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Welcome Employers

Your Gateway to Talent

Explore our services and benefits tailored for employers.

One Partner for Every Hire You Need to Make

From a single day's cover to a permanent leadership appointment, we recruit across the public sector, from schools and colleges to healthcare, local government and housing. Whatever the vacancy, you deal with one team and one process.

Temporary, permanent or interim. All handled properly.

Our consultants work sector by sector, so the shortlist you see reflects the realities of your setting: term dates and timetables, service pressures, and the standards the people you serve depend on.

Vetting, safeguarding and compliance are completed before a candidate reaches your shortlist, so when you are ready to appoint you can move quickly with confidence.

Education and public sector professionals in conversation at a Dovetail & Slate event

Why Employers Choose Us

Sector specialists, not generalists

Every consultant here works a defined patch of the public sector, so the person handling your vacancy already understands your setting, your compliance requirements and the pressures on your team.

That focus is what shapes the shortlist you receive: people who fit the role and the organisation, rather than CVs sent to fill a gap.

Wherever you are in the UK, you get a named consultant who knows your region and stays with you from first brief through to placement.

90+

Specialist consultants

A team that recruits public sector roles all day, every day.

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UK offices

London, Bristol, Manchester and Leeds, with national reach.

200+

Years of combined experience

Sector knowledge built up across the whole team.

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Public sector specialisms

From primary and FE to healthcare, housing and local government.

Our Services

How we help you staff with confidence

Whatever the vacancy, we tailor the search to your organisation, your timeline and your budget.

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Temporary & Supply

Cover for absence, peak demand or specialist projects — vetted professionals who can start fast.

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02

Permanent Recruitment

Long-term hires matched on skills, values and cultural fit, backed by a thorough vetting process.

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Executive Search & Interim

Senior and leadership appointments across education and the public sector, handled with discretion.

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Benefits

Why employers partner with us

The advantages of working with a specialist agency, not a generalist one.

Sector specialists

We understand Ofsted, CQC, funding constraints and safeguarding because we deal with them daily.

Quality over quantity

A shortlist of carefully matched candidates, each personally interviewed and vetted.

Rigorous vetting

Enhanced DBS, references, qualification checks and safeguarding interviews as standard on every placement.

Ongoing partnership

Retention check-ins and workforce planning support after the placement is made.

National reach, local knowledge

Offices in Bristol, Manchester, Leeds and London with genuinely local candidate networks.

Compliance handled

Right to work, qualifications and safeguarding checks completed before a candidate reaches your shortlist.

Ready to find your next great hire?

Tell us what you need and a specialist consultant will get straight back to you to talk it through.