Candidates

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We are a well-known and respected boutique consultancy based in the heart of London’s Covent Garden, recruiting for a wide range of London and Home Counties firms and organisations, across all aspects of office support staff.

One thing that really distinguishes us is the length of our experience! Covent Garden Recruitment has over 30 years of experience across its consultancy teams – they know their stuff and are keen to show you just how they can help you develop your career.

Although recruitment looks a bit different now – our core values remain, as does our approach to helping you and our clients find the best people to fit in with both your and their needs!

At Covent Garden we pride ourselves on our close-knit teamwork. For clients, this means that they get the benefit of all our combined years of experience and for you, it means we leave no stone unturned in our endeavours to get you the best possible job. A team result for all…

What can we provide

Expertise, good governance and an ear! We listen to everyone first and fore most. Good end-results always follow clear and concise instructions. So, if we hear and understand what both you and the client are saying and wanting – we can act accordingly to those needs! A great result for all…

Here at the CGR we provide a full range of support staff for temp, perm and contract roles. We prefer to meet all our candidates face to face to ensure not only do they have the skills needed for a particular role but that they are the right fit for both you and of course the client.


Our clients come to us because of the sector specific expertise we have built up over the years, namely some but not all of the following:

Administration

Good Administrators are always an asset! Whether they need candidates with an excellent customer service background for their membership team or qualified project coordinators to keep everything on track, we have a wide range of administrative roles to suit your need.

We look for candidates with excellent MS Office skills as well as the ability to prioritise a busy workload. Some other admin roles we regularly recruit for could include – Database Assistants, Project Coordinators, Programme Coordinators, Client Services Coordinators and Managers and many more.

Secretarial, EA, PA or Office Manager

Experienced PAs with brilliant transferrable skills are always in demand. We are constantly recruiting candidates with the skills and experience to support busy Directors, Executives and CEOs.

All our candidates will be confident managing busy diaries and making complex travel arrangements and will have a range of sector specific skills so for example if you are a Team Secretary with a Property experience, an EA with a City background or a Legal Secretary with excellent typing we are sure we can help you find the right role to match your background.

Manage and run a happy, hectic office with charm, skill and dedication? Let us see your CV!

Membership and Education

We recruit extensively for Membership Bodies, Royal Colleges and Societies and Professional Institutes. So, if you have the relevant experience with excellent customer service skills our clients would be delighted knowing that their client’ members are getting the very best support.

Other areas covered could include Education, Qualifications Bodies/Organisations, Projects and Programmes Officers or Training / HR Coordinators.

Finance & Accounts

Covent Garden can help you find the best finance role available based on your financial wizardry. Whether as an Accounts Administrator with excellent Excel skills confident handling a high volume of invoices or a fully qualified Management Accountant – we are here to figure it all out for you!

Other areas covered include specialist roles with excellent Sales/Purchase Ledger, Pensions, Payroll or Reporting skills. Credit Control and Banking reconciliation to name but a few…

Marketing & Communications

Good Marketing and Communications skills are increasingly in demand. We are constantly recruiting for excellent candidates with social media skills, confident creating content and taking charge of large on-line marketing campaigns.

Whether you are somebody who can promote Events and coordinate Conferences or are able to assist in ‘up-selling’ membership benefits in a clear and creative manner we may have just the job for you.

Events & Conferences

We have recruited for a full range of Events roles, from Administrators and Assistants with top notch customer service experience together with excellent organisational skills to Conference producers and Managers. Some require the experience to create new events programmes which would reflect the needs of their clients and members.

Therefore, excellent planning and logistics skills together with the ability to confidently manage and adhere to budgets in order to produce the kind of events which will both impress their clients, this will of course act as excellent business development opportunities for both you and the client.

Policy & Research

Policy is a real growth area for us. Whether you are a bright graduate with excellent research skills or an industry expert with a proven track record taking the lead on projects and formulating strategy, let us have your CV. We are sure we can help in the longterm.

If you are interested in working with us to find your next permanent, temp or contract role then please either submit your CV to us via our website, send us an email to: Info@coventgardenrecruitment.co.uk or call one of our Recruitment Consultants on 020 3675 8800