performance issues with international offices?
• Pointless referral discussions?
• High fees to the organisation?
• Constant off-limits or client protection debates?

With Us

Your clients remain yours – even internationally.

Fewer off-limits than in large networks.

Partnership and collaboration instead of imposed boundaries.

Support from colleagues worldwide – without internal politics.

What Makes Us Different

• We are pioneers in Executive Search & Leadership Advisory – for nearly 75 years.
• With offices in over 30 countries and more than 130 consultants, we are among the world’s top 20 executive search firms .
• As a founding member of the AESC , we stand for the highest level of professionalism and ethical standards.
• We are the only search firm with a truly global key account approach.

Our Offering

A partnership that enables you to develop your mandates globally – without boundaries in your mindset or in the system.

Sounds interesting? Let’s talk!

Executive Search Consultant – Belfast

Location: Belfast City Centre

Employment Type: Full-time, Permanent

Hours: 37.5 hours per week (reasonable flexibility required)

Salary: £35,000 (OTE £57k)

Join Northern Ireland’s Leading Recruitment Partner, work alongside industry leaders, engage with senior decision-makers, and deliver high-impact recruitment solutions that genuinely shape organisations.

At Staffline Recruitment Ireland, we connect exceptional people with exceptional opportunities.

Our Executive Search Division works at the highest levels of business, partnering with Northern Ireland’s biggest public and private sector employers to deliver senior and C-suite appointments that shape the future of organisations.

We’re seeking a confident, commercially minded Executive Search Consultant who thrives in a fast-paced, relationship-driven environment, someone who can open doors, build trust with senior leaders, and close high-value deals with professionalism and precision.

Why Staffline?

As part of the island’s largest recruitment group, you’ll benefit from unrivalled brand recognition, a warm network of national clients, and the tools and support to accelerate your success:

• Competitive base salary with industry leading commission structure
• 36 days annual leave (including public holidays)
• Private healthcare, life assurance, and pension plan
• Reward & Recognition scheme
• Career development and clear progression pathways

The Role

You’ll play a key role in delivering retained and contingent executive search projects — building lasting partnerships with clients and guiding senior candidates through pivotal career moves.

Client Development

• Win and deliver executive search mandates across Northern Ireland
• Develop long-term relationships with business leaders and HR decision-makers
• Lead tender responses, proposals, and strategic client presentations
• Represent Staffline at senior networking and industry events

Candidate Engagement

• Identify and approach top-tier talent using advanced search techniques
• Advise candidates with professionalism and discretion
• Manage every stage of the recruitment process from briefing to offer negotiation
• Maintain a pipeline of executive talent across multiple sectors

Quality & Compliance

• Ensure full compliance with legal and company standards
• Maintain accurate, up-to-date CRM records
• Provide regular market insights and activity reports to the Head of Executive Search

What You’ll Bring

• Minimum 3 years’ experience in a performance-driven recruitment or sales environment
• Proven record in winning and delivering new business
• Strong knowledge of executive recruitment practices
• Confident using LinkedIn Recruiter and Boolean search
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Degree-level education
• Full driving licence or access to transport

Attributes that define success:

Commercially astute | Results-focused | Credible and persuasive | Professional in every interaction | A natural networker and relationship builder

Ready to take the next step in your executive search career?

Send your CV or get in touch to arrange a confidential conversation.