Trainee Recruitment Consultant Apprenticeship

Summary

A&S Recruitment are looking for an enthusiastic and driven Trainee Recruitment Consultant to join our growing team. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone looking to start a rewarding career in recruitment. You’ll receive full training and ongoing support, learning how to match top talent with great companies.

Wage

£13,741 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

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Training course

Recruiter (level 3)

Hours

Monday - Friday: 09:00 - 17:00

35 hours a week

Start date

Monday 23 June 2025

Duration

1 year 2 months

Positions available

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

Source, screen, and interview candidates via phone, video, and in-person
Write and post job adverts across multiple platforms
Build strong relationships with candidates and clients
Match candidate skills and experience to client job requirements
Manage the full recruitment cycle, from initial contact to job offer
Support clients with recruitment needs and provide market insight

Where you'll work

2ND FLOOR
12 SUMMIT BUSINESS PARK
LANGER ROAD
FELIXSTOWE
IP11 2JB

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

College or training organisation

RM TRAINING (UK) LIMITED

Your 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.

Your training plan

Recruiter Level 3
Six hours will be pre-allocated each week to complete your coursework
Each month, you will meet in person with your dedicated skills coach at the workplace for all help, support, and guidance on the apprenticeship

Requirements

Desirable qualifications

GCSE in:

English (grade 4-9* (C-A*))
Maths (grade 4-9* (C-A*))

Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

Skills

Strong work ethic
Proactive attitude
Target driven
Works well under pressure
Confident
Highly motivated
Ambitious

About this company

Established in Felixstowe in 2005 by Amanda Harrold, A&S Recruitment has seen significant growth from its local roots to become a trusted recruitment partner for shipping and logistics industries across the UK and Europe. At the heart of A&S Recruitment is a passion for helping people achieve their career aspirations and supporting businesses to build resilient teams. Having previously worked in recruitment for over 20 years, Amanda was eager to launch her own consultancy – one that offered a dynamic environment and positive impact for employees, candidates and clients.

https://www.aandsrecruitment.com/ (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

Progression into full-time recruitment consultant after successful completion of apprenticeship.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

RM TRAINING (UK) LIMITED

Chris Greenfield

chris@rmtraining.co.uk

01702 782001

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000321522.

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Closes in 27 days (Monday 16 June 2025 at 11:59pm)

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