Permanent Professional Recruitment · Belfast & Northern Ireland
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Belfast & Northern Ireland Recruitment

Serious Belfast hires. Landed properly.

Recruitment Agency Belfast places permanent professional talent for Northern Ireland employers across twelve sectors. From Belfast City Centre finance controllers to Titanic Quarter engineers, from fintech founders to Derry manufacturing plants. One consultant per brief, credential-verified shortlists, one written guarantee.

12 professional sectors NI-wide coverage 1:1 consultant model
Belfast Talent Register Ready
Discipline
Level
District
Avail.
Finance Controller
Senior
Belfast City
Ready
Software Engineer
Mid
Titanic Qtr
Ready
Cybersecurity Lead
Lead
Belfast City
Ready
HR Business Partner
Senior
Lisburn
Ready
Sales Director
Executive
Antrim
Ready
12
Professional Sectors
NI-wide
Every County
1:1
Consultant Model
91%
In-Role at 12 Months
Why Belfast employers choose us

A recruitment partner, built for Belfast.

We built the firm around what serious Northern Ireland hiring managers were missing from mainstream recruitment: local market fluency, credential rigour, honest package advice and one accountable consultant on every brief from intake through onboarding follow-up.

i. Belfast-fluent

We know the local market before you brief us

Our consultants understand the Northern Ireland employer landscape: the growing Belfast fintech cluster, Titanic Quarter tech scene, Queen’s graduate pipeline, and the traditional Belfast professional-services base. You spend the intake call describing the role, not educating us on the region.

ii. Credential rigour

Every qualification verified before shortlist

Chartered status, professional-body membership, technical certifications, right-to-work paperwork, references. Every step done before the CV lands on your desk.

iii. Ranked shortlist

Three to five candidates, with our notes

Not a stack of unfiltered CVs. Three to five candidates ranked, credential-checked, package and notice-period confirmed, our written notes on each.

iv. One consultant

End to end, from intake to onboarding

The consultant who took the brief runs the search, closes the offer and calls at day thirty and day ninety. Nobody hides behind a Belfast switchboard.

v. Honest package advice

We tell you if the band is light

Belfast salary bands sit between GB regional averages and Dublin. If the package you have in mind is under the NI market for the role, we say so on the first call.

vi. Replacement guarantee

We stand behind every placement

Every permanent placement carries a written guarantee. If the hire leaves inside the window for reasons that trace back to the search, we re-run the search at no additional fee.

How an engagement runs

Four steps from brief to landed hire.

i.

Intake brief

Role, package, timeline and must-haves agreed in one call. Written brief returned within 24 hours for your sign-off.

ii.

Considered search

Active NI network plus discreet approach to passive candidates in the Belfast, Dublin cross-border and GB expat markets.

iii.

Ranked shortlist

Three to five candidates, credential-checked, notice-period confirmed, our written notes on each, ranked with reasons.

iv.

Offer & land

Interview coordination, offer structuring, counter-offer support, onboarding follow-up at day 30 and day 90.

Twelve professional sectors

Where we recruit in Northern Ireland.

Depth of focus inside each sector is what makes our shortlists arrive faster and better matched than a generalist firm can manage.

i.Sector 01

Finance & Accountancy

Qualified accountants (ACA, ACCA, CIMA), financial controllers, FP&A analysts, treasury and tax specialists, CFO-track appointments across NI industry and Belfast practice firms.

ii.Sector 02

Legal

In-house counsel, private-practice solicitors, paralegals, compliance officers and legal-operations professionals across Belfast, Derry and the wider NI legal market.

iii.Sector 03

HR & People

HR business partners, people-ops leads, L&D managers, reward specialists, talent acquisition and CIPD-qualified HR leadership.

iv.Sector 04

Sales & BD

Business-development managers, account executives, national sales managers and revenue-leadership appointments for NI B2B and B2C employers.

v.Sector 05

Marketing & Comms

Marketing managers, brand leads, digital and performance marketers, PR and corporate comms, plus CMO-track appointments.

vi.Sector 06

IT & Digital

Software engineers, solutions architects, data engineers, product managers and digital-transformation leads. Deep pipeline through the Titanic Quarter tech cluster.

vii.Sector 07

Fintech

Fintech engineers, product managers, payments specialists, compliance leads and fintech-leadership appointments. Belfast is one of the UK’s fastest-growing fintech clusters.

viii.Sector 08

Cybersecurity

Security engineers, SOC analysts, security architects, GRC specialists and CISO-track appointments. Belfast hosts a top-tier UK cybersecurity industry cluster.

ix.Sector 09

Engineering & Manufacturing

Mechanical, electrical, process and chemical engineers, production managers, quality engineers and plant managers across NI manufacturing employers.

x.Sector 10

Life Sciences

Regulatory affairs, clinical operations, quality assurance, medical-device specialists and pharma-commercial roles across NI life-sciences employers.

xi.Sector 11

Professional Services

Consultants, business analysts, project managers, operations leads and specialist advisory professionals across Belfast’s professional-services base.

xii.Sector 12

Executive Search

Retained search for managing directors, general managers, chief executives and non-executive directors across NI middle-market employers and PE-backed portfolios.

Recruitment done properly in Northern Ireland means the same consultant from intake through onboarding, an honest conversation about the package on day one, and a written guarantee that stands behind the placement long after the offer letter is signed.
Recruitment Agency Belfast · The Partner Team
Frequently asked

What NI employers ask us first.

What sectors do you cover?

Twelve professional sectors: finance and accountancy, legal, HR and people, sales and business development, marketing and communications, IT and digital, fintech, cybersecurity, engineering and manufacturing, life sciences, professional services, and executive search.

Do you place staff across the whole of Northern Ireland?

Yes. Coverage spans Belfast and every NI county: Antrim, Down, Armagh, Tyrone, Fermanagh and Londonderry. Active networks across Belfast City Centre, the Titanic Quarter tech cluster, Lisburn and the wider NI market.

Do you source cross-border talent from Dublin and GB?

Yes. Where the local NI market is thin for a specific brief, we approach passive candidates in Dublin and across GB with a genuine appetite for a Belfast move. All approach work is coordinated with you and discreet by default.

How fast is a shortlist?

Standard turnaround is ten to fifteen working days from signed brief to ranked shortlist of three to five candidates. Specialist searches (executive, cybersecurity leadership, fintech engineering) may take longer and we will tell you upfront.

Is there a replacement guarantee?

Yes. Every permanent placement carries a written replacement guarantee. If the hire leaves inside the guarantee window for reasons that trace back to the search, we re-run the search at no additional fee.

How is the fee structured?

Standard percentage of first-year package for most placements. Retained fee for executive search and specialist appointments. Both quoted on the intake call in GBP, with no hidden fees.

Ready to hire

A Belfast vacancy worth doing properly?

Tell us the role, the package band in GBP and the timeline. We reply within one business day with a clear plan, a fee proposal and honest first-call advice.

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