Stephanie McCleery

Director

UK

Steph began her recruitment career in 2001 and since then has worked with a broad range of clients across the Southern Home Counties, the West End and The City of London. She manages the London commerce and industry team for permanent hires, plus the Thames Valley, M4 Corridor and Home Counties team for permanent and contract positions. She recruits mid to senior HR hires across disciplines. Steph has implemented and led RPOs, recruited across temporary, interim and permanent positions and supported businesses and candidates in salary benchmarking, networking events and running recruitment workshops.

Read Steph’s market commentary for 2022 here.

  • Legal

Learning and Development Administrator

L&D Administrator Professional Services sector£22,000 – £30,000 + great benefitsColchester, Essex / Hybrid 12 month contract with strong possibility to go permanent. An exciting opportunity for someone who has had an insight to L&D and would like to start a career in this area! This role is to support the L&D team who look after […]
  • Salary GBP22000 – GBP30000 per annum + great corporate benefits
  • Posted Posted 4 days ago
  • Retail/e-Commerce

L&D Manager

L&D Manager £60,000 – £65,000 + car, LTIP, Strong bonus and other benefits Hertfordshire, hybrid, with UK travel This is an exciting opportunity to work for an international business based in south Hertfordshire, working for a customer focused, multi-site organisation who are expanding further overseas, this is a time of growth for them You will […]
  • Salary GBP60000 – GBP65000 per annum + car allowance, good bonus, LTIP
  • Posted Posted 4 days ago
  • Banking

L&D Manager

Learning and Development Manager Watford, Hertfordshire / Hybrid working £50,000 – £60,000 + strong benefits This is a standalone L&D Manager role working for a mid sized organisation in the financial services sector, you will be responsible for design and delivery of the learning and coaching for the business working closely with HR and the […]
  • Salary GBP50000 – GBP60000 per annum + strong benefits
  • Posted Posted 2 weeks ago
  • Professional Services
  • Retail/e-Commerce

Early Careers Talent Director

Early Careers Talent Director Oxford £130,000 – £150,000 + excellent benefits Hybrid – 2 – 3 days in the office per week A very exciting opportunity is available for an Early Careers Talent Director to lead the high profile graduate and MBA program for a c1000 employee, global organisation and to not only lead the […]
  • Salary GBP130000 – GBP150000 per annum + car, hybrid, pension + more
  • Posted Posted 2 weeks ago
  • Technology

HR Business Partner

HR Business partner £58,000 – £68,000 + Strong benefits Hybrid working – office presence only when needed (Bedford approx. 1 – 2 days a week). Are you a disruptive HR practitioner, do you challenge the way things are done and want to make the people strategy the best it can be for everyone? Due to […]
  • Salary GBP55000 – GBP68000 per annum + Hybrid, healthcare, pension
  • Posted Posted 2 weeks ago
  • FMCG/Consumer goods

L&D Manager

L&D Manager St Albans, Hybrid working £65,000 – £75,000 + bonus, incl. car allowance, pension, hybrid working An exciting opportunity for an experienced Learning and Development Manager to lead the L&D offering and strategy A UK multi-site, multi-discipline organisation in the FMCG sector, you will fully own L&D, creating and delivering an already established portfolio […]
  • Salary GBP65000 – GBP75000 per annum + Car, bonus, pension
  • Posted Posted 2 weeks ago
  • Professional Services

HR Manager

HR Manager Brentwood, Essex, £60,000 – £70,000 + excellent benefits including hybrid working, pension, healthcare, discretionary bonus Hybrid – either 3 or 4 days in the office Working for an accounting and finance firm, this is a strategic HR Manager role and reports into the HR Director being a role you can really make your […]
  • Salary GBP60000 – GBP70000 per annum + Hybrid, bonus, pension, healthcare
  • Posted Posted 2 weeks ago
  • Professional Services
  • Technology

Head of Training Products

Head of Programmes Milton Keynes / Hybrid working 1 – 2 times a month £60 – £80k + Benefits & Bonus Working for an innovative solutions business that consult with many clients across the UK. This role is to manage the portfolio of learning and training programmes that they offer to their clients, managing, creating […]
  • Salary GBP60000 – GBP80000 per annum + strong benefits
  • Posted Posted 3 weeks ago
  • Banking

Talent Acquisition

Talent Acquisition, 6 month temporary/FTCWatford (Hybrid 3 days a week in office)£180 – £220 per day This is a great opportunity for either an agency recruiter looking to move to internal TA or someone already with experience of in-house recruitment to join this organisation in a busy time to manage a range of roles up […]
  • Salary Up to GBP180 per day
  • Posted Posted 1 month ago
  • Staffing/Recruiting

Team Administrator

Team Administrator Central London, 2 days a week 3 days at home £competitive with excellent benefits, Hybrid working, 25 days Holiday, healthcare, pension, charity days, social events Frazer Jones are the HR specific recruitment division of the SR Group, and due to growth and being so busy, we have an exciting opportunity for an experienced […]
  • Salary excellent benefits
  • Posted Posted 1 month ago
  • Banking

L&D Manager

Learning and Development Manager Watford, Hertfordshire / Hybrid working £50,000 – £55,000 + strong benefits This is a standalone L&D Manager role working for a mid sized organisation in the financial services sector, you will be responsible for design and delivery of the learning and coaching for the business working closely with HR and the […]
  • Salary GBP50000 – GBP55000 per annum + strong benefits
  • Posted Posted 1 month ago
  • Banking

HR Business Partner

HR Business Partner Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire £50,000 – £60,000 + excellent benefits Hybrid working (3 days in the office with flex) An exciting opportunity to work for a financial services organisation based in Hertfordshire, due to growth and future planning they are looking to recruit an HR Business Partner to join the team. Working in an […]
  • Salary GBP50000 – GBP60000 per annum + strong benefits
  • Posted Posted 1 month ago

Steph’s Insights

  • Market Insight

February 2023 market overview: commerce and industry

  • Posted March 15, 2023
Across the UK’s commerce and industry sectors, we’ve pulled together a review of the live data we have captured in February 2023 – including London, Home Counties, West Midlands and South West England.  The market is still showing signs of increased hiring   After a slow January start, we saw an increase in job activity and […]
  • Market Insight

January 2023 market overview: commerce and industry

  • Posted February 15, 2023
Across the UK’s commerce and industry sectors, we’ve pulled together a review of the live data we have captured in January 2023 – including London, Home Counties, West Midlands and South West England. The start of 2023 has been a pretty unpredictable one. On one side, there has been a huge amount of activity on […]

2022 market overview: UK commerce and industry

  • Posted January 23, 2023
Across the UK’s commerce and industry sectors, we’ve pulled together a review of the live data we have captured in 2022 – including London, Home Counties, West Midlands and South West England. It was full steam ahead for HR recruitment in 2022 If you blinked, you may have missed 2022. It felt like a year […]

November 2022 market overview: commerce and industry

  • Posted December 9, 2022
Across the UK’s commerce and industry sectors, we’ve pulled together a review of the live data we have captured in November – covering London, Home Counties, West Midlands and Southwest England. The final push before Christmas In the run up to Christmas, the market usually sees a final influx of new jobs from businesses who […]
  • Market Insight

October 2022 market overview: commerce and industry

  • Posted November 3, 2022
Across the UK’s commerce and industry sectors, we’ve pulled together a review of the live data we have captured in October – London, Home Counties, West Midlands and South West England. Stabilising vacancies “The sectors consistently recruiting are in the technology, oil and energy, and retail space.” Indicators are showing that we have now reached […]
  • Market Insight

September market overview: commerce and industry

  • Posted October 5, 2022
What’s happening in commerce and industry? Across the UK’s commerce and industry sectors, we’ve pulled together a review of the live data we have captured in September – covering London, Home Counties, West Midlands and South West England. We saw an increase in vacancies in August with a spike by around 30% from June and […]
  • CV and Interview

Interview guide

  • Posted April 8, 2022
How do I prepare for an interview? In most cases, your recruitment consultant should be able to assist you with your preparation, but conducting your own research will certainly help. Know the company. Look into the organisation’s performance, study their website, blogs, social media sites and research relevant articles on their recent activity. Have they won […]
  • Salary Guide

Learning and development and talent acquisition salaries in the Thames Valley, M4 Corridor and Home Counties

  • Posted April 24, 2021
How much should Learning and development and talent acquisition professionals be paid in the Thames Valley, M4 Corridor and Home Counties? Our Thames Valley, M4 Corridor and Home Counties salary survey has detailed information on pay within these regions.  Learning and development salaries We are slowly starting to see Learning and Development roles on the hiring agenda again. […]
  • CV and Interview

How to survive a video interview

  • Posted March 24, 2020
I have recruited many positions across the UK & Ireland and video interviews have been a regular part of my day-to-day recruitment life for a long time now. However, no one really advises you on how to conduct yourself or the best etiquette to have on a video call and if you haven’t done one […]