Elevation Recruitment Group is one of the largest and most experienced, specialist recruitment businesses in the region with over 50 specialist employees and a team that, combined, has over 300+ years of recruitment experience.
Our leadership team have over 150+ years of combined experience within specialist recruitment across Yorkshire and the North of England.
We are a group of highly entrepreneurial individuals that are passionate about growing an ethically-driven, forward-thinking specialist recruitment business.
One that constantly delivers a quality service above and beyond our clients’ expectations.
Recruits within: All Executive Level roles from £80k+
Locations: Nationwide
Recruits within: Engineering & Manufacturing sector - Leadership and General Management vacancies from £50k+
Locations: Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and East Midlands.
Recruits within: Permanent, Interim and Temporary Senior Finance Appointments from £50,000 - £80,000
Recruits within: Business Support
Locations: South Yorkshire, Derbyshire
Recruits within: HR Senior Leadership Roles
Locations: Yorkshire, Humberside, Lincolnshire and the East Midlands
Locations: Yorkshire, Humberside, Lincolnshire and the East Midlands
Recruits within: Engineering & Manufacturing Senior Leadership & Director Appointments
Locations: Yorkshire, Humberside, Lincolnshire and the East Midlands
Recruits within: Transactional & Part Qualified Finance
Locations: Yorkshire & Derbyshire
Our leadership team have over 150+ years of combined experience within specialist recruitment across Yorkshire and the North of England.
We are a group of highly entrepreneurial individuals that are passionate about growing an ethically-driven, forward-thinking specialist recruitment business.
One that constantly delivers a quality service above and beyond our clients’ expectations.
Recruits within: All Executive Level roles from £80k+
Locations: Nationwide
Recruits within: Engineering & Manufacturing sector - Leadership and General Management vacancies from £50k+
Locations: Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and East Midlands.
Recruits within: Permanent, Interim and Temporary Senior Finance Appointments from £50,000 - £80,000
Recruits within: Business Support
Locations: South Yorkshire, Derbyshire
Recruits within: HR Senior Leadership Roles
Locations: Yorkshire, Humberside, Lincolnshire and the East Midlands
Locations: Yorkshire, Humberside, Lincolnshire and the East Midlands
Recruits within: Engineering & Manufacturing Senior Leadership & Director Appointments
Locations: Yorkshire, Humberside, Lincolnshire and the East Midlands
Recruits within: Transactional & Part Qualified Finance
Locations: Yorkshire & Derbyshire
Our leadership team have over 150+ years of combined experience within specialist recruitment across Yorkshire and the North of England.
We are a group of highly entrepreneurial individuals that are passionate about growing an ethically-driven, forward-thinking specialist recruitment business.
One that constantly delivers a quality service above and beyond our clients’ expectations.
Recruits within: All Executive Level roles from £80k+
Locations: Nationwide
Lee Bhandal is the Managing Partner of Parkinson | Lee Executive Search and Board Director of Elevation Recruitment Group. He has over 18 years executive search experience recruiting senior level appointments across London, Thames Valley and, for the last 15 years, across Yorkshire and the North of England. Lee has an outstanding reputation for service delivery and has built a professional network that is second to none across Yorkshire. He has acted as a trusted career advisor and executive search partner to many of the local region's business leaders and has conducted a vast number of advertised search and headhunt campaigns on behalf of many Blue Chip, SME, Public Sector and Private Equity backed organisations. As Managing Partner of Parkinson | Lee Executive Search, Lee drives the brand forward and works closely with client’s day to day, recruiting for Board, Executive and Senior Management level appointments across the UK. In 2014, Lee was part of the Group Board team that successfully completed an MBO of Elevation Recruitment Group and secured high-level investment from HSBC to continue the growth of the Group.Recruits within: Engineering & Manufacturing sector - Leadership and General Management vacancies from £50k+
Locations: Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and East Midlands.
John is a Senior Director at Elevation Recruitment Group and business lead for our specialist Engineering & Manufacturing brand. John is also a key member of the Leadership Team and Board Director of Elevation Recruitment. John joined the Group back in March 2012 to launch our Engineering and Manufacturing brand. With over 12 year’s experience within Engineering and Manufacturing recruitment, John has a real enthusiasm and deep understanding of the sector and arguably the largest specialist candidate and client network within the local Engineering and Manufacturing sector. He is passionate about UK manufacturing and engineering and works closely with institutions such as the IMechE, IET and IChemE to promote the industry and the career opportunities offered within all disciplines. John is very hands-on with his team, which is the largest of its kind within Engineering and Manufacturing recruitment across Yorkshire, and personally works on a retained basis in the pursuit of Leadership and General Management professionals across the Engineering & Manufacturing sector on behalf of an extensive number of SME, PLC and PE backed businesses.Recruits within: Permanent, Interim and Temporary Senior Finance Appointments from £50,000 - £80,000
Recruits within: Business Support
Locations: South Yorkshire, Derbyshire
Recruits within: HR Senior Leadership Roles
Locations: Yorkshire, Humberside, Lincolnshire and the East Midlands
Locations: Yorkshire, Humberside, Lincolnshire and the East Midlands
Recruits within: Engineering & Manufacturing Senior Leadership & Director Appointments
Locations: Yorkshire, Humberside, Lincolnshire and the East Midlands
Recruits within: Transactional & Part Qualified Finance
Locations: Yorkshire & Derbyshire
Abbie sits in our Accountancy & Finance division where she specialises in filling Senior Interim roles. Previously, she has worked in the Transactional Finance field, but still with a focus on Interim positions. As a result, she’s well versed in the need for quick, efficient candidate sourcing for short-term vacancies. With 3 years’ experience of recruiting in Finance, Abbie knows that the sector is full of talented, hardworking candidates. She has a passion for finding these candidates the roles they need – whether that’s in response to an urgent need, or to source a long-term, temp-to-perm opportunity.
Abbie Goodison recruits within: Interim Qualified and Senior Finance
In the following locations: Yorkshire
Adam sits on our specialist Procurement & Supply Chain team, filling roles up to £40k salary. Adam appreciates the wide variety of roles available in procurement, supply, and logistics. In his words, the diversity leads to an interesting and dynamic recruitment portfolio. Never afraid of a challenge, Adam enjoys chasing a lead and getting to the heart of a case to find the perfect candidate-client match.
Adam Mason recruits within: Procurement & Supply
In the following locations: Yorkshire, East Midlands and Surrounding Regions
Amber is an experienced Executive Resourcer, specialising in Production Operations, QHSE, Maintenance Management and Design & Projects roles across Yorkshire. Amber takes the lead on the search and delivery of appointments on behalf of a comprehensive list of blue chip, SME manufacturing and process organisations. Throughout her resourcing career, Amber has built a solid reputation and established an unmatched network of highly reputable and experienced candidates as a result of her consistent, personable, and transparent approach.
Amber Davies recruits within: Senior QHSE and Senior Operation Management roles
In the following locations: West Yorkshire
Anna is a highly experienced Business Services Manager within our specialist Engineering & Manufacturing team, with over 15 years recruitment experience under her belt. Anna specialises in Production roles, including Team Leaders, Supervisors, Shift Managers, Production Managers, and Operations Managers. She plays a crucial role in the service delivery and relationship management of an extensive number of the region’s leading manufacturing and engineering employers.
It is very clear when engaging with Anna that she is a true industry expert with a deep-rooted understanding of the sector. She is conscious of every assignment outcome she manages for her clients. Her career advice, coaching, and support is second to none within her field, leading her to receive regular referrals from her candidates.
Anna Morgan recruits within: Manufacturing and Production Professionals.
In the following locations: Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and the East Midlands.
Ben is one of the regions most experienced senior finance recruiters and has over 7 years specialist experience, gained in the Yorkshire market. At Elevation he specialises in permanent Senior Finance recruitment, predominantly placing Financial Controller, Head of Finance and Finance Director level candidates across the Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire regions. Ben has an impressive track record of successful placements and a strong market knowledge built up from his 7 years dedicated to recruiting in Yorkshire. His personable and honest approach has led to a vast number of candidates and clients seeking out both his recruitment advice and service on a regular and often exclusive basis. He has a straight talking and consultative approach that delivers top quality results and ensures he is able to make placements that suit the needs of both his clients and candidates. Ben is a proud Yorkshireman, who thrives when working in the local marketplace and playing his part in helping a wide variety of businesses and individuals develop and grow. His established candidate network and extensive local knowledge are huge assets and ones that he utilises to full effect when shortlisting for his clients. This specialist knowledge allows him to add genuine value to the clients he works with and help him secure them the very best talent the market has to offer. Ben works alongside Andy Bath and recruits permanent Senior Finance roles across Yorkshire in the £60,000 - £100,000 salary range.
Ben Graney recruits within: Senior Finance
In the following locations: Yorkshire
Beth specialises within Transactional & Part Qualified Finance positions on a permanent basis within North & West Yorkshire and the surrounding areas. She has over 7 years' experience in the recruitment industry, most recently specialising within our Accountancy & Finance division where she has built up an outstanding reputation based both on her commitment and market knowledge. Beth’s process is rigorous and thorough, allowing her to identify the best candidates in the market to enable her to shortlist accurately the first time. She is dedicated to both her clients and candidates to ensure she matches not only the correct skill set but also the right personality and cultural fit as she understands just how important this is. Given her extensive experience and personalised approach; Beth is able to offer sound career advice to candidates who often refer her to family and friends based on the tailored and memorable service they have received.
Beth Batty recruits within: Transactional & Part Qualified Finance
In the following locations: North & West Yorkshire
Beth is a specialist in the recruitment of maintenance and reliability professionals across Yorkshire and East Midlands. She has extensive experience in sourcing both permanent and contract candidates for engineering, supervision, and management level roles. Her unique ability to understand a variety of technical profiles and fundamental requirements enables her to accurately search the market to match the experience, qualifications, personal attributes and cultural fit for both clients and candidates. Beth’s passion for engineering recruitment and exceptionally rigorous service has allowed her to build a key network of long-standing trusted relationships.
Beth Roberts recruits within: Engineering & Manufacturing
In the following locations: Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and East Midlands
Bethany provides key administrative support to the Accountancy & Finance Team, undertaking an array of duties including CV preparation, posting job adverts and providing high quality candidate resourcing support. Bethany takes lead in ensuring that all candidate records are fully compliant, this includes a full right to work vetting process, identification and qualification checks; filed and maintained compliant with GDPR. Alongside this, Bethany supports the department directors with the recoding and monitoring of commercial information and continuous training & development of the team. Bethany is used to working in a fast-paced environment and strives to provide high quality support for the Accountancy & Finance team in a proficient and responsive manner.
Carl joined Elevation Recruitment Group as the Associate Director for the Procurement and Supply Chain discipline leading a dedicated team of experienced consultants for Permanent, Interim and Temporary specialists at all levels across the Yorkshire and Humber region. Carl has 13 years’ experience managing contingent, retained and search assignments, preferred supplier agreements and long term accounts within SME, Public Sector, FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 businesses. His consultative style and approach has led to many of his clients successfully obtaining the best candidates within the Yorkshire market. Above all, Carl prides himself on his professional and technical expertise, service delivery, integrity, professional network and ability to build long-term relationships. He has a strong and established network of both candidates and clients thought out the Yorkshire region.
Carl Walker recruits within: Specialises in Senior Procurement and Supply Chain positions in the Yorkshire and Humber regions
In the following locations: Yorkshire and Humber.
Cerri is a seasoned Recruitment Consultant in our Accountancy & Finance division, specialising in Transactional Finance roles across North and West Yorkshire. With over 3 years of experience in internal and agency recruitment, Cerri thoroughly understands each business's needs, matching candidates based on skill set, personality, and cultural fit. Her dedication to exceeding expectations is evident in her strong, long-lasting client and candidate relationships.
Cerri Goodinson recruits within: Transactional Finance
In the following locations: North & West Yorkshire
Charlie is a Senior Consultant within our Accountancy & Finance division. With over 6 years of recruitment experience, Charlie has built a strong reputation as a consistently high-performing recruiter. Charlie works proactively to meet her clients’ requirements for these business-critical roles. She is rigorous in presenting an accurate shortlist, meeting with every candidate face-to-face to ensure potential hires have the right skill sets and are the appropriate cultural fit.
Charlie Harrison recruits within: Accountancy & Finance
In the following locations: Yorkshire, the Humber & Surrounding Regions
Charlie is an experienced Senior Graphic Designer and key member of the Elevation Marketing Team. They are responsible for continually developing the Elevation Brand and the 8 core divisions in every visual aspect, from graphic design, brand identity, typography, and the Adobe Creative Suite. Charlie is instrumental in working with our brand leaders to deliver creative and innovative design solutions, to strengthen our brand proposition and deliver effective campaigns for our clients and candidates.
Charlotte is a passionate Resourcer for our Sales and Marketing division. She is responsible for identifying and connecting exceptional Sales and Marketing talent with leading organisations – understanding their business objectives in order to make the best match possible. Before joining Elevation, Charlotte worked in a 360 Recruitment Advisor position for a year where she developed a wealth of knowledge within the staffing and employment industry. She has a proven track record of sourcing and placing top-performing Sales and Marketing professionals for various industries.
Charlotte Bates recruits within: Sales and Marketing
In the following locations: Yorkshire and the Surrounding Areas
Charlotte Pike is a Recruitment Consultant within the Marketing team, focused on mid to senior-level marketing positions in the Yorkshire area. With over 5 years of recruitment experience in the region, Charlotte has worked in a multi-specialist environment, gaining a deep understanding of the local market. Her passion lies in recruiting marketing specialists, particularly in areas such as PPC, SEO, and Marketing Agency recruitment. Charlotte is dedicated to providing exceptional service to both clients and candidates, and her expertise in the field enables her to provide valuable insights and advice to support successful placements.
Charlotte Pike recruits within: Marketing
A Senior Consultant in our Engineering and Manufacturing division, Chris specialises in recruiting Quality, Health & Safety, and Environment professionals, from entry level to management. Chris’s passion for engineering recruitment and exceptionally rigorous service has allowed him to build a key network of long-standing trusted relationships. His unique ability to understand a variety of technical profiles and fundamental requirements enables him to accurately search the market to match the experience, qualifications, personal attributes and cultural fit for both clients and candidates.
Chris Savage recruits within: Engineering & Manufacturing
In the following locations: Yorkshire, East Midlands & Surrounding areas
An experienced Consultant with a demonstrated history of working in the staffing and recruiting industry. Specialising within Procurement & Supply Chain appointments, across Yorkshire. Dan’s areas of expertise include the recruitment of Buyer, Senior Buyers, Materials / Demand / Forecasts or Production Planners, Expeditors, Warehouse Management and Import & Export co-ordinating roles. Dan has exceptional capabilities in managing client accounts and acquiring solutions for customer requirements. Dan plays a key role in the identification, attraction, and placement of Supply Chain professionals, whilst maintaining and actively building relationships with clients across the region. His passionate and consultative approach allows him to guide clients and candidates alike, through each stage of the recruitment process, whilst, advising where skill gaps can be bridged within Supply Chain teams and the career pathways achievable across this sector.
Dan King recruits within: Procurement & Supply Chain
In the following locations: Yorkshire, East Midlands & Surrounding areas
With 9 years’ recruitment experience, Demi is a Senior Consultant in our specialist Human Resources division, filling permanent junior to mid-level HR roles across Yorkshire. Demi loves the fast-paced hustle of recruitment. Every day is different when you’re working in a competitive market and Demi enjoys the challenge of it all. She looks forward to expanding her industry knowledge and bringing all her previous recruitment experience to the world of HR.
Demi Read recruits within: Human Resources
In the following locations: Yorkshire, East Midlands and the Surrounding Regions
As a Consultant within the Accountancy & Finance division at Elevation Recruitment Group, Ella specialises in the recruitment of temporary and interim part qualified and transactional finance professionals across Yorkshire and the surrounding regions. Being a part of the fast-paced interim finance team, she partners with a variety of clients across a range of sectors, to offer rapid recruitment solutions and market insights, whilst acting as a trusted career advisor for her candidates. She takes great pride in providing an accurate and high-quality service that surpasses expectations and strictly adheres to Elevation’s vetting and GDPR procedures.
Ella Beaumont recruits within: Transactional & Part Qualified Finance
In the following locations: Yorkshire and the surrounding regions
As a Consultant, Ella specialises in the recruitment of up-and-coming marketing professionals. Her personal passion for the sector, drives the unique and consultative service she delivers to both her candidates and clients alike. The in-depth knowledge she has of ever-changing technology and trends, allows her to advise her clients on skill gaps within in-house marketing teams, and subsequently identify and place the right people to bridge those gaps. The candidates she works with have a significant impact over many regional brands.
Ella Berry recruits within: Marketing
In the following locations: Yorkshire and the surrounding regions
Ellie is a specialist in the recruitment of Quality, Health & Safety, and Environment professionals across Yorkshire and the surrounding regions from entry level to management. With a warm, passionate and consultative approach, she prides herself on working with the best talent the industry has to offer. With previous expertise in the Engineering and Manufacturing recruitment, Ellie is able to offer an exquisitely tailored and professional recruitment solution to any QHSE position with her strong attention to detail. Ellie specialises in Quality roles underpinning ISO9001, ISO13485, AS9100, TS16949, ISO17025 standards, and HSE roles underpinning ISO14001, OHSAS18001 and ISO45001 in the Engineering & Manufacturing sector.
Ellie Danson recruits within: Quality, Health & Safety and Environment functions across all roles.
In the following locations: Yorkshire and surrounding areas
Emily works within Elevation’s internal marketing team, with a particular focus on communications and content. She has over 5 years’ experience as a copywriter and content creator, and a 1st class degree in Linguistics and English Language. Using her penchant for language, Emily supports the wider team with any written content they need, from blogs and social media posts to PR and event marketing collateral. Her goal is to improve brand perception, attract new talent, and showcase the team’s wealth of knowledge across all 8 specialised disciplines.
As a specialist consultant in the operations & production sector, Emma is an expert in recognising what makes a high-quality candidate. She assesses the essential role requirements before searching through a variety of technical profiles, looking for the appropriate skillsets, experience, qualifications, personal attributes, and a cultural fit. During her career in recruitment, Emma has established an untapped network of candidates and proudly partners with clients across the region. She is happy to advise on skill gaps and market trends, whilst sharing salary insights to drive her talent identification strategy.
Emma Bartholomew recruits within: Operations, Maintenance & Production Management
In the following locations: Yorkshire & Nottinghamshire
Emma is a Business Manager at Elevation Recruitment Group, specialising in the recruitment of Procurement & Supply Chain professionals. With over 10 years of experience in the recruitment industry, Emma has built a solid reputation as a trusted career advisor to her candidates, while establishing strong relationships with clients across the region. Emma has a proven track record of successfully recruiting for a range of senior roles throughout Yorkshire and across various sectors. Her extensive network of pre-vetted professionals enables her to respond quickly and efficiently to clients' recruitment needs. With her expertise and knowledge of stakeholder relationship management, Emma is committed to identifying and attracting exceptional talent to meet her clients' specific requirements.
Emma Bland recruits within: Procurement & Supply Chain
In the following locations: North & West Yorkshire
As a Senior Divisional Manager, Frankie specialises in and leads both, the Procurement & Supply Chain and Business Support divisions within Elevation Recruitment Group. Her focus is on growing these brands and establishing a solid reputation as the go-to recruitment brands across the region, through great relationships with both clients and candidate alike. With over 9 years of recruitment experience, she prides herself on offering a first-class service to deliver the best talents for her clients. She instils in her team the importance of operating a thorough and compliant recruitment process during each stage from, candidate screening, organisational mapping advice and career coaching and guidance.
Frankie Parker recruits within: Procurement & Supply, Business Support
In the following locations: Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and East Midlands
Gemma is an Executive Resourcing Manager at Elevation Recruitment Group specialising in the appointment of Director and Senior Leadership roles within the Engineering & Manufacturing sectors across Yorkshire and the surrounding regions. Gemma's team delivers executive and senior search assignments on behalf of a comprehensive list of blue chip and SME manufacturing and process organisations, working closely with our search team in the successful delivery of retained search mandates. Specifically, Gemma takes the lead on research, market mapping and talent identification, often working to very specific and demanding specifications. With 16+ years' recruitment experience, Gemma prides herself on delivering a consultative service and identifying the best individuals in the market. This includes Managing Directors, Site Directors, General Managers, Operations Directors, Directors of Engineering, Technical Directors, Manufacturing Directors, Production Directors; Design and Development Directors and Projects Directors.
Gemma Chapman recruits within: Director and Senior Leadership roles within the engineering and manufacturing
In the following locations: South Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and North Midlands
Hannah is part of the Transactional Finance Team, specialising in recruiting Temporary, Interim & Fixed Term Contract Finance professionals across Yorkshire and the surrounding regions. Hannah’s natural enthusiasm for the recruitment process has enabled her to develop an extensive network of professionals available to start temporary contracts immediately or on short notice. Hannah’s experience prior to joining Elevation Recruitment Group was a combination of Finance and Business Support recruitment which included working with a broad mix of clients across a range of industry sectors. Hannah prides herself on building and maintaining long-lasting relationships with clients and candidates and ensuring delivery on the promise of a high-quality service to both. Hannah is always committed to taking the time to really understand her client’s exact role requirements and is rigorous with her vetting so clients can be assured that they are obtaining the best quality temporary candidates available on the market for their short or long term requirements.
Hannah Guy recruits within: Accountancy and Finance - Transactional Finance up to £30,000
In the following locations: Yorkshire & surrounding areas
Helenna is a Senior Business Manager within our Accountancy & Finance division and specialises in the recruitment of interim and temporary Senior Finance appointments. Helenna plays an integral part in our well established, market leading Accountancy and Finance brand and advises and assists an extensive number of the local regions top finance talent in securing new career opportunities. With over 9 years Finance recruitment experience Helenna has developed market leading skills and knowledge, including organisational mapping advice, career coaching and guidance. Her career has included leading key talent acquisition projects in both corporate Finance institutions and as a trusted external recruitment partner across the UK and EMEA. Helenna prides herself on her service delivery both to candidates and clients alike and continually strives to provide the most consultative recruitment solutions as a market specialist.
Helenna Bell recruits within: Interim and Temporary Senior Finance Appointments from £35,000 - £120,000.
In the following locations: Yorkshire & Surrounding areas
As part of our Engineering & Manufacturing division, Jack is responsible for leading our specialist QHSE and Technical team and recruiting Senior Leadership positions within those areas. With previous expertise in the Engineering and Manufacturing industry, Jack is passionate about international standards, technical knowledge, and both technical and standard procedures in HSE and Quality divisions. He is enthusiastic about serving the SME and Blue-Collar clients with the highest calibre of service and candidates the industry has to offer.
With a wide network of candidates and clients across Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, and the East Midlands, Jack takes pride in his attention to detail. He provides a full consultative service that dives into the specifics of process, products, and service so that he can deliver a tailored and expert recruitment service.
Jack Heffren recruits within: Engineering & Manufacturing Engineering, Technical & CI
In the following locations: Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and East Midlands
Jake supports Elevation’s Engineering & Manufacturing division as a Resourcer. From distribution and site delivery to commercial and project management, Jake has experience in recruiting a wide variety of key roles at all levels. His enthusiasm for learning about the Engineering and Manufacturing sector means that he builds a deep and thorough understanding of each client’s needs and how the role applies to their long-term goals. Jake enjoys building relationships on both sides of the recruitment process and the ultimate reward of placing a quality candidate who is a great fit for the company.
Jake Shaw recruits within: Engineering & Manufacturing
In the following locations: Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, and the East Midlands
Jess Gazda is a committed and personable Senior Consultant within our Accountancy & Finance division, specialising in the recruitment of Temporary and Interim Transactional and Part Qualified professionals, across South Yorkshire and the Humber. As an experienced recruiter with exceptional relationship skills, Jess is able to thoroughly understand both the requirements of her clients and the motivations of her candidates. Jess prides herself on delivering tailored, impartial careers advice to her candidates and ensures that their values align to the company and roles they are pursuing, as well as their professional skills.
Jess Gazda recruits within: Temporary & Interim Transactional & Part Qualified Finance
In the following locations: South Yorkshire & the Humber
Kara is a Divisional Manager at Elevation Recruitment Group, overseeing the Sales and Marketing divisions. With over 10 years of sales recruitment experience and 9 years of sales experience, Kara is an expert in identifying and attracting top sales talent across the UK. She has developed strong, long-term relationships with clients in Yorkshire and the East Midlands, providing talented professionals for roles ranging from Business Development Managers and Account Managers to Senior Sales Managers. Kara's expertise is not limited to sales recruitment; she is also responsible for leading the Marketing division, playing a critical role in growing the company's brand in the region. She is dedicated to finding candidates who not only possess the necessary skills and experience but also align with the values and culture of the businesses they work for.
Kara Ellison recruits within: Sales & Marketing
In the following locations: National
Katy specialises in the recruitment of a wide range of technical engineering and Continuous Improvement professionals within Engineering & Manufacturing across South, West & North Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and the East Midlands. She is enthusiastic about servicing SME and Blue-Collar clients with the highest calibre of candidate the industry has to offer. Throughout her career, Katy has established a highly respected reputation, assisting clients with their ever-growing recruitment demands. Katy is able to successfully match candidates, not only based on their qualifications, skills and experience, but also in alignment with the culture and values of her client’s business’.
Katy Emmott recruits within: Engineering & Manufacturing Engineering, Technical & CI
In the following locations: Across the Yorkshire region
Kelly is a highly knowledgeable Business Manager with over 9 years of specialist experience in the recruitment of Temporary and Interim Business Support professionals. Her remit covers short and long-term temporary placements for a wide variety of businesses within the Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire regions. Throughout the years, she has built a key network of readily available candidates, which enables her to support my clients with their immediate business critical requirements. She take great pride in the quality of her candidate pool and the delivery turnaround time. She is rigorous in her screening process and ensure that she meets every candidate face-to-face (virtually in a Covid world), whilst acquiring full references, career history and eligibility to work in the UK, prior to any representation. This level of detail allows her to offer a first class, reliable service to her client’s time after time. Whether you are looking for your next career challenge or your next hire, Kelly and the team can offer sound and current advice for you.
Kelly Robinson recruits within: Business Support Division for Temporary / Interim Opportunities
In the following locations: Yorkshire and the surrounding regions.
Kerry is a specialist in the recruitment of maintenance and reliability professionals across Yorkshire and the East Midlands and has over five years specialist recruitment experience. This includes engineering, supervision and management level roles. Kerry has extensive experience in the sourcing of contract and permanent white collar and technical professionals. Her ability to understand a variety of technical role profiles and requirements allows her to deliver the best candidate or role for you. Kerry specialises in the recruitment of: Engineering Managers, Reliability Managers, Maintenance Managers, Lead Engineers - Electrical/Mechanical/Controls & Instrumentation, Reliability Engineers, Maintenance Co-ordinators, Facilities Managers, Team Leaders/Supervisors, Maintenance Engineers, Electrical Engineers, Mechanical Engineers, Maintenance Fitters (Electrical/Mechanical) and Electricians.
Kerry Hill recruits within: Maintenance and Reliability Professionals
In the following locations: Yorkshire and East Midlands
Lauren is a Resourcer, specialising in Skilled Shop Floor roles across Yorkshire. She works closely with our specialist recruitment team, supporting the search for highly skilled candidates on behalf a comprehensive list of blue chip, SME manufacturing and process organisations. Throughout her resourcing career, Lauren has established a solid reputation and built an unmatched network of candidates, as a result of her personable, transparent and consultative approach.
Lauren has joined Elevation with over 6 years accountancy experience (including 3 years management accounts) and with an AAT level 4 qualification. Lauren is responsible for the day to day accounting functions of the business including credit control, purchase and sales ledgers as well as maintaining the weekly payroll of temporary workers, alongside monitoring placement compliance, HMRC reporting and preparation of management information.
Lucy supports the Elevation team as part of our vital Admin team. Having worked in admin and customer support for 4 years, Lucy is used to supporting a busy office and building strong relationships with business contacts. Her responsibilities include general administrative tasks, meeting and greeting visitors, supporting our resourcing function, and providing high quality office support.
Marina leads Elevation's internal marketing team. With over 6 years’ experience in the field of marketing and a BA (hons) in Journalism, Marina is fundamental in the continual development of the Elevation brand and the 8 core divisions within the business, alongside the wider marketing team. Her role within Elevation is to develop marketing strategies, plan and execute digital marketing campaigns, generate targeted content, coordinate pre, during and post marketing activities for industry events, analyse and report on key metrics and digital analytics, manage company announcements and PR and deliver and enhance brand messaging.
Matt is a recruitment consultant within the transactional and part qualified finance division, specialising in temporary and interim roles for a range of clients across the Yorkshire region. With a degree in Business Management and experience within the recruitment space, Matt takes great pride in delivering a first-class service. Taking the time to understand the client and candidate’s requirements has been the driving force behind Matt’s successful career and subsequent ability to match the right candidate to the right business, first time.
Matt Goddard recruits within: Transactional & Part Qualified Finance
In the following locations: Yorkshire & the surrounding regions
Megan is an experienced Consultant specialising in Sales recruitment, having previously worked as a Business Development Manager. She is passionate about building lasting relationships with clients and candidates and has a proven ability to match top talent with the right opportunities. Megan is results-driven and uses her expertise to help businesses find the right sales talent to drive growth and success. As a Recruitment Consultant, she develops tailored solutions to meet clients' specific recruitment needs and provides a seamless recruitment experience that exceeds expectations.
Megan Stancill recruits within: Sales
Megana recruits within our specialist Procurement & Supply division, concentrating on 40-65k roles across Yorkshire. She’s been recruiting for three and a half years within manufacturing and operations, with a main focus on procurement and supply, so she’s excited to dedicate fully to this industry and its broad scope of opportunities. Megana enjoys being a piece of the puzzle in someone’s career story, and connecting the dots across the industry to make the perfect match between client and candidate.
Megana Juceviciute recruits within: Procurement & Supply
In the following locations: Yorkshire
Michelle is a proven recruitment partner with over 15 years’ experience. Michelle joined Elevation in 2013 to bring additional experience to the HR brand, providing advice and insight into the specialist discipline of HR and how Elevation can continue to grow and support candidates and clients in this region. Prior to joining Elevation, Michelle spent 9 years working as a senior manager within a major PLC recruiter, and it is the combination of the past 15 years that has enabled her to develop a deep understanding of the local region and in turn build an extensive contact base.As a HR Specialist, Michelle has worked hard to understand the challenges faced by those that work in the HR division. This is an ever-changing landscape and the breath of specialist roles in People Teams continually challenges many people. However, Michelle’s experience means she can carefully navigate through difficult briefs to create a shortlist of individuals who not only possess excellent skills but also fit the culture of the business she is working with.Michelle has joined forces with other organisations to add value to both clients and candidates, ensuring the HR industry is continually learning and staying abreast of legal and industry innovations – hosting and partnering on over 30 events in the local region. Working with a range of clients from PLC’s, SME’s and PE backed organisations, Michelle specialises in the recruitment of HR positions from advisor level upwards across the region.
Michelle Fergusson recruits within: All positions within HR from Advisor level upwards including specialist roles in Talent, L&D and ER.
In the following locations: West & North Yorkshire
Miranda is a highly experienced Senior Consultant, specialising in the recruitment of up-and-coming marketing professionals. With over 4 years of recruitment experience, she has a wealth of knowledge and dedication to deliver a unique service. The passion she has for her own career and those of the professionals she works with, is a testament to her exceptional reputation in the industry. Miranda is a lover of the creative and digital sector, which has enabled her to build an unrivalled network of clients and candidates.
Miranda Hutton recruits within: Marketing
In the following locations: Yorkshire & Nottinghamshire
As part of our vital administration team, Molly plays an important role in supporting our busy recruiters. Molly takes on general administrative duties, including meeting and greeting visitors, as well as building CVs for our CRM. She and the rest of the admin team give our recruiters they support they need to source candidates and deliver for our clients.
With over 7 years of credit control experience, Molly plays a pivotal role in supporting the credit control function within the finance team, whilst supporting the overall financial strategy. Molly is responsible for raising requisitions, tracking PO numbers, sending invoices, running statements and debt management.
As part of our Engineering & Manufacturing division, Nicola manages our specialist Skilled Shop Floor team. She is the best person for the job, having recruited skilled shop floor roles at Elevation for over 5 years! Nicola works on both volume projects and one-off recruitment needs, working with clients and candidates to deliver exceptional customer service every time.
Over the past 5 years, Nicola has built a reputation for her dedication to gain a thorough understanding of both clients’ and candidates’ needs. She works hard to gain a detailed understanding of each role and the part it plays within the organisation, allowing her to identify and attract the top talent in the industry with a strategic and efficient process.
Nicola Jackson recruits within: Production Support
In the following locations: South Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and East Midlands
Nicola provides administrative support to the Group, undertaking general administrative tasks, office and job board management, meeting and greeting visitors to the office and providing reinforcement to the resourcing process by ensuring that all candidate records are fully compliant – this includes a full vetting process, identification and qualification checking, and previous employment referencing. Nicola is used to working in a fast-paced environment and aims to provide high quality office support in a professional and friendly manner.
Nicole specialises in the recruitment of temporary and interim accountancy and finance professionals across Yorkshire and the surrounding regions. Nicole’s dedication to deliver a unique service for both her clients and candidates, has been the driving force of her exceptional reputation within the industry. With over 5 years of recruitment of experience, Nicole has an extensive network of immediately available candidates and is therefore able to respond quickly to support her clients with their immediate requirements. The passion she has for her career, clients and candidates alike has led to her continued success and the receival of personal recommendations.
Nicole Linacre recruits within: Interim & Temporary Transactional & Part Qualified Finance
In the following locations: Yorkshire and the surrounding regions.
Specialising in Design and Project roles, Nicole recruits within our dedicated Engineering & Manufacturing division. Nicole has been recruiting in the South Yorkshire E&M sector for her whole recruitment career, so it's safe to say she knows her way around. Nicole enjoys learning about all the varying engineering specialisms and finding the perfect candidate for each role.
Nicole Lloyd recruits within: Engineering & Manufacturing, Design & Project Roles
In the following locations: Yorkshire & Surrounding Regions
Olivia specialises in Transactional & Part Qualified Finance positions on a permanent basis across the South Yorkshire region. Prior to joining Elevation, Olivia’s experience was focused on recruiting high volume contracts and projects for various businesses across the UK, working with various industries such as Engineering, Law, Manufacturing and Public Sector. Olivia’s approach to recruitment is very honest and open and she is known for her tailored, insightful advice to both candidates and clients in her specialist area. She is dedicated to service delivery and prides herself on standing out in a very bust market, for all the right reasons, which has enabled Olivia to build a very successful career within recruitment.
Olivia Hunt recruits within: Transactional & Part Qualified Finance
In the following locations: South Yorkshire
As the Client Services Manager, Rachael works closely with our Partners and takes a lead role on the research, market mapping and talent identification for all retained mandates. In addition, Rachael is responsible for ensuring that the Parkinson Lee networks are relevant, up to date and informed across all assignments. With 15 years’ experience within the industry, Rachael prides herself on building long standing relationships and acting as a trusted partner and career advisor to business leaders within our network. Rachael always strives to over deliver on expectations and supply partners with accurate long-lists for all relevant mandates, based on a structured and thorough approach to market research, in-depth candidate interviews and cultural assessments.
Rachael Lee recruits within: All Executive Level roles from £80k+
In the following locations: Nationwide
Rachael is a Senior Consultant with over 7 years of recruitment & sales experience within the Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire regions. She has significant experience in recruiting for both Global and UK businesses across all industries, sectors, and various organisations sizes. Rachael builds strong relationships with her clients and candidates through her consultative approach and extensive commercial market knowledge. She prides herself on working with integrity and efficiency, providing an excellent service at every stage of the process. Working with both contingency and retained recruitment projects, Rachel can provide digital solutions to increase the chances of finding the best candidate for the job. She partners closely with her clients to gain a thorough understanding of the company culture and the requirements for the role, to ensure all longlists are of excellent selection in the current market.
Rachael Tommy recruits within: Human Resources
In the following locations: Yorkshire & Nottinghamshire
Rachel is an enthusiastic SEO & SEM specialist within the Internal Marketing team. With over 6 years of marketing experience and a suite of CIM qualifications, Rachel brings a wealth of digital expertise and is a key component in delivering the overarching marketing strategy. Her responsibilities include maximizing brand awareness, client and candidate attraction, staff engagement and retention, and supporting the growth plan and recruitment drive for Elevation Recruitment Group and its 8 core divisions across the digital channels.
At Elevation, Rachel takes the lead as the head of the internal marketing team. With an impressive track record spanning over 20 years in the field of marketing, she takes the helm in driving the marketing and digital strategies that take brand awareness to new heights, attract valuable clients and candidates, enhance staff engagement and retention, and play a pivotal role in advancing the growth plan and recruitment efforts of Elevation Recruitment Group and its 8 core divisions.
Drawing from a wealth of experience, Rachel's focus lies in delivering the best client and user experience for Elevation. Not only has she crafted growth-oriented marketing strategies, but she has also headed up transformational programs, centred around improving digital experience and customer journeys.
Rachel's greatest strengths lie in innovation, drive, and leadership. Her people-focused approach places high value on the development of her team and creates a collaborative environment where everyone can thrive. Not afraid to challenge the status quo, Rachel's data-driven and customer-centric approach serves as the foundation for crafting highly successful growth strategies.
The internal marketing team plays a pivotal role in Elevation's continual development and success. Rachel's keen attention is dedicated to developing marketing and digital strategies that align seamlessly with the company's growth objectives.
Outside her work, Rachel actively participated as a member of the Yorkshire CIM Board and has shared her insights as a guest speaker at various local sector events, including The Marketing Meet-up, a regular networking event proudly sponsored by Elevation.
Rebecca is a Recruitment Consultant within our Engineering & Manufacturing division, specialising in placing permanent white-collar professionals in Design, Process, and Project Engineering roles. Throughout her 7 years in technical recruitment, Rebecca has amassed extensive experience working with clients of all sizes, from major blue chip firms to SMEs, enabling her to develop a tailored approach to each of her clients' needs. She is adaptable to recruit across various industry sectors including Chemical, Automotive, Rail, OEM, Metals, and General Manufacturing.
Rebecca Hall recruits within: Engineering & Manufacturing
In the following locations: Yorkshire, Lincolnshire & the East Midlands
Rob joined elevation in 2013 from a blue chip global recruiter. He has over 15 years’ experience of working within the Financial Services industry and recruitment. Rob is the Senior Finance lead for West and North Yorkshire where he has built strong relationships with Yorkshire based SME and PLC clients, who require the best candidates to drive their Accountancy and Finance teams forward. Rob believes building and maintaining relationships is key to the ongoing success of his clients. His passion and tenacity has built him an excellent reputation across the region. on a permanent, interim and temporary basis across the West Yorkshire and North of England regions.
Rob Simpson recruits within: Heads up the recruitment of qualified and part-qualified Accountancy and Finance staff between £30k and £60k.
In the following locations: Across the West and North Yorkshire region.
Roxanna is a highly experienced consultant with over 10 years of recruitment & sales experience with the South Yorkshire and Derbyshire market. Roxanna recruits for permanent placements ranging from support level to management across a variety of industries within the region. She has excellent relationships with her clients and candidates and is able to shortlist quickly and accurately to support businesses on their critical placements. Roxanna is rigorous with her shortlisting and meets every candidate face to face to ensure the shortlist has not only the right skill set but the right cultural fit for both parties.
Roxanna Gibb recruits within: Customer Service, Sales Admin, Export, Technical Admin, Supply Chain Administration, IT, Management
In the following locations: Yorkshire and Surrounding Areas
Sarah has over 20 years of specialist recruitment experience, operating within the regional and national HR marketplace for UK and global recruiters. MCIPD qualified, she has worked with clients across all sectors in PLCs and SMEs as well as public sector organisations. Sarah has successfully recruited at every level and type of HR professional, including HRDs, Heads of HR, HRBPs, HR Managers, Change Specialists, Learning & Development, Recruitment, Talent, Reward and HR Analyst roles.Sarah has a deep understanding of the HR recruitment market and has repeatedly navigated her way through numerous complex briefs, ensuring successful delivery of assignments for her clients. This has gained Sarah an exceptionally strong reputation in the South Yorkshire HR Recruitment market. Having worked on on retained advertising campaigns, PSLs, and volume and contingency recruitment, Sarah has a proven track record of continuous success, resulting in both secure placements and further repeat business. Previously, Sarah managed a highly successful HR recruitment team within the Yorkshire marketplace and worked as a HR Manager at a major telecommunications business before the move to recruitment.
Sarah Barron MCIPD recruits within: Human Resources sector for vacancies of £30,000+
In the following locations: South Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire
Recruiting permanent roles across South Yorkshire, Sarah sits in our specialist Marketing division. Sarah enjoys the fast-paced nature of recruitment, and the exciting world of Marketing is just the industry for that. She takes pride in cultivating a smooth and positive client experience, and enjoys building lasting relationships on both sides of the hiring process.
Sarah Bicknell recruits within: Marketing
In the following locations: South Yorkshire
Sarah is the Business Manager for the Technical Marketing & IT division within Elevation Recruitment Group. Sarah combines her extensive knowledge and understanding of IT and technical marketing roles, with her passion for advanced technology and its impact on business efficiencies and market trends. With over 15 years of specialist recruitment experience across several niche sectors, Sarah prides herself on an outstanding service and a meticulous recruitment process, that enables her to match talented professionals to the right businesses and opportunities. She has developed an established network of quality technical marketing professionals and has built strong relationships with many SME, Plc and Not for profit organisations clients across Yorkshire and the surrounding regions to offer organisational mapping advice, industry support and career guidance.
Sarah Emery recruits within: Technical Marketing & IT
In the following locations: Yorkshire & Nottinghamshire
Sarah provides resourcing support to the Procurement & Supply Chain and Business Support divisions, undertaking an array of administrative duties including sourcing candidates, CV preparation, arranging interviews, initial candidate screening and providing reinforcement to the resourcing process by ensuring that all candidate records are fully compliant; this includes a full vetting process, identification and qualification checks. Ensuring that all documentation is filed and maintained compliant with GDPR. Sarah is used to working in a fast-paced environment and strives to provide high quality support for the team in a proficient and responsive manner.
Sarah Wilson recruits within: Procurement & Supply Chain and Business Support
Sarah-Jane specialises in the recruitment of transactional and part qualified finance professionals within South Yorkshire and the surrounding areas. Sarah-Jane’s personalised and honest approach has enabled her to build an outstanding reputation in the market. She dedicates her time to understand the exact role requirements and company culture, to accurately identify talented candidates with the right skills, experience, personality attributes and values. Sarah-Jane has built a strong network of clients and candidates through her excellent service, organisational mapping advice and career guidance.
Sarah-Jane Skott recruits within: Transactional & Part Qualified Finance
In the following locations: South Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and East Midlands
Simon is an experienced Associate Director within our Senior Finance team who brings over 13 years Finance recruitment experience across the local region. Simon was Elevation’s very first hire back in January 2010 and has played a huge role in the initial development of the Accountancy and Finance team and the business as a whole. A very professional, hardworking and likeable character, Simon’s enthusiasm towards candidate advice, support and coaching is infectious and it is very rare Simon doesn’t deliver the short list outcomes his clients seek. Simon is arguably one of the most experienced and successful Senior Finance recruiters across Yorkshire and the surrounding regions and has an impressive number of contacts and clients that exclusively engage with him time and again. Simon has a true and thorough understanding of both Industry and Commerce and Professional Practice sectors and typically recruits for finance professionals within the £35,000 to £60,000 market. Simon has played a crucial role within the Institute of Credit Managers (ICM) and Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) where he has publicly spoken on various occasions regarding finance market updates and sector-specific topics. Simon is a credible recruiter who has a reputation in the industry as a thorough and advisory led resourcing partner, priding himself on the values and ethics he stands for.
Simon Ensor recruits within: Qualified Finance Sector for permanent vacancies from £35k through to £60k.
In the following locations: South Yorkshire, Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire
Sophie specialises within Transactional & Part Qualified Finance focusing on permanent positions within the West & North Yorkshire regions. She has extensive experience working within the recruitment industry and has most recently specialised within our Accountancy & Finance Division. Sophie has built up an exceptional understanding of the market and has subsequently established a solid reputation for herself. She goes above and beyond for both her candidates and clients ensuring that she is matching not only based on skillset and technical ability, but also on personality as she appreciates every individual is different. With a personable and thorough approach, Sophie takes the time to understand each specific role requirement and each individual’s job search in order to provide the best service possible. Her passion for recruitment within the finance space has led to both candidates and clients not only coming back repeatedly, but also recommending her to their colleagues and friends due to the outstanding service received.
Sophie Hodgson recruits within: Transactional & Part Qualified Finance
In the following locations: West & North Yorkshire
Soraya is an enthusiastic and dedicated Consultant who specialises in Accountancy and Finance across the Yorkshire region. With a customer-focused attitude, a personable approach and a “never give up” mind-set, Soraya is committed to ensure she exceeds all expectations of her clients and candidates. She prides herself on building strong, long-standing relationships and is passionate about providing a memorable service. Soraya dedicates her time to thoroughly understand every role, every business and their cultural fit as well through meeting every single candidate. She is not only able to accurately match candidates based on skillset and technical ability, but she is able to make solid recommendations based on personality and personal attributes.
Soraya Downing recruits within: Transactional & Part Qualified Finance
In the following locations: Yorkshire and the surrounding areas
Steve is a Senior Business Manager within the Elevation Engineering and Manufacturing Division. He specialises in Design & Projects within our Engineering & Manufacturing team across Yorkshire & surrounding areas. He has extensive experience in successfully recruiting candidates across various industries including Precision Engineering, Steel, Metals, Plastics, Medical, Chemical etc. into both SME and Blue-Chip companies. Steve delivers an expert and bespoke, tailor-made service to each of his clients and candidates through a consultative approach to their needs and goals. Steve’s genuine approach and attention to detail enables him to identify candidates that add real value to businesses within these diverse and demanding sectors.
Steve Barnett recruits within: Engineering and Manufacturing for Permanent and Interim roles in Design & Projects.
In the following locations: Yorkshire and Lincolnshire.
Steve is a Business Manager at Elevation Accountancy & Finance, one of the region’s leading specialist recruitment brands within the accountancy and finance community. Steve has over 15 year’s industry experience in the Yorkshire and Derbyshire region dedicated to the Accountancy & Finance sector. Prior to Elevation, Steve worked for a global Plc recruiter operating at business unit controller level where he held numerous senior roles transacting, growing and managing specialist Accountancy & Finance teams across the Sheffield, Chesterfield, and Doncaster regions. During that time, Steve built up an extensive network of contacts that spans from part/newly qualified accountants through to senior finance leaders. At Elevation Recruitment Group Steve is responsible for recruiting qualified permanent accountancy and finance professionals with salaries from £35k - £60k. Steve prides himself on service delivery provided to both Clients and Candidates.
Steve Bruce recruits within: Qualified Finance Sector for permanent vacancies from £35k through to £60k.
In the following locations: Yorkshire and Derbyshire
Tim is an experienced Senior Business Manager with over 25 years’ specialist engineering recruitment experience. He recruits in the Design & Projects team of Elevation’s Engineering & Manufacturing division with a particular focus on senior level and leadership roles. He is also responsible for delivering high volume and specialist retained campaigns with an extensive number of the region’s leading manufacturing and engineering employers. Tim’s deep-rooted understanding of engineering, projects and design, coupled with his comprehensive personal network, enables him to provide an accurate and tailored short-list to his clients time after time.
Tim Rudkin recruits within: All manual and supervisory maintenance roles within Engineering & Manufacturing
In the following locations: Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and the East Midlands