Case Study | Specialist Permanent Recruitment - The Shared Learning Trust

​Education expertise guiding a successful campaign

The Shared Learning Trust required a Financial Controller with education experience to join their dynamic department focused on the achievement and sharing of excellent practice. It was pivotal that the right skills were found to augment and help drive the newly shaped department.

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Priorities supported:

• Source a first-class accountant with expertise and up-to-date knowledge of the education sector; either emerging talent or a finance professional already working at controller level

• Work with a consultancy with proven results in education and permanent recruitment

• Engage with sector specialist with a comprehensive network of talent

Experience applied:

• Our in-depth understanding of the education sector enabled us to pinpoint key criteria for the initial screening

• Engaged by the client following a targeted communication to the Financial Director which outlined our previous success within education

• Primarily conducted our search within our known network to gain either interest or referrals

Outcomes delivered:

• From a longlist of 26 candidates, three were shortlisted and forwarded to the client with detailed summaries of their suitability

• All three candidates were invited to a first-round interview, of whom two were moved to the second round

• Following their successful final interview, our candidate was adding value to the department within three weeks

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“Venn Group are a specialist supplier in my area of need, easy to deal with and professional. A great agency.”

Talent Acquisition Specialist

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Discuss your Education Finance recruitment requirements with:

​	​ Ricky Angell Senior Executive Consultant rangell@venngroup.com 01908 295 000