Department: UK Sales
Employment Type: Full Time
Location: Wimbledon
Compensation: £26,000 / year
Location: Wimbledon, Southwest London
Salary: £26,000 base + uncapped commission
If you’re ambitious, competitive, and want a career that rewards hard work and results, recruitment could be your next move, and there’s no better place to learn it than at Harnham.
We’re a global leader in Data & AI recruitment, helping some of the most innovative companies in the world hire the people shaping the future. Whether you’re a graduate or making a career change, our Academy Training Program provides the structure and support to help you succeed from day one.
What You’ll Be Doing
As a Recruitment Consultant at Harnham, you’ll:
Your Training and Development
You’ll begin your journey through the Harnham Academy, a structured training program combining classroom learning and on-the-job experience. Starting in a candidate-focused role, you’ll build your market knowledge and develop the skills needed to progress into 360 recruitment, managing both clients and candidates.Our program includes ongoing coaching, regular reviews, and access to senior mentors to help you grow your career quickly and confidently.
Who We’re Looking For
We’re not looking for experience, we’re looking for potential. You’ll thrive at Harnham if you:
Previous experience in customer-facing or sales roles is helpful, but not required.
Why Harnham
Join an industry that’s growing fast, and a company that will help you grow with it.
Apply now to join our 2026 intake.
Why the Harnham Academy is different
The Academy is a dedicated learning environment built specifically for new starters. You are a full time employee from day one, with a clear development framework, classroom training, and on-desk practice running alongside each other.
During your first months you will learn how to:
• Sell opportunities and pitch roles to candidates• Build relationships and influence decisions• Run interview processes end to end• Develop commercial awareness within a fast moving market• Progress toward managing your own client relationships
You will join one of our specialist Data and AI teams, sitting alongside experienced recruiters while also receiving structured training run by our Learning and Development team.
Training Timeline and Progression
Your development is mapped out clearly from day one:
Months 1 to 3You build candidate management skills, learn tools, process, sourcing, screening and communication fundamentals.
Month 3 ReviewYou will be reviewed for progression into Business Development training or continue to deepen your delivery experience depending on readiness.
Months 4 to 6Either begin BD Academy one day per week to learn sales and client acquisition, or continue developing in a 180 role before progressing later.
From this point, you are on the path to becoming a 360 Consultant, taking ownership for both clients and candidates and earning uncapped commission on every placement.
Harnham provides specialist Data and AI recruitment and staffing services, along with bespoke training solutions, across multiple industry verticals, operating in the UK, the USA and EU - contact us today to discuss your requirements: info@harnham.com
Our recruitment and talent teams cover all aspects of the data and AI pipeline, from collection to consumption, across multiple data roles and functions.
Whether you need full-time staff, contract talent, specialized training, Data-qualified graduates, or C-suite executives, Harnham Group is equipped to fulfill all your data talent requirements.
Our five core services:
* ATD - Rockborne – our graduate development arm – deploys expertly trained data consultants, who have gone through an intensive 12-week data training programme. After two years in the scheme, your consultant could become a
* Contract / C2C / Freelance: Whether you're addressing a talent shortage, augmenting a project team, or encountering resource gaps, our specialist consultants offer bespoke interim talent solutions to address your unique challenges and drive success.
* Full-Time / Direct Hiring: From early career professionals to senior management, our comprehensive services enable you to unearth outstanding data talent across various specializations, ensuring your organization thrives in the data-driven era.
* Executive Search: With our dedicated executive search team and an extensive network encompassing the director to C-suite level, we assist both global corporations and ambitious startups in securing top-tier leadership talent to accomplish their goals.
* GenAI, Prompt, LLM Training: Elevate your team's data expertise with our all-encompassing training programs covering essential tools and technologies such as Python, SQL, Machine Learning, LLM’s and AI. Highly bespoke, customised to your team learning requirements and budgets.
