Recruiter Apprentice Required
WINNER RECRUITMENT (BIRMINGHAM) LTD
22 May Day Green (S70 1SH)
Closes in 14 days (Friday 4 September 2026)
Posted on 20 August 2026
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Summary
We are seeking a motivated and people-focused Recruiter Apprentice to join the team. This apprenticeship is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to begin a career in recruitment and talent acquisition. You will learn how to attract, assess, and place candidates while developing strong communication, organisational, and professional skills.
- Wage
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£16,640 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
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The company will review the pay after 3 months. Bonuses and incentives are also available throughout the apprenticeship and afterwards too.
- Training course
- Recruiter (level 3)
- Hours
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08:00 to 16:00 Monday to Friday
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Tuesday 8 September 2026
- Duration
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1 year 3 months
- Positions available
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1
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you'll do at work
Key Responsibilities:
- Support the full recruitment lifecycle, from advertising roles to onboarding candidates
- Write and post job adverts across job boards and social channels
- Screen CVs and applications to identify suitable candidates
- Conduct initial candidate interviews or telephone screenings
- Coordinate interviews with hiring managers and provide timely feedback
- Update and maintain applicant tracking systems (ATS)
- Build strong relationships with candidates to ensure a positive experience
- Assist with compliance checks, referencing, and documentation
- Learn and apply recruitment best practices and employment legislation
- Provide general administrative support to the recruitment team
Where you'll work
22 May Day Green
S70 1SH
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
THE NVQ TRAINING CENTRE LIMITED
Training course
Recruiter (level 3)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Identify, progress, and convert leads into new candidates, placements, or clients.
- Source vacancies in line with stakeholder requirements and organisational policies and procedures.
- Manage and maintain stakeholder relationships and their role within the recruitment process.
- Interpret and apply regulation and legislation, share best practice, and advise stakeholders on their application.
- Plan and manage recruitment campaigns to attract candidates, including agreeing objectives with stakeholders and monitoring performance.
- Research, identify and attract candidates using methods to satisfy job requirements, including those with transferrable skills to move from the legacy carbon economy to green economy jobs.
- Process, review, and progress candidate applications.
- Create and present diverse short lists of candidates to stakeholders.
- Inform and advise candidates on the outcome of their application at the individual stages of the recruitment process, including those that have been unsuccessful.
- Manage the recruitment and selection process for candidates, including those who require reasonable adjustments.
- Communicate information through different media, for example face-to-face or online meetings, emails, reports, and presentations.
- Engage with stakeholders to review recruitment processes and identify opportunities for continuous improvement and improving own performance.
- Review services provided and implemented improvements based on stakeholder feedback.
- Place candidates into roles that match their skills and stakeholder requirements.
- Use technology and software tools to manage information, ensuring compliance with organisation and legislation requirements.
- Challenge poor practice and non-compliance with the recruitment process and escalate where appropriate.
- Identify future changes in the sector that may impact the organisation, for example technology advances.
- Interpret policies to support and promote the delivery of equity, diversity, and inclusion in the workplace, and monitor their impact on recruitment activities.
- Identify and apply sustainable and greener methods of working, for example reducing energy and paper consumption, managing diaries to reduce carbon emissions (hold virtual meetings or attend multiple external meetings on the same day), considering greener options when booking venues for assessment centres or planning recruitment campaigns.
- Identify and maximise opportunities to support the organisation’s business strategy, for example growing client or candidate pipelines.
- Manage resources within budget requirements.
- Respond to stakeholder complaints and escalate where appropriate.
- Identify, progress, and convert leads into new candidates, placements, or clients.
- Source vacancies in line with stakeholder requirements and organisational policies and procedures.
- Manage and maintain stakeholder relationships and their role within the recruitment process.
- Interpret and apply regulation and legislation, share best practice, and advise stakeholders on their application.
- Plan and manage recruitment campaigns to attract candidates, including agreeing objectives with stakeholders and monitoring performance.
- Research, identify and attract candidates using methods to satisfy job requirements, including those with transferrable skills to move from the legacy carbon economy to green economy jobs.
- Process, review, and progress candidate applications.
- Create and present diverse short lists of candidates to stakeholders.
- Inform and advise candidates on the outcome of their application at the individual stages of the recruitment process, including those that have been unsuccessful.
- Manage the recruitment and selection process for candidates, including those who require reasonable adjustments.
- Communicate information through different media, for example face-to-face or online meetings, emails, reports, and presentations.
- Engage with stakeholders to review recruitment processes and identify opportunities for continuous improvement and improving own performance.
- Review services provided and implemented improvements based on stakeholder feedback.
- Place candidates into roles that match their skills and stakeholder requirements.
- Use technology and software tools to manage information, ensuring compliance with organisation and legislation requirements.
- Challenge poor practice and non-compliance with the recruitment process and escalate where appropriate.
- Identify future changes in the sector that may impact the organisation, for example technology advances.
- Interpret policies to support and promote the delivery of equity, diversity, and inclusion in the workplace, and monitor their impact on recruitment activities.
- Identify and apply sustainable and greener methods of working, for example reducing energy and paper consumption, managing diaries to reduce carbon emissions (hold virtual meetings or attend multiple external meetings on the same day), considering greener options when booking venues for assessment centres or planning recruitment campaigns.
- Identify and maximise opportunities to support the organisation’s business strategy, for example growing client or candidate pipelines.
- Manage resources within budget requirements.
- Respond to stakeholder complaints and escalate where appropriate.
Training schedule
Recruiter Level 3.
Teaching and developing the skills, knowledge, and behaviours required to become a competent Recruiter will take place entirely in the workplace, with no need for day release. One-to-one tutoring sessions will be provided by a dedicated tutor, who will design a bespoke curriculum plan tailored to your strengths and areas for development.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- Maths (grade 4)
- English (grade 4)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Administrative skills
- Attention to detail
- Communication skills
- Customer care skills
- Initiative
- IT skills
- Logical
- Organisation skills
- Patience
- Problem solving skills
- Sales Skills
- Team working
Other requirements
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About this employer
Recruitment Company
After this apprenticeship
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).
A long-term career opportunity with future career progression available.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
THE NVQ TRAINING CENTRE LIMITED
Rachel Hood
rachel@apprenticeship-centre.co.uk
0845-223 5020
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000049161.
Apply now
Closes in 14 days (Friday 4 September 2026)
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