Reed is the most recognised recruitment brand in the UK, with a rich history and reputation for improving lives through work for over 60 years. We partner with many household brands across the UK and globally, helping people from diverse backgrounds find meaningful careers across multiple sectors.

At Reed, we value inclusivity, collaboration, and performance, celebrating team success and offering rewarding career paths where expertise truly matters.

Reed Early Years is a specialist division within Reed Education, supporting nurseries, pre-schools, early years settings, and childcare providers across England and Wales. With more than 25 years’ experience in education recruitment and a nationwide office network, we are trusted to deliver high-quality, compliant staffing solutions in one of the most vital and regulated sectors in education.

Our Reed Early Years team focuses on permanent, temporary, and supply recruitment of early years professionals including qualified and unqualified Early Years practitioners, Room Leaders, Nursery Managers, SEND support, and support staff. Our service is built on an ethical, child-centred approach with safeguarding, compliance, and quality at its core.

We set the benchmark for early years workforce development. Our industry-leading CPD and training programmes ensure temporary staff are not only fully compliant, but exceptionally well equipped to support child development and learning. This commitment helps early years settings maintain ratios, raise standards, and deliver the best possible outcomes for children throughout the UK.

Shape the Future of Early Years Recruitment

We’re looking for an experienced recruitment consultant who understands the unique demands of early years and childcare. This is a fast-paced, people-driven sector where relationships, reliability, and compliance are critical. Your knowledge of early years settings, staffing challenges, and EYFS requirements will be key to building trusted partnerships with nurseries and early childhood education professionals.

With industry-leading training, a transparent career development framework, and a culture that values sector specialism, you’ll have everything you need to succeed. You’ll benefit from uncapped commission on top of a competitive base salary, while making a genuine difference to children’s early development by placing the right people in the right settings.

Day-to-Day of the Role

• Source, interview, register and support a strong candidate pool of early years professionals.
• Coordinate, deliver and manage training and CPD to continually upskill our workforce and deliver meaningful outcomes to our clients.  
• Maintain and grow relationships with existing early years clients, including nurseries, pre-schools, and childcare providers.
• Proactively 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 strong working relationships with early years training providers and programmes, offering employment opportunities to their students and continually developing our qualified workforce.
• Match candidates effectively to client requirements, ensuring quality, cultural fit, and safeguarding standards.
• Achieve KPI targets while adhering strictly 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 is desirable.
• Strong communication, relationship-building, and negotiation skills.
• Excellent organisational skills, attention to detail, and time management.
• Proactive, resilient, and target-driven mindset.
• A strong ethical approach to recruitment, with safeguarding and compliance at the forefront.

What You Can Expect

• Competitive basic salary with uncapped bonus.
• Extensive rewards and benefits package.
• Incentives including holiday vouchers, spend-as-you-wish rewards, and the opportunity to win a luxury electric vehicle.
• Clear career pathway with structured promotion framework.
• Industry-leading training and development tailored to your sector.
• Personal development funding and discounted Reed Courses.
• Access to the Reed Reward Hub, including wellbeing support, gym discounts, online shopping savings, and cashback.
• Health cash plan providing cashback on everyday healthcare expenses and more.

Why Reed Early Years?

This is an outstanding opportunity for a consultant who wants to specialise in early years recruitment within a market-leading brand. You’ll be supported by a knowledgeable team, trusted by clients, and empowered to grow a desk that genuinely improves outcomes for children, families, and early years professionals.

If you’re passionate about early childhood education, driven by results, and motivated to build meaningful partnerships, this could be the perfect next step in your recruitment career.

Simply submit an application to express your interest.
If successful, Talent Acquisition will contact you to arrange a telephone interview. This may be followed by a video or face-to-face interview.