Executive Search Consultant

Talisman Advisory Partners: Associate Search Consultant

Business Unit: Infrastructure

Location: NYC, NY (Hybrid)

Experience Required: 2-3 years’ relevant recruitment or sales experience

Jan 4, 2027 start date | Year 1 OTE = $124,000

The Opportunity

At Talisman Advisory Partners, we’re seeking an Associate Consultant to join our Environmental recruitment team within the Infrastructure division in NYC.

We partner with environmental consultancies, engineering firms, developers and infrastructure owners across North America, connecting them with the technical specialists and leaders needed to deliver projects, manage environmental risks and grow their businesses.

This role suits an early-career recruitment or sales professional looking to build expertise in a specialist market. Working alongside experienced consultants and Partners, you’ll develop candidate relationships, support recruitment assignments and learn how to identify and win new business.

You’ll gain structured exposure to the full recruitment lifecycle, with a clear pathway towards managing searches independently and building your own specialist desk.

Typical Recruitment Markets

Our Environmental team recruits across site assessment and remediation, environmental permitting and compliance, air quality, environmental health and safety, and ecological and natural resources consulting. Assignments range from environmental scientists, engineers and project managers through to technical specialists, practice leaders and senior management.

What We’re Looking For

• Approximately 2-3 years’ experience in recruitment, executive search, sales, business development or a related commercial environment
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Confidence building relationships with technical professionals, hiring managers and business leaders
• Strong organisation, attention to detail and the ability to manage competing priorities
• Commercial curiosity and an interest in environmental consulting, engineering and infrastructure
• A proactive, resilient approach and motivation to achieve measurable goals
• Coachability and the ability to apply feedback
• Experience using LinkedIn Recruiter, CRM systems or similar research and sales tools
• Exposure to environmental, engineering, infrastructure or other technical recruitment markets would be valuable

What You’ll Do

• Research environmental consultancies, engineering businesses and specialist candidate markets
• Map competing firms, identify relevant professionals and build talent pipelines
• Engage candidates through targeted LinkedIn, email and telephone outreach
• Assess candidates’ technical expertise, project experience, qualifications and career motivations
• Support searches from initial briefing through interviews, feedback, offers and placement
• Prepare clear candidate summaries, shortlists and client briefing materials
• Build relationships with candidates, hiring managers and prospective clients
• Develop market intelligence covering compensation, competitor activity and hiring trends
• Identify new business opportunities and progressively take ownership of client development
• Maintain accurate CRM records and manage an active recruitment pipeline