Assistant to Tech Division Apprentice

Express Recruitment

NOTTINGHAM (NG1 2NS)

Closes in 17 days (Friday 4 July 2025 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 16 June 2025


Summary

To support the Recruitment Consultants on the Technical Division to ensure they uphold a profitable, quality and effective recruitment service at all times. Ensure an efficient support service that enables the Recruitment Consultants to dedicate 50% of their work day to new business. To act as first point of contact to all clients and candidates.

Training course
Data technician (level 3)
Hours
Monday to Friday, Monday to Friday, 9.00am to 5.30pm.

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Start date

Monday 14 July 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

Sourcing, profiling & qualifying candidates:

  • Answer phone, handle call or signpost as appropriate (3 Ring Rule)
  • Pre-screen speculative candidate calls from Tech candidates, or for other divisions if division specialist unavailable
  • Update Tech division with changes to candidate activity on ‘portals’
  • Conduct effective ‘Ad Call’/’Speculative’ response call with Tech candidates, or for other divisions if division specialist unavailable
  • Conduct face-to-face and video Registration Interviews with candidates to profile and qualify
  • Hold self accountable to establish ‘6 Essential Qualifying Questions’ for all candidate’s sourced
  • Utilise external job boards and LinkedIn to ‘Search’ for desired skillsets within Tech division
  • Conduct regular ‘Base Updates’ to maintain and develop talent pool – requalify candidates to broaden matching potential
  • Write and compile weekly advertisements, monitor effectiveness with Manager
  • Handle candidate interview feedback in absence of Recruitment Consultant

Lead generation:

  • Utilise Registration Interviews and Ad/Speculative response to monitor competitor activity and gather leads in line with target
  • Ascertain leads cross-divisionally – eg candidates who have temped through competitors
  • Gather market insight from candidates (organisations opening offices/expanding, organisations moving to the area, redundancies)
  • Pass all unactioned leads to Business Development if outstanding/require action
  • Keep LinkedIn profile up to date and in line with company brand to represent the business/attract candidates and prospects

Recruitment administration:

  • Allocate candidate registration numbers in line with Employment Agency regs
  • Part-complete registration cards for Tech Division video interviews
  • Type Tech candidate CVs using registration card
  • Format candidate’s own CVs to company standard (including Tech branding)
  • Send Terms of Business with read receipts
  • Type Negotiated Fee letters
  • File / Retrieve registration cards from basement records
  • Assist with any other ad hoc duties requested by Management Team (to include relief cover during periods of annual leave)

Database maintenance:

  • Type / Update Red Book request sheets when a company is added to JobAdder
  • Add Tech candidates to JobAdder
  • Add Tech companies to JobAdder
  • Add Tech client contacts to JobAdder
  • Add Tech jobs to JobAdder when requested by Recruitment Consultant
  • Update / amend JobAdder as per Tech consultant’s requests
  • Upload Tech candidate documents to JobAdder
  • Record Terms of Business information on JobAdder and track receipt
  • Annual clearing of manual records (basement, bases, etc)

Compliance:

  • Save candidate Right to Work documents on shared drive
  • Send GDPR links to Tech candidates
  • Check system for completed GDPR consent for every active candidate
  • Send/chase candidate references if covering Temp division
  • Support Tech Division and Management Team with compliance audits (internal and external)
  • Ensure candidate compliance documents are filed correctly

Where you'll work

ELDON CHAMBERS
WHEELER GATE
NOTTINGHAM
NG1 2NS

Training

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

College or training organisation

EMA TRAINING LIMITED

Your training course

Data technician (level 3)

Understanding apprenticeship levels (opens in new tab)

What you'll learn

Course contents
  • Source and migrate data from already identified different sources.
  • Collect, format and save datasets.
  • Summarise and explain gathered data.
  • Blend data sets from multiple sources and present in format appropriate to the task.
  • Manipulate and link different data sets as required.
  • Use tools and techniques to identify trends and patterns in data.
  • Apply basic statistical methods and algorithms to identify trends and patterns in data.
  • Apply cross checking techniques for identifying faults and data results for data project requirements.
  • Audit data results.
  • Demonstrate the different ways of communicating meaning from data in line with audience requirements.
  • Produce clear and consistent technical documentation using standard organisational templates.
  • Store, manage and distribute in compliance with data security standards and legislation.
  • Explain data and results to different audiences in a way that aids understanding.
  • Review own development needs.
  • Keep up to date with developments in technologies, trends and innovation using a range of sources.
  • Clean data i.e. remove duplicates, typos, duplicate entries, out of date data, parse data (e.g. format telephone numbers according to a national standard) and test and assess confidence in the data and its integrity.
  • Operate as part of a multi-functional team.
  • Prioritise within the context of a project.
  • Source and migrate data from already identified different sources.
  • Collect, format and save datasets.
  • Summarise and explain gathered data.
  • Blend data sets from multiple sources and present in format appropriate to the task.
  • Manipulate and link different data sets as required.
  • Use tools and techniques to identify trends and patterns in data.
  • Apply basic statistical methods and algorithms to identify trends and patterns in data.
  • Apply cross checking techniques for identifying faults and data results for data project requirements.
  • Audit data results.
  • Demonstrate the different ways of communicating meaning from data in line with audience requirements.
  • Produce clear and consistent technical documentation using standard organisational templates.
  • Store, manage and distribute in compliance with data security standards and legislation.
  • Explain data and results to different audiences in a way that aids understanding.
  • Review own development needs.
  • Keep up to date with developments in technologies, trends and innovation using a range of sources.
  • Clean data i.e. remove duplicates, typos, duplicate entries, out of date data, parse data (e.g. format telephone numbers according to a national standard) and test and assess confidence in the data and its integrity.
  • Operate as part of a multi-functional team.
  • Prioritise within the context of a project.

Your training plan

Successful completion of this apprenticeship gives you an accredited Level 3 Data Technician, with training in how to:

  • Identify the right data sources for your business to inform decision-making
  • Collect, compile and cleanse data accurately and securely
  • Identify, analyse and interpret data, trends, and patterns
  • Produce dashboards and reports to aid visualisation and comparison

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

5 GCSE's including Maths and English (grade 5/B or above)

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

  • Communication skills
  • IT skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Organisation skills
  • Customer care skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Presentation skills
  • Administrative skills
  • Number skills
  • Analytical skills
  • Logical
  • Initiative
  • Non judgemental
  • Patience

About this company

Express Recruitment was established in October 1987 by our Managing Director, Lesley Beauchamp. We have witnessed enormous growth over the past 40 years, now being the preferred recruitment partner for many companies across Nottingham, Derby, Leicester, and the wider Midlands region, including the region’s most reputable organisations. Our services span core divisions, providing both permanent and temporary recruitment solutions through our expert teams of specialist consultants.

https://www.express-recruitment.co.uk/ (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

Opportunity to stay with the company as a full time employee upon successful completion of apprenticeship programme.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

EMA TRAINING LIMITED

Jess Mitchell

apply@ematraining.co.uk

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000326086.

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Closes in 17 days (Friday 4 July 2025 at 11:59pm)

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