Trainee Recruitment Consultant Apprentice

Summary

Join our team as a Trainee Recruitment Consultant Apprentice! Gain hands-on experience posting jobs, interviewing candidates, managing social media, and supporting sales. This apprenticeship includes full training and is ideal for someone organised, driven, and looking for a long-term career in recruitment with us.

Wage

£15,600 a year

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Training course

Recruiter (level 3)

Hours

Monday - Friday, 8:30 am - 5.00pm (1 hour lunch).

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Start date

Monday 4 August 2025

Duration

1 year 3 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

Duties will include:

Posting job adverts on various platforms
Screening and interviewing candidates
Supporting consultants with day-to-day recruitment tasks
Managing and updating the candidate database
Assisting with social media content and job promotions
Communicating with clients and candidates via phone and email
Scheduling interviews and coordinating trial shifts
Supporting sales activities and following up with leads
Preparing CVs and candidate summaries
Attending team meetings and contributing to recruitment strategies

Where you'll work

Regus House,
Herald Way,
DE74 2TZ

Training

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

College or training organisation

THE NVQ TRAINING CENTRE 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

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 or equivalent in:

English (grade 4)
Maths (grade 4)

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

Administrative skills
Attention to detail
Communication skills
Creative
Customer care skills
Driving License
Flexible
Initiative
IT skills
Problem solving skills
Sales Skills
Team working

Other requirements

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About this company

Your Recruiters is a dynamic, multi-sector recruitment agency committed to delivering real value through genuine connections. We believe that by embracing diversity and inclusion, we can offer innovative recruitment solutions for both candidates and clients. We also buck the industry trend by excelling at internal recruitment and retention, creating a strong team culture where everyone thrives. Our focus on developing and retaining top recruiters ensures our clients and candidates benefit from expertise, consistency, and long-term partnerships that drive exceptional results.

After this apprenticeship

Upon successful completion of the apprenticeship, there may be the opportunity to progress into a full-time Recruitment Consultant role with continued training, development, and clear career progression within the company.

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