Recruitment Sourcing Specialist

Location: Dublin | Hybrid
Experience: Minimum 1 year recruitment/sourcing experience
Salary: Negotiable based on experience + Commission & Performance Bonus

The Role

Due to continued growth and new client acquisitions, Pivotal Recruitment is looking for an experienced Recruitment Sourcing Specialist to join our growing team.

We are looking for someone with a minimum of 1 years’ experience within recruitment, candidate sourcing or talent acquisition. Experience recruiting within the Construction & Engineering sector would be a strong advantage, but is not essential — we are open to speaking with recruiters from different sectors who have strong sourcing skills and are keen to develop their career within a growing recruitment business.

This role will focus heavily on candidate sourcing, outbound recruitment, relationship building and developing strong talent pipelines. You’ll be confident picking up the phone, engaging both active and passive candidates, conducting searches, screening CVs and building relationships with professionals across the market.

You’ll also have the opportunity to identify potential business opportunities through your conversations and contribute to the continued growth of Pivotal Recruitment.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone who wants to build on their recruitment experience, develop their market knowledge and accelerate their career within an ambitious and growing business.

About Pivotal Recruitment

Pivotal Recruitment was founded with a clear mission: to deliver top-class recruitment services and build lasting relationships that deliver real results for our clients and candidates.

We pride ourselves on taking a relationship-led approach to recruitment. We invest time in understanding our candidates, our clients and what matters to them, with a focus on building long-term partnerships rather than simply filling vacancies.

We have created a positive, fun, supportive and high-performance environment where success is celebrated, development is encouraged and everyone has the opportunity to contribute to the growth of the business.

Key Responsibilities

Candidate Sourcing & Recruitment

• Proactively source and identify suitable candidates using job boards, LinkedIn, internal databases, referrals and other sourcing methods.
• Conduct outbound calls to engage both active and passive candidates.
• Screen CVs and conduct candidate qualification calls to understand experience, skills, career goals and suitability.
• Build and maintain strong candidate pipelines across Construction & Engineering and other relevant sectors.
• Develop long-term relationships with candidates through regular communication and follow-up.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date candidate information within the CRM/ATS.
• Keep up to date with market trends, candidate availability and developments within your specialist market.
• Work closely with Recruitment Consultants to identify and deliver suitable candidates for live vacancies.

Business Development & Commercial Awareness

• Identify potential new business opportunities through candidate conversations and market activity.
• Conduct outbound business development calls when required.
• Gather market intelligence that may lead to new clients, vacancies or recruitment opportunities.
• Support the wider team in developing new and existing client relationships.
• Represent Pivotal Recruitment professionally and positively in every candidate and client interaction.

Performance & Relationship Management

• Work towards agreed activity and performance targets, including outbound calls, candidate conversations, interviews and candidate submissions.
• Build trust with candidates through professional and consultative conversations.
• Deliver an excellent candidate experience throughout the recruitment process.
• Adapt your communication style to different candidates, industries and levels of seniority.
• Maintain accurate records of recruitment activity and follow-up actions.
• Take ownership of your candidate pipeline and personal performance.

Key Skills & Experience

Essential

• Minimum 1 years’ experience within recruitment and candidate sourcing.
• Proven experience sourcing and engaging candidates.
• Confidence making outbound recruitment calls and speaking with new candidates.
• Strong communication and telephone skills.
• Ability to build rapport and relationships quickly.
• Experience screening CVs and qualifying candidates.
• Self-motivated, proactive and comfortable working towards targets and KPIs.
• Strong organisational skills and attention to detail.
• Good IT skills, including experience using recruitment systems/CRMs and Microsoft Office.

Desirable

• Previous experience recruiting within Construction, Engineering or a related technical sector.
• Experience sourcing passive candidates through LinkedIn and other recruitment platforms.
• Previous exposure to business development or recruitment sales.
• Experience working within an agency recruitment environment.

Construction recruitment experience is an advantage — not a requirement. We are particularly interested in people with strong recruitment fundamentals, a proactive approach and the ambition to develop within the Construction & Engineering recruitment market.

What’s On Offer

• Salary negotiable based on previous experience.
• Commission & performance bonus.
• Hybrid working – up to 2 days working from home per week when business targets are met.
• 23 days’ annual leave, including 3 company days across Christmas and Good Friday.
• Your birthday off.
• Regular incentives to earn additional annual leave.
• Weekly incentives offering opportunities for extra time off and additional work-from-home days.
• Weekly, monthly and quarterly team and individual incentives.
• Clear and consistent career progression plans designed to accelerate your development.
• Ongoing learning, support and development.
• A fun, supportive and high-performance team culture where success is recognised and celebrated.
• Constant flow of free barista coffee, fruit, sweets to help you succeed! And free flowing beer to help you and your colleagues celebrate your success (in the afternoons!)

Why Join Pivotal?

This is an opportunity to join a growing recruitment business where you can have a genuine impact on our continued success.

We’re looking for someone with a can-do attitude, strong recruitment foundations and the hunger to develop, achieve targets and deliver an exceptional experience for candidates and clients.

If you already have Construction & Engineering recruitment experience, we’d love to hear from you. Equally, if you have recruitment experience in another sector and are interested in developing within the construction market, we want to hear from you too.

Ready for your next step in recruitment? Join Pivotal Recruitment and grow with us.