The Headhunters Recruitment – Junior Recruitment Manager – Agency – Toronto, ON

Company: The Headhunters Recruitment

Location: Toronto, ON

Expected salary: $80000 – 95000 per year

Job date: Sat, 02 Aug 2025 22:24:22 GMT

Job description: This role requires proven experience in agency recruitment, along with demonstrated success leading a team within an agency environment.We’re looking for a remote Junior Recruitment Manager in the recruiting and professional services industry.
Our client is a high-growth, performance-driven recruitment agency with a strong presence across Canada. They specialize in sourcing top-tier talent in the sales sector and are known for their high-energy culture, clear values, and zero-politics mindset. This is a team that celebrates wins, values discipline and continuously improves what matters.The Junior Recruitment Manager will support the leadership of a growing recruitment team, helping to drive performance, support team development, and contribute hands-on to search efforts. This is a great opportunity for a achievement focused junior leader that is ready to step into people leadership and grow with a scaling organization.Junior Recruitment Manager responsibilities:

  • Support and coach a team of 3–4 recruiters
  • Coach, mentor and lead candidate sourcing, headhunting, candidate cold calling, screening, relationship building and offer negotiations
  • Help track team KPIs and ensure individual and team performance goals are met
  • Collaborate on hiring and onboarding as the team grows
  • Use platforms like Salesforce, Slack, Google Meet, and 90.io to manage team communication and reporting
  • Work closely with leadership to align recruitment execution with business goals
  • Participate in daily huddles, weekly one-on-ones, and performance check-ins

The successful candidate has:

  • 5–7 years of recruitment experience in an agency environment is required
  • 1–2 years of team leadership experience, including mentoring, coaching, training, and supporting an agency recruitment team, is a must
  • Experience in sales agency recruitment is preferred and considered a strong asset
  • Proven ability to motivate, inspire, and lead a high-performing team in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment
  • A natural driver who is achievement-focused, goal-oriented, and thrives in a performance-driven setting
  • Confident leadership style with the ability to lead by example, manage performance, provide constructive feedback, and identify training gaps to support team success
  • Highly skilled in headhunting, sourcing, cold calling and offer negotiations
  • A strong track record of meeting KPIs and consistently contributing to team goals
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
  • Tech-savvy, with experience using both an ATS and CRM; experience with Salesforce is an asset
  • A proactive, motivating, and collaborative working style
  • Must be based in Canada and able to work full-time during Eastern Time Zone hours

Compensation and benefits:

  • The discussed salary range is $80,000 – $95,000 depending on experience
  • Candidates with additional experience and higher compensation expectations may also be considered
  • Commission and quarterly bonuses
  • Comprehensive benefits package
  • Remote-first work environment (Eastern Time Zone hours required)
  • Potential opportunities for advancement as the company scales

Candidates must be eligible to work in Canada. Only candidates selected to move forward in the hiring process will be contacted.