Junior Recruitment Consultant - New York - Kernel Global

About Dartmouth Partners

We are looking for an ambitious junior recruiter to join our Private Equity team in our New York office. Dartmouth is a multi-award-winning recruitment company with a unique 'Classroom to Boardroom' business model. From fast-growing start-ups to PE-backed businesses and FTSE 250, we partner with ambitious businesses to help them identify exceptional talent from school-leavers, all the way up to the C-suite.

Long-term thinking is hard-wired into our DNA. We support our candidates through their whole career journey and assist our clients in finding their most valuable asset - their people.

Our key differentiators? Kindness and excellence.

About the team

Dartmouth’s New York team are located in the heart of Manhattan, you’ll find us just off 5th Avenue, round the corner from the Rockefeller Centre and Times Square. We’re a small, entrepreneurial team, working together with our sister business, Pure Search, who have been on the ground in NYC since 2016. We’re already establishing ourselves as market-leaders within Private Equity, Investment Banking and Early Careers recruitment in the US, and are now looking to expand our Private Equity Team.

As a member of the Private Equity team, you will partner with a range of private equity funds across venture capital, growth equity, mid-market, and large cap buyout to support with their hiring across the East Coast.

We have been on the ground since July 2021 with a developed network in place already. Your role will involve continuing to build out our candidate network across investment banking and strategy consulting, working with clients to develop their hiring agenda, providing a consultative approach, and ultimately building out your own desk, with clients of your own. As part of a lean team, you will have a direct impact on growing out the Dartmouth Partners team and brand in the US.

About the role

Your role will focus on networking and connecting with candidates, understanding their key drivers and motivations and learning the recruitment lifecycle in our market-leading training camp, the Associate Academy. 

Knowledge is one of our core values, and you will develop thorough sector knowledge, becoming an expert advisor to candidates and clients alike. 

You will work closely with your team to develop relationships with existing clients and, in time, develop your own new client relationships through consultative business development. You'll also identify and attract talent through delivering research projects, building market maps, analysing and reporting market trends, and working on the creation of value-added DEI events.

You are key to the success of Dartmouth and we will invest in your development to help you maximise your opportunity to progress to Consultant and beyond.

What you'll bring

·Confident ‘can-do’ attitude

· Strong work ethic

· A demonstrable passion for a career in recruitment with the drive to succeed

· Attention to detail and research skills

· Professionalism and commercial awareness

 What you'll get

· A high-performance environment where we take our work seriously but not ourselves

· Personalised training from our in-house Performance & Development team

· Starting salary $55,000pa & commission structure up to 50%!

· Incentives such as lunch clubs, afternoon tea and trips abroad

· Private healthcare, wellness and mental health support including access to free counselling services

· Friends in the office, regular team nights out and socials

 With global offices in London, Frankfurt, New York and Charlotte, we're also able to offer international secondment and relocation opportunities to the right individuals.

We're changing the game and we want you to change it with us. If people are at the core of everything you do and you want to work in an environment where you can truly be yourself, get in touch.

Our Culture

Our standard office work schedule comprises five days a week, reflecting our commitment to collaboration and in-person interactions. However, we also offer flexible arrangements, allowing employees the option to work four days in the office to support our colleagues achieving a healthy work-life balance while ensuring continued productivity and engagement.

 Equal opportunities statement

At Dartmouth Partners, we know that high achievers come from all walks of life. Diversity is important to us and we are committed to providing equal opportunities for all of our candidates.