Trainee Recruitment Consultant

Are you a recent graduate or already thriving in a sales role, with a natural drive for success? This Account Executive opportunity sits within Navis Consulting, STR Group’s specialist maritime brand where you will work on an exciting international cruise desk. You’ll connect talented maritime professionals with leading cruise businesses and projects around the world, developing specialist market knowledge and building relationships across a truly global industry. At STR Group, recruitment is about more than filling roles; it’s about delivering consultancy services, creating business solutions and making a tangible impact for clients.

From your very first day, you’ll join our award-winning Training Academy, gaining the skills and knowledge needed to identify opportunities, advise clients, build lasting relationships and develop a successful recruitment career. Working across international markets and multiple time zones, you’ll become a trusted recruitment partner to candidates and clients within the cruise sector. You’ll build a strong professional network, develop your own specialist market and work towards managing complex, high-value recruitment assignments.

Location

Portsmouth

Salary

Basic Salary: £25,000 (increasing to £26,000 – £27,000 upon successful completion of the Training Academy and achievement of targets)

Year 1 OTE £35,000
Year 2 OTE £50,000 - £70,000
Year 3 OTE £80,000 - £100,000+

Working at STR

STR Group is a multi-award-winning international recruitment company, operating across life sciences, leading-edge capex projects, automation, maritime and engineering & manufacturing. We are proud to be an approved Corporate Member of the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC). This certification reflects our commitment to ethical, professional and transparent recruitment practices, giving candidates and clients confidence in our approach. 

This role Includes:

• Sourcing potential clients and growing your business through solution-focused outbound sales 
• Networking on different platforms to build high-quality candidate pools 
• Building and developing strong client and candidate relationships 
• Advertising, marketing and presenting vacancies with a focus on client outcomes 
• Negotiating Terms of Business with corporate clients 
• Managing personalised KPIs and financial targets 
• Taking full control over your career progression and earning potential 

We are all inclusive

STR commits to offering those with disabilities an interview if they meet the minimum criteria for the job vacancy. 

If this sounds like you, and you want access to STR’s award-winning inhouse training, then apply today. 

Apply now!

What we are offering you

• Structured, clear, performance-based career progression opportunities with the ability to fast-track promotions 
• Up to 30% commission scheme   
• Award-winning, ongoing learning and development delivered by dedicated inhouse expert 
• Flexible and hybrid working available upon completion of the Training Academy and subject to maintaining performance targets 
• Early finish Fridays at 3pm every week  
• Modern, slick, state-of-the-art offices with breakout areas and dedicated kitchen (including pool & football tables) 
• Breakfast club – enjoy cereal, breakfast bars and fresh fruit every day 
• Employee of the Month & Quarter awards 
• Quarterly Directors’ Lunches at 5* restaurants 
• EDI (Equality, Diversity and Inclusion) board 
• Training Academy graduation celebratory lunch  
• Top Billers have the chance to go on all-paid holidays to Las Vegas, Ibiza, Iceland, New York or Dubai every year! 
• Annual Awards, Summer & Christmas parties, celebrating with the whole company  
• Special work anniversaries, including chocolate or sweets bouquet, voucher, champagne, bonus and additional holiday, depending on length of service!  
• 23 days’ holiday plus bank holidays (rising by 1 day each year of service, capped at 28 days) 
• Option to purchase up to 5 days’ extra holiday  
• Health care cash plan and optional private health care from day 1! 
• Company pension scheme  
• Enhanced maternity/paternity leave  
• Birthday off  
• Drinks fridge  
• Free onsite parking  
• Cycle-to-work scheme 
• Employee Referral Programme