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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
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
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
Abbey is a Junior Artworker/ Designer with a passion for digital design and branding. In recent years, she has completed a first-class BA Honours degree in Illustration with Graphic Design at Sheffield School of Arts and has developed core skills in Adobe Suite and HTML/CSS. Abbey is part of our internal marketing team that supports each of our 8 specialists divisions and their consultants, in the generation of new client business and candidate attraction. She has extensive experience in designing social media-based imagery and video, online and print brochures, website development and digital campaigns.
Amber is an experienced Executive Resourcer, specialising in Senior QHSE and Senior Operations Management roles across West Yorkshire. Amber takes the lead on the search and delivery of senior 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, transparent and consultative approach.
Amber Davies recruits within: Senior QHSE and Senior Operation Management roles
In the following locations: West Yorkshire
Anna is a very experienced Business Manager within our specialist Engineering & Manufacturing team. With over 10 year’s specialist recruitment experience, Anna heads up our Production Support team and personally specialises in the recruitment of Team Leaders and Supervisors up to £30,000. Anna plays a crucial role in the service delivery of multi vacancy campaigns with an extensive number of the region’s leading manufacturing and engineering employers. With Anna’s deep-rooted understanding of the sector coupled with her comprehensive personal network, Anna is able to provide an accurate and tailored shortlist to her clients time after time. It is very clear when engaging with Anna that she is a true industry expert who is very eager to please and conscious of every assignment outcome she manages for her clients. Her career advice, coaching and support really is second to none within her field and produces regular referrals from her candidates. Anna is an intrinsic part of the leadership team within the Engineering and Manufacturing brand and enjoys regular repeat business from her clients.
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 South Yorkshire and the surrounding areas. She has over 5 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 Liversidge recruits within: Transactional & Part Qualified Finance
In the following locations: South Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and the East Midlands.
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 administrative support to the Accountancy & Finance Team, undertaking an array of administrative duties including 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. 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.
An experienced Consultant with a demonstrated history of facilitating career moves for Engineering & Manufacturing professionals, within Blue-Chip business environments. Chris’s area of expertise includes the recruitment of Technical, Continuous Improvement and Project focused Engineering opportunities, within Industrial, manufacturing and Engineering environments. 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’s passion for engineering recruitment and exceptionally rigorous service has allowed him to build a key network of long-standing trusted relationships.
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
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: Interim Transactional & Part Qualified Finance
In the following locations: Yorkshire and the surrounding regions
As a Resourcer within the Marketing division at Elevation Recruitment Group, Ella provides administrative assistance and candidate support for the wide-ranging levels of the creative industry. Working as part of the in-demand marketing team, she is responsible for initial candidate screening, interview scheduling and CV preparation, whilst maintaining Elevations thorough vetting procedure, ensuring candidate records are up to date and fully compliant with identification and qualification checks, right to work formalities, and GDPR regulations. She takes great pride in providing accurate and high-quality support for my team, the candidates we work with and our partnered clients that require recruitment solutions to enhance their brand in a competitive marketplace.
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
As a specialist consultant in the maintenance and reliability sector, Emma has a real appreciation and understanding that predictive and preventative maintenance can have a profound impact on productivity yields. The experience she has in this sector, has equipped her with the tools to recognise a variety of technical profiles, skillsets, and essential role requirements to successfully search the market and present a high calibre of shortlisted candidates based on experience, qualifications, personal attributes and a cultural fit. During her career in recruitment, she has established an untapped network of candidates and proudly partners with clients across the region to advise on skill gaps and market trends, whilst sharing salary insights to drive her talent identification strategy.
Emma Bartholomew recruits within: Production Management & Supervision
In the following locations: Yorkshire & Nottinghamshire
Frankie is the Business Manager for the Marketing division within Elevation Recruitment Group. Frankie has successfully grown, built, and delivered high performing teams within the region. She prides herself on customer care, strong values and an exceptional work ethic. As leader of the marketing division, Frankie plays a pivotal role in growing the specialist brand across the region and is dedicated to building strong relationships with both clients and candidates. With an in-depth understanding of the marketing sector and over 7 years of recruitment experience, Frankie offers a first-class service to deliver the best talents for her client, including, candidate screening, organisational mapping advice and career coaching and guidance.
Frankie Parker recruits within: Marketing
In the following locations: Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and East Midlands
Gemma is an Executive Resourcer 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 over 9 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 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 6 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 Hobson recruits within: Interim and Temporary Senior Finance Appointments from £30,000 - £100,000.
In the following locations: Yorkshire & Surrounding areas
Ian Bruce is the Regional Director and recruitment specialist within Engineering & Manufacturing, specialising in the recruitment of Senior Leadership & Director level operational, technical and engineering professionals across Yorkshire and surrounding regions. Ian joined Elevation in 2012 following a successful career as an Engineering & Manufacturing consultant for a Blue Chip recruiter. He is highly experienced in recruiting for specialist and technical vacancies across a range of industries including; Medical, Automotive, General Manufacturing, Metals, Chemical, Medium-Heavy Engineering, Aerospace, Electronic, Timber, Modular, Plastics and Packaging. Ian has been successful in enabling SME and Blue Chip clients to identify candidates that add real value to their business and teams within the sector. His attention to detail and the grasp of the process, products and service his clients provide, enables him to deliver a tailored and expert service throughout the recruitment cycle.
Ian Bruce recruits within: Engineering & Manufacturing Senior Leadership & Director Appointments
In the following locations: West & North Yorkshire.
Jack is a specialist manager of the recruitment of Quality, Health & Safety, and Environment professionals across South Yorkshire and the surrounding regions, with a particular focus on those in Management & Senior Leadership positions. He is enthusiastic about serving the SME and Blue-Collar clients with the highest calibre of candidate the industry has to offer. With previous expertise in the Engineering and Manufacturing industry as a whole, Jack is passionate about international standards, technical knowledge and both technical and standard procedures in HSE and Quality divisions. Jack has a wide network of candidates and clients across Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and the East Midlands. His attention to detail and grasp of the process, products and service his clients provide enables him to deliver a tailored and expert service throughout the recruitment cycle.
Jack Heffren recruits within: Engineering & Manufacturing Engineering, Technical & CI
In the following locations: Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and East Midlands
Jemma is a consultant within our maintenance and reliability division, part of the Engineering and Manufacturing brand. With extensive experience in recruiting engineering, supervision, and management professionals within the sector, Jemma offers a vibrant and proactive recruitment solution, that enables her to match the right candidate to the right client. Jemma has a keen desire and ability to understand the technical specifications needed for the specific job role, which she utilises advantageously through each stage of the recruitment process. Throughout Jemma’s recruitment career, she has dedicated her time to establishing an extensive network of key clients and high-level candidates across the region.
Jemma Aylesbury recruits within: Maintenance & Reliability
In the following locations: Yorkshire & the surrounding areas
Kara is the Business Manager for the Sales Division at Elevation Recruitment Group. With 9 years of sales recruitment experience and previously 9 years of sales experience, this combination makes Kara’s knowledge of the sector and what a ‘great’ salesperson looks like second to none! Kara works in partnership with her clients to offer exceptional industry expertise, whilst identifying sales professionals that can add real value to their business. With a passion for the sector and the talented professionals within it, Kara has built long-term relationships with clients within the Yorkshire and East Midland Regions to provide them with talent across the UK, from Field Sales Representatives, BDM’s and Account Managers. She matches candidates that not only possess excellent skills and experience, but also aligns with the culture and values of the business they will be working within. As leader of the sales division, Kara plays a pivotal role in growing the specialist brand across the region.
Kara Ellison recruits within: Sales
In the following locations: Yorkshire, Lincolnshire & East Midlands
Kelly is a highly knowledgeable Business Manager with over 5 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 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.
Lee is the Creative Lead in the Elevation Marketing team, with over 8 years industry experience. Lee’s role as Creative Lead is to bring innovative ideas to life and tell a story through the art of design and imagery. Throughout his career, Lee has created finely tuned, targeted campaigns that demonstrate emotive messaging and creating impactful brand awareness.
Marina is an ambitious Marketing professional and a key member of the Elevation Marketing team. With over 4 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.
Mike is a consultant within our Accountancy & Finance brand, specialising in the recruitment of transactional and part qualified finance professionals. With over 4 years’ experience in customer facing and sales roles, Mike has exceptional capabilities in managing client accounts and acquiring solutions for customer requirements. Mike plays a key role in the identification, attraction, and placement of finance 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 finance teams and the career pathways achievable across this sector.
Michael McVeigh recruits within: Transactional & Part Qualified Finance
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
With over 5 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.
With many years of recruitment experience, Natalie has recently expanded her remit to cater to the marketing sector. Her specialist area covers marketeers who are just establishing their careers, to those experienced mid-senior level professionals within full mix and digital positions. She is driven by the honest relationships she has established with her clients and candidates, which allows her to make a successful match for both parties, based on their requirements, experience and skillset, but as importantly, a cultural and personal values fit too. Her in-depth knowledge of the ever-changing technology and trends within this sector, allows her to offer career advice to candidates and advise on skill gaps within in-house marketing teams for clients. The candidates she has pleasure of working with and placing in various businesses have had a profound influence over her clients brand awareness and reputation across the region.
Natalie Davis recruits within: Marketing
In the following locations: Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and East Midlands
Nicola dedicates her time to speaking with potential candidates, seeking out individual skillsets most suited within Elevation Production Support. She is responsible for the resourcing of Production Support Professionals across South Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Lincolnshire and the East Midlands. Nicola has 3 years’ experience and, in this time, has built a reputation for impeccable customer service and dedication to gain a thorough understanding of both client’s and candidate’s needs. Her recruitment experience spans across a range of sectors in the region namely Manufacturing, Engineering and Distribution. Nicola 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 within a planned and efficient process. She is dedicated to ensuring her specialist brand delivers quality service and highly effective recruitment solutions to a variety of organisations.
Nicola Jackson recruits within: Production Support
In the following locations: South Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and East Midlands
Nicola provides administrative support to the team in the West Yorkshire office, undertaking general administrative tasks, 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.
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 an experienced Senior Consultant specialising in the recruitment of permanent administrative and key business support professionals across Yorkshire and the surrounding areas. Rachael works closely with a range of businesses across the region to assist with their on-going requirements for support function employees. With over 5 years of recruitment experience, Rachael is an expert in her field, offering her extensive network of clients and candidates a consultative and tailored service. She prides herself on understanding the exact role requirements and company culture, to accurately identify candidates with the appropriate skillsets, experience, personality attributes and values.
Rachael Tommy recruits within: Business Support
In the following locations: Yorkshire & Nottinghamshire
Rachel graduated with a first class degree in International Finance and Economics from Sheffield Hallam University. Rachel joined Elevation following her graduation and is currently working towards her CIMA qualification. She 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.
Rachel is the Business Manager of Elevation’s Skilled Shopfloor, part of the Engineering and Manufacturing division. She leads the team that specialise in the recruitment of business critical and highly skilled vacancies that support their clients’ day-to-day factory operations. With over 20 years of experience in recruitment, Rachel delivers first class account management and has extensive people development and team leadership skills. She prides herself in maintaining long term relationships and offers a consultative service to ensure partnerships continuously develop in line with the ever-changing demands of the manufacturing environment.
Rachel Oldfield recruits within: Skilled Shop Floor - Engineering & Manufacturing
In the following locations: Yorkshire & Nottinghamshire
Rachel is an enthusiastic digital marketing professional and SEO specialist within Elevation Recruitment's internal marketing team. With over 5 years of marketing experience spanning the education and retail sectors as well as a CIM Level 6 Diploma in Professional Marketing, 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 and its 8 core divisions across all digital channels.
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 6 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
Sam Foster is a Business Services Manager and is accountable for ensuring we develop and maintain excellence in our service delivery and relationships. Ensuring that our core values are delivered consistently, across all Divisions, on each role. Through Elevation’s commitment and investment in our service delivery, we hope to ensure that both clients and candidates have not only a successful partnership with Elevation Recruitment Group but also an enjoyable one.Sam has worked for Elevation for over 9 years during which time she has gained a strong reputation for providing a consultative service which has ensured consistent repeat business. Sam has developed long term relationships with both clients and candidates across a wide range of companies including SME’s, PLC’s, VC and Private Equity backed businesses.Through longevity in the market place and the networks that she has gained, she is very well placed to give an open and honest service and offer recruitment solutions which add real value.
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
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 Mounsey recruits within: Technical Marketing & IT
In the following locations: Yorkshire & Nottinghamshire
Sarah provides administrative support to the Team in the South Yorkshire Office, undertaking an array of administrative duties including CV preparation, meeting and greeting visitors 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 office support for the whole group in a proficient and responsive manner.
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
Shaun joined our Procurement and Supply Chain team in 2019 having spent 18 months recruiting into the same market at a PLC organisation. Working in partnership with Peter Simmonds, Natalie Davies and Carl Walker, together they are a team of Procurement and Supply Chain specialists, each holding an extensive network of professionals within this division and local region. Looking to articulate the best fit for both client and candidate, Shaun prides himself on his ability to build lasting relationships with his network, with many of his placements coming from clients who are repeat users.Having joined the business in November 2019, Shaun’s main area of focus and expertise is the manufacturing industry. His client and candidate relationships span the Aerospace, Automotive, Furniture, Chemical, Electronics and FMCG sectors. Shaun has an unrivalled internal network of consultant experts to support his sector knowledge and current market topics and trends and also works alongside the Engineering & Manufacturing team at Elevation Recruitment Group.
Shaun Pettigrew recruits within: Specialises in mid to senior level Procurement and Supply Chain placements across Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and the East Midlands
In the following locations: 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
Steph is the Divisional Director for Transactional & Part Qualified Finance and personally specialises within the recruitment of permanent roles across Sheffield and South Yorkshire. Since joining the business in 2017; Steph has played an integral part within our Accountancy & Finance division and has subsequently progressed from a consultant through to managing the team based on her hard work, commitment and first-class service delivery. Steph takes her responsibility to her clients and candidates very seriously with service delivery always being at the fundamental core of all that she does. She has an outstanding reputation in the market for her ability to deliver honest, non-bias and tailored advice to both candidates and clients alike and is known for always going above and beyond in any situation. It is based on Steph’s market knowledge and personalised, enthusiastic approach that she enjoys regular and repeat business from her candidates and clients. In addition to Steph’s recruitment responsibility; her role involves working with the team of specialist finance consultants to develop a professional business development plan and ensure consistent levels of service on assignment delivery as well as overseeing the candidate generation strategy to ensure we maintain our position as market leaders in the local area.
Stephanie Sierny recruits within: Transactional & Part Qualified Finance
In the following locations: Yorkshire and Derbyshire
Steve is a 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 Business Manager with over 20 years’ specialist engineering recruitment experience and recruits in the Design & Projects division of Elevation Engineering & Manufacturing. Tim recruits for all design engineering and project management roles, with the responsibility for the service delivery of high volume and retained campaigns with an extensive number of the region’s leading manufacturing and engineering employers. His 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