Overview
Reed Early Years is a specialist division within Reed Education, supporting nurseries, pre-schools, early years settings, and childcare providers across England and Wales. We recruit permanent, temporary, and supply staff, including qualified and unqualified Early Years practitioners, Room Leaders, Nursery Managers, SEND support, and support staff.
Key Responsibilities
- Source, interview, register, and support a strong candidate pool of early years professionals.
- Coordinate, deliver, and manage training and CPD to continually upskill the workforce.
- Maintain and grow relationships with existing early years clients, including nurseries, pre-schools, and childcare providers.
- Identify and engage new business through phone‑based sales and business development.
- Attend client meetings to convert non‑users into active Reed Early Years partners.
- Foster relationships with early years training providers and offer employment opportunities to their students.
- Match candidates to client requirements, ensuring quality, cultural fit, and safeguarding standards.
- Achieve KPI targets while adhering to compliance, safeguarding, and audit processes.
Required Skills & Qualifications
- Previous experience in recruitment, resourcing, or sales (education or early years experience is highly advantageous).
- Understanding of early years environments, EYFS, or childcare recruitment challenges.
- Strong communication, relationship‑building, and negotiation skills.
- Excellent organisational skills, attention to detail, and time management.
- Proactive, resilient, and target‑driven mindset.
- Ethical approach to recruitment with safeguarding and compliance at the forefront.
What You Can Expect
- Competitive basic salary with uncapped commission.
- Extensive rewards and benefits package.
- Holiday vouchers, spend‑as‑you‑wish rewards, and opportunity to win a luxury electric vehicle.
- Structured promotion framework and clear career pathway.
- Industry‑leading training and development tailored to your sector.
- Personal development funding and discounted Reed courses.
- Access to the Reed Reward Hub, wellbeing support, gym discounts, online shopping savings, and cashback.
- Health cash plan providing cashback on everyday healthcare expenses.
Equal Opportunities
Reed is an equal opportunities employer. We aim to ensure that no candidate or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, race, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity. We are a Mindful Employer and offer a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria. As a proud signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant, we welcome applications from ex‑services personnel, reservists, and cadets and offer a guaranteed interview for applicants who meet the minimum criteria.
Application Process
All job offers are subject to satisfactory references and compliance with vetting requirements applicable to the job role.
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