Business Development Associate

At Recruitable, we help ambitious young and mid-level professionals unlock career opportunities worldwide through a consultative, people-first recruitment approach. By understanding our clients goals, we identify top talent and deliver scalable hiring solutions quickly, transparently, and effectively.

As we expand, we're looking for a driven Business Development professional with 2+ years of experience to grow our client pipeline and secure new business. You'll identify hiring needs, engage prospects through creative outreach, and manage the sales process from initial contact to signed partnership.

The ideal candidate has experience in sales, business development, or recruitment and is proactive, target-driven, and eager to take ownership. You should be confident in engaging stakeholders, comfortable testing new approaches, and motivated to contribute directly to business growth. International experience is an advantage.

This isn't just about closing deals. It's about targeting and onboarding partners that need recruitment support across different locations.

• Identify, reach out to, and build relationships with companies across sectors that hire short- to long-term contractors.

• Run effective outreach campaigns using email, LinkedIn, calls, and creative lead-generation strategies to open conversations with potential partners.

• Understand each company's needs and recommend suitable profiles from our pool of pre-vetted global candidates.

• Manage the client onboarding process: outreach, discovery calls, and contractual agreements signed

• Maintain accurate records across our CRM and internal systems.

• Represent Recruitable professionally during calls, meetings, events, or virtual presentations.

If this sounds like you, we think you'll fit right in:

• A confident communicator who enjoys speaking with business leaders and building lasting relationships.

• Someone with 2+ years of experience in sales, business development, partnerships, or any client-facing role.

• Have prior experience in sales, business development or any role where you have gained experience in the full sales cycle.

• Target-driven, goal-oriented, and motivated by results.

• Energetic, positive, and comfortable reaching out proactively to new employers every day.

• Strong problem-solver who can think on their feet and propose smart, practical solutions.

• Organised, detail-oriented, and able to manage multiple leads and conversations at once.

• Curious and commercially aware, you want to understand which companies and locations are hiring the most.

• Eager to learn new tools, experiment with different approaches, and continuously improve.

• You love finding ways to automate and streamline processes.

• Most importantly, you are someone who is always looking to learn and develop new skills and at the same time, happy to teach others what you are good at!

Extra brownie points if you:

• Have lived or studied abroad (we love a bit of global perspective)

Perks:

• Competitive salary £450-500 (pegged to GBP)

• A MacBook to help you work effectively

• Private health insurance 

• 28 days holiday time per annum and quarterly wellness days to rest and recharge

• Uber Eats budget 

• Learning and development budget to keep growing and levelling up 

• Opportunities to travel abroad

• We've taken annual company getaways to Thailand in 23, Vietnam in 24, Sri Lanka in 25, and Vietnam in 26. Maybe you can help us pick the 27 location

• Significant potential to grow in the role and take on more responsibility

• Work-from-home budget to set up your remote workstation

• Work with amazing colleagues across 3 continents and 8 countries

Working Hours: You'll be working in the UK from Monday to Thursday. We like to stay in sync with our global teams and customers. On Fridays, you'll switch to your local time zone (9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.) so you can wrap up the week at a good pace and still have your evening free.