Nikki Smith

WORK HISTORY

EDUCATION

ABOUT NIKKI SMITH

Baltimore Consulting is an award-winning senior appointment and niche recruitment consultancy specialising in the Public Sector. Since 2013, we’ve partnered with Local Government, Education, and wider public services across the UK to deliver high impact contract, interim, permanent, and retained recruitment solutions. We are a supplier to ESPO, specialising in complex and sensitive service areas including Adult and Children’s Social Care, Mental Health, Education, SEND/SEN, Safeguarding, Housing, Homelessness, Property and Corporate Services. Our work in public sector recruitment goes beyond filling roles – we are trusted recruitment partners. For us, it’s about enabling progress, improving services, and helping organisations operate with confidence and capability. We take the time to understand organisational challenges and long term outcomes to match exceptional talent with roles where they can make a real difference. It’s this values led, consultative approach to recruitment that makes us different. Founded by award‑winning CEO Charmaine Vincent, Baltimore Consulting is built on an inclusive culture that places clients, candidates, and colleagues at its heart. This ethos shapes everything we do. Social Value: We’re driven by a simple belief: strong communities thrive when people feel supported. Through meaningful local partnerships, charitable initiatives, and by placing specialist talent where it’s needed most in the public sector, we help essential services flourish. We make a difference with every placement we make, through strengthening communities, enabling better outcomes, and creating lasting, sustainable change. It’s in our DNA. Our purpose: Recruiting experts that make a difference to people’s lives within the community. Our vision: Through caring and putting people first, we will be the go-to recruiting partner that helps change lives and makes a real difference. Specialisms: Public Sector Recruitment | Senior Appointments | Executive Search | Interim Management | Contract Recruitment | Permanent & Retained Recruitment | Local Government Recruitment | Education Recruitment | Social Care Recruitment | SEND Recruitment | Mental Health Recruitment | Housing & Property Recruitment | Safeguarding | Corporate Services