Talent Acquisition Apprentice (Internal Recruiter level 3)
HALFORDS LIMITED
Worcestershire (B98 0DE)
Closes in 25 days (Friday 2 January 2026 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 3 December 2025
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Summary
Are you someone who lights up a room and connects with people instantly? If you thrive in a fast-paced environment and love making things happen, this Talent Acquisition Apprentice role could launch your career. Join a dynamic recruitment team where every day is different and your energy and personality truly shine.
- Wage
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£18,000 a year
- Training course
- Recruiter (level 3)
- Hours
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Working Days: Hybrid 3 days per week onsite, Monday – Wednesday other 2 work from home
Working hours: 8:45am – 5:00pm
37 hours a week
- Start date
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Saturday 3 January 2026
- Duration
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1 year 4 months
- Positions available
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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
Support the end-to-end recruitment process, ensuring candidates and hiring managers receive both a professional and timely service.
Help manage job requisitions and candidate records within our Applicant Tracking System (ATS), ensuring data accuracy and compliance.
Assist with the preparation and issuing of employment contracts and onboarding documentation for new starters.
Coordinate onboarding activities to help ensure every new colleague has a smooth and positive start with us.
Provide administrative support for internal colleague moves and promotions.
Support the team with posting job adverts, screening applications, and scheduling interviews.
Learn how to track and report on recruitment activity to support data-driven decision making.
Contribute ideas for improving our processes, systems, and candidate experience.
Provide general administrative support to the wider Talent Acquisition team during busy periods.
Provide flexible support across the Talent Acquisition function, adapting to changing business needs and supporting peak periods or team absences.
Where you'll work
Icknield Street Drive
Washford West
Redditch
Worcestershire
B98 0DE
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
THE RECALVI ENTERPRISE LTD
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
Training will be held once a week for the first eight weeks
Training will then take place once a month for the remainder of the course
All lessons will be delivered remotely via Microsoft Teams
Sessions will be led by a tutor from Apprenticeship Connect
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4 or above)
- Mathematics (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
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Administrative skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
Other requirements
Passionate about people and interested in building a career in HR or Talent
Acquisition, with drive!
Organised and able to manage multiple tasks with good attention to detail
Confident using Microsoft Office tools (Excel, Word, Outlook)
Curious, proactive, and eager to learn
A strong communicator who enjoys working with others, and friendly
Professional and discreet when handling sensitive information
Previous experience in administration, customer service, or HR support is helpful but not essential, full training will be provided
Must Have English and Maths GCSEs
About this employer
Our client is a leading UK retailer with a buzzing Support Centre based in Redditch. Known for their people first culture and passion for developing talent. They are committed to providing a great place to work, offering a fantastic training and development opportunities, and a competitive benefits package. They are recognised as a great place to work. You’ll join a supportive, high-energy team where your personality, ambition, and potential matter just as much as your skillset.
After this apprenticeship
Offered a full time position
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
THE RECALVI ENTERPRISE LTD
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000003341.
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Closes in 25 days (Friday 2 January 2026 at 11:59pm)
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