Hire the Best People in Leeds & West Yorkshire .
For two decades, we’ve supported local organisations of all sizes to find the professionals who will help them grow.
We Recruit Roles for:
- Legal Operations
- Sales & Account Management
- Customer Service
- Marketing & Public Relations
- Finance
- Business Support
- HR & Talent Acquisition
Hire the Right People to Move Your Business Forward.
For more than 20 years, JHR has helped organisations across Leeds and Yorkshire find people who make a lasting difference. From urgent temporary cover and permanent appointments to senior leadership and executive search, our specialist consultants combine local market knowledge, targeted search and a genuinely personal approach.
Executive search for leaders who shape what comes next.
JHR partners with organisations across Yorkshire and beyond to identify senior leaders who can strengthen teams, improve performance and create lasting value.
Led by Davina, our search practice has a particular focus on people-centred leadership appointments across People, HR, Operations, Customer Experience and Business Services.
Meet Davina.
Your Senior Leadership & Executive Search partner.
Davina specialises in people-centred senior leadership appointments, working closely with clients to understand the commercial and people challenges behind each appointment, bringing focus, discretion and honest advice to every stage of the search.
Senior Leadership & Executive Search.
JHR partners with organisations across Yorkshire and beyond to identify senior leaders who can strengthen teams, improve performance and create lasting value.
Meet Davina.
Your Senior Leadership & Executive Search partner.
Davina specialises in people-centred senior leadership appointments, working closely with clients to understand the commercial and people challenges behind each appointment, bringing focus, discretion and honest advice to every stage of the search.
Senior Leadership & Executive Search.
JHR partners with organisations across Yorkshire and beyond to identify senior leaders who can strengthen teams, improve performance and create lasting value.
Led by Davina, our search practice has a particular focus on people-centred leadership appointments across People, HR, Operations, Customer Experience and Business Services.
Meet Davina.
Your Senior Leadership & Executive Search partner.
Davina specialises in people-centred senior leadership appointments, working closely with clients to understand the commercial and people challenges behind each appointment, bringing focus, discretion and honest advice to every stage of the search.
A considered search for business-critical appointments.
The most important leadership appointments are rarely made through advertising alone.
We work closely with boards, founders, investors and leadership teams to understand the wider business context behind every brief — from strategy, culture and growth plans to organisational structure, stakeholder expectations and the impact the new leader needs to make.
Davina’s particular focus is on people-centred leadership roles where the successful appointment will influence not just a function, but the wider performance of the organisation.
This includes senior and executive appointments across People, HR, Operations, Customer Experience and Business Services, from functional leadership through to Chief People Officer, Chief of Staff and COO-level roles.
That understanding shapes a focused search that combines market mapping, proactive headhunting and trusted networks to reach proven leaders, including those who are not actively applying for new opportunities.
Temporary Recruitment
Flexible, short-term staffing made simple. From single-day temp cover to longer contracts and temp-to-perm solutions.
Permanent Recruitment
Across key business functions, we help organisations hire standout professionals who are in it for the long haul.
PRO
Senior & Management Roles
Let us help you find a leader with the experience, vision, and values to drive your teams and business forward.
Our executive search approach.
Define the brief
We explore the organisation, leadership challenge, success measures and candidate proposition before agreeing the search strategy.
Map the market
We identify relevant organisations, sectors and leadership profiles using research, trusted networks, LinkedIn Recruiter and targeted market intelligence.
Approach and engage
Davina leads discreet, credible conversations with potential candidates, representing your opportunity with care and protecting confidentiality throughout.
Assess thoroughly
We evaluate track record, leadership style, values, motivations and the person’s ability to deliver against the agreed brief – not simply their job title or CV.
Manage the appointment
We support selection, interviews, stakeholder alignment, referencing, offer negotiation and resignation risk through to a successful start.
Stay close after placement
Structured follow-up with both client and candidate supports integration, early impact and long-term retention.
When to use executive search.
Temporary Recruitment
Flexible, short-term staffing made simple. From single-day temp cover to longer contracts and temp-to-perm solutions.
Permanent Recruitment
Across key business functions, we help organisations hire standout professionals who are in it for the long haul.
PRO
Senior & Management Roles
Let us help you find a leader with the experience, vision, and values to drive your teams and business forward.
A business-critical executive or board-level appointment.
A confidential replacement or succession requirement.
A leadership hire within a private equity-backed or high-growth business.
A role requiring proactive access to a limited or passive candidate market.
A leader needed to deliver change, transformation or integration.
An appointment where leadership style, values and stakeholder fit are as important as technical experience.
Specialist Recruitment Expertise.
Temporary Recruitment
Flexible, short-term staffing made simple. From single-day temp cover to longer contracts and temp-to-perm solutions.
Permanent Recruitment
Across key business functions, we help organisations hire standout professionals who are in it for the long haul.
PRO
Senior & Management Roles
Let us help you find a leader with the experience, vision, and values to drive your teams and business forward.
Trusted by leading organisations.
Davina is a pleasure to work with from start to finish. She has spent time getting to know me and the team and as a result has been able to fulfil our recruitment needs effectively on each occasion that we have worked with her. Davina’s attention to the details and her ability to communicate effectively with both ourselves and the candidates has ensured that both parties have had an excellent experience. I really can’t thank you enough Davina. I really do love working with you.
Marketing Director
A leading European Intellectual Property Law firm
Before working with JHR, we were overwhelmed with unsuitable CVs, wasting valuable time interviewing candidates who simply weren't the right fit. Davina completely transformed our recruitment process by taking the time to understand our requirements and only introducing candidates who had been carefully vetted and were genuinely suited to both the role and our business. This significantly reduced our workload, saved us time and money, and removed much of the frustration that often comes with recruitment. I would recommend JHR without hesitation.
Partner
Chartered Accountants & Business Advisors
I really enjoyed working with Davina. It was a breath of fresh air compared to experiences with other agencies and executives. Please just keep doing what you're doing! Many thanks.
Manager
Award-Winning Commercial Law Firm based in Leeds
When we started to work with JHR we were struggling to find talented people that fitted our culture. We also had an organisational structure that needed to evolve and scale with our growth. My favourite part of working with JH Recruitment is the collaborative partnership. They are more than a one-off recruitment partner. We discussed culture, overall organisation structure, and also considered how that would evolve over time. Once we had that long-term plan, JHR helped us specify the roles and deliver the best candidates. I think having a collaborative recruitment partner that wants to understands your vision, objectives, and culture is critical. JHR have been that for us for nearly a decade which is testament to the quality of support they delivery for us.
Managing Director
Leading Manufacturer of Luxury Wellness Products
I began working with Davina at Jo Holdsworth Recruitment in November 2025 when appointing an Operations Director. Having previously experienced poor service and irrelevant candidates from recruiters, I was sceptical. Davina quickly impressed me, presenting a candidate who matched the brief perfectly and to whom I made an offer. In January, I asked her to support with a challenging Managing Director brief requiring a specific skill set and events background. Within three days, she had shortlisted two excellent candidates, and within a week, I made an offer. The full process took just three weeks, far quicker than expected. I would highly recommend Davina and Jo Holdsworth Recruitment. She is professional, efficient and thorough, and will be my first point of contact for any future recruitment needs.
CEO
Venture Capital and Investment firm
Planning a business-critical appointment?
Speak confidentially with Davina about the leadership challenge, the market and the right search approach.
