Overview
Recruitment Team Leader Jobs in Pretoria Metropolitan Area at Communicate Recruitment
Title: Recruitment Team Leader
Company: Communicate Recruitment
Location: Pretoria Metropolitan Area
Team Leader – Recruitment (External Recruitment)
Lead a High-Performing Recruitment Team
At Communicate Recruitment, we don’t simply fill vacancies—we build careers, develop top-performing recruiters, and partner with industry-leading businesses to deliver exceptional talent.
We’re looking for an experienced Recruitment Team Leader who is passionate about developing people, driving sales performance, and creating a culture of accountability, collaboration, and success. If you’re a proven recruiter ready to mentor others while remaining commercially focused, this is the opportunity to take your leadership career to the next level.
Key Responsibilities
Leadership & People Management
- Lead, coach, and develop a team of Recruitment Consultants.
- Conduct regular one-on-one coaching sessions and performance reviews.
- Create individual development plans to improve consultant performance.
- Motivate and inspire the team to achieve both individual and branch objectives.
- Foster a positive, high-performance culture built on accountability and teamwork.
- Identify skill gaps and implement training initiatives where required.
Recruitment & Sales
- Continue managing your own recruitment desk while leading the team.
- Drive business development activities and support consultants in securing new clients.
- Assist with strategic client meetings and negotiations where required.
- Coach consultants on candidate sourcing, interviewing, client management, and closing placements.
- Monitor recruitment pipelines to ensure quality and activity levels remain high.
- Ensure exceptional service delivery to both clients and candidates.
Performance Management
- Track and analyse KPIs, activity metrics, and financial performance.
- Monitor interviews, client meetings, placements, and revenue generation.
- Hold consultants accountable to daily, weekly, and monthly targets.
- Implement action plans to improve underperformance.
- Report on team performance to senior management.
Operational Excellence
- Ensure CRM and recruitment systems are maintained accurately.
- Maintain compliance with company recruitment processes and standards.
- Support the implementation of new initiatives and best practices.
- Collaborate with other team leaders and branches to share market intelligence and recruitment strategies.
Minimum Requirements
- 3–5+ years of successful agency recruitment experience.
- Proven track record of consistent billing and business development.
- Previous leadership, mentoring, or coaching experience within recruitment.
- Strong understanding of the full 360° recruitment cycle.
- Demonstrated ability to build and maintain long-term client relationships.
- Valid driver’s licence and own reliable vehicle.
Skills & Competencies
- Strong leadership and coaching ability.
- Commercially minded with a passion for sales.
- Excellent negotiation and influencing skills.
- Strong business development capability.
- Results-driven with high resilience.
- Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills.
- Analytical with strong problem-solving abilities.
- Organised with excellent time management skills.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, target-driven environment.
- High emotional intelligence and conflict resolution skills.
What We Offer
- Opportunity to lead a successful specialist recruitment team.
- Competitive basic salary with uncapped commission and leadership incentives.
- Ongoing leadership development and mentorship.
- Access to industry-leading recruitment tools and technology.
- Career progression within one of South Africa’s leading specialist recruitment businesses.
- Collaborative, high-performance culture where success is recognised and rewarded.
If you’re passionate about developing people, driving performance, and building successful recruitment teams, we’d love to hear from you.