Recruitment Apprentice

LARA SEARCH LIMITED

London (E14 5EU)

Closes in 19 days (Friday 14 November 2025 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 14 October 2025

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Summary

Are you ready to kickstart your career in recruitment? Join our vibrant team in Canary Wharf office as a Recruitment Apprentice! We specialise in supplying staff to schools, colleges, and local authorities, ensuring they have the best talent to support their educational needs. The role will include resourcing, client interaction and admin support.

Wage

£13,306.80 a year

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The hours will be 10am-5pm during term time and 11am-3pm in the school holidays. Hours are based on average of 130 hours per month at £8.53 per hour

Training course
Recruiter (level 3)
Hours
Monday - Friday, 10.00am - 5.00pm during term time and 11.00am - 3.00pm in the school holidays.

30 hours a week

Start date

Monday 17 November 2025

Duration

1 year 1 month

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

  • Customer Service: Provide exceptional customer service to candidates and clients within the education and public sectors
  • Administrative Support: Handle various administrative tasks to support the recruitment process
  • Candidate Liaison: Communicate effectively with candidates to manage their application process
  • Client Interaction: Liaise with schools, colleges, and local authorities to understand their recruitment needs and ensure a smooth hiring process
  • Reference Checks: Conduct thorough reference checks for potential candidates
  • Client Meetings: Attend client meetings to gain insights into their requirements and organisational culture
  • Background Checks: Perform background checks to ensure candidates are a good fit for our clients

Where you'll work

30 Churchill Place
Canary Wharf
London
E14 5EU

Training

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

Training provider

DAVIDSON TRAINING UK 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

  • Full training will be given leading to a recognised Recruiter Apprenticeship Level 3 Standard qualification
  • Full on-the-job training will be delivered by the employer
  • Off-the-job training will be supported by our Training Provider - Davidson Training UK Ltd
  • You will also complete the Functional Skills in maths and English up to and including Level 2 (if you already do not hold the equivalent)
  • All training will be delivered within the workplace during working hours
  • As a Recruitment Apprentice, you will work closely with a manager who will mentor you and guide you towards progression within our company
  • You’ll receive ongoing training and support to help you develop your skills and advance your career in recruitment

Requirements

Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.

Skills

  • Communication skills
  • Organisation skills
  • Customer care skills
  • Administrative skills
  • Team working
  • Initiative
  • Enthusiastic
  • Ability to multi-task

About this employer

LARA Search Education is a specialist company who exclusively recruits for the SEND sector within Mainstream Schools, Special Needs Schools, Alternative Provisions and Pupil Referral Units. We work with schools and alternative provisions across London and the Home Counties. We offer roles with some of the best schools in London.

https://www.larasearch-education.com/ (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

  • If successful, the possibility of becoming a full-time staff member after completion of the apprenticeship

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

DAVIDSON TRAINING UK LIMITED

Gemma Barr

gemmabarr@davidsontraining.com

07399 586723

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000346529.

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Closes in 19 days (Friday 14 November 2025 at 11:59pm)

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