Recruiter Apprentice Level 3 – Engineering & Defence Consultancy

RC FORNAX LTD

Aztec West (BS32 4SY)

Closes in 11 days (Wednesday 26 November 2025)

Posted on 13 November 2025

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Summary

Work closely with our experienced recruitment team, you’ll gain hands-on experience supporting the full recruitment process – from sourcing and shortlisting candidates to managing interview logistics and maintaining candidate engagement.

• Wage:

  £0 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

  National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices

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  Pay incentives will be provided throughout your apprenticeship and beyond.

• Training course: Recruiter (level 3)
• Hours: 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday.

  40 hours a week

• Start date:

  Monday 8 December 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

Key Responsibilities:

• Draft and post job advertisements across multiple platforms
• Review and screen candidate CVs for suitability
• Coordinate and schedule interviews with candidates and clients
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date records within the recruitment system
• Provide general administrative support to the recruitment team
• Develop an understanding of the engineering and defence recruitment landscape

Where you'll work

220 Park Avenue Almondsbury
Aztec West
BS32 4SY

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

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:

• Maths (grade 4 or above)
• English (grade 4 or above)

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

Skills

• Attention to detail
• Communication skills
• Creative
• Customer care skills
• Initiative
• IT skills
• Organisation skills
• Problem solving skills
• Sales Skills
• Team working

Other requirements

Have you considered the suitability of the pay, hours and location before applying for this apprenticeship?

About this employer

RC Fornax is a veteran-founded, UK-based consultancy we are dedicated to enhancing the operational capabilities of the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) and its partners. Established in 2020, we specialise in providing bespoke, outcome-driven solutions across critical military platforms, including fighter jets, naval ships, drones, and military vehicles. Our expertise enables us to support mission-critical programmes with precision, speed, and reliability, ensuring our clients achieve their strategic objectives across land, sea, and air domains. RC Fornax is incorporated in England and Wales and its main country of operation is in the United Kingdom.

After this apprenticeship

The chance to progress your career in recruitment, and earn a commission.

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The contact for this apprenticeship is:

THE NVQ TRAINING CENTRE LIMITED

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000000533.

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Closes in 11 days (Wednesday 26 November 2025)

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