Recruitment Apprenticeship Level 3 - Career progression plan available
ELITE PERSONNEL LTD
SUTTON COLDFIELD (B73 5TD)
Closes on Tuesday 20 January 2026
Posted on 3 December 2025
Contents
Summary
We are seeking a motivated and enthusiastic individual to join our team as an Apprentice Trainee Recruitment Consultant working on our temporary desk filling temporary requirements so its fast paced .This role offers a unique opportunity to learn and develop valuable skills in the field of recruitment.
- Wage
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£15,704 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
- Training course
- Recruiter (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday, 09:00am– 05:00pm.
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Wednesday 21 January 2026
- Duration
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1 year 2 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
Key Responsibilities:
Candidate Sourcing:
Assist in identifying potential candidates through various channels, including job boards, social media, networking, and referrals.
Candidate Screening:
Conduct initial phone screens and interviews to evaluate candidates' qualifications, skills, and suitability for specific roles.
Database Management:
Maintain accurate and up-to-date candidate and client information in the company's database, ensuring data integrity and compliance with data protection regulations.
Market Research:
Making sales calls which can be warm calls and cold calling so you must not be scared of using the telephone.
Stay informed about industry trends, market dynamics, and competitor activities to enhance your understanding of the recruitment landscape.
Client Interaction:
Participate in client meetings and presentations, gaining exposure to client needs and recruitment requirements.
Sales taking new job specifications adding onto our database.
Job Posting and Advertisements:
Assist in creating compelling job descriptions and advertisements for open positions to attract potential candidates.
Interview Coordination:
Schedule interviews between candidates and clients, ensuring a smooth and efficient process.
Feedback Collection:
Gather feedback from clients and candidates after interviews, providing insights to improve the recruitment process.
Candidate Care:
Maintain regular communication with candidates, providing updates on job opportunities and guiding them through the recruitment process.
Administrative Support:
Assist with administrative tasks such as document preparation, contract management, and invoicing.
Learning and Development:
Actively participate in training sessions and workshops, enhancing your understanding of recruitment best practices, communication skills, and industry knowledge.
Where you'll work
14 BOLDMERE ROAD
SUTTON COLDFIELD
B73 5TD
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
JUNIPER TRAINING 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
- Recruiter Level 3 Apprenticeship
- End Point Assessment
- English and maths functional skills if required which will be delivered via online training sessions for 1 hour per week
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
GCSE in:
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
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Confident Telephone Manner
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office
Other requirements
Applicants for this vacancy need to be aware that a strong personality and tenacity to achieve results is needed to be successful within the recruitment sector. If you are not confident speaking with new people or do not feel this is a skill that can quickly be developed this may not be the best role for you.
About this employer
We believe our continued success since 1994 is down to the simple fact that we love what we do. We get a buzz out of finding the right person for a specific role, and love connecting with candidates who are keen to move their career to a different level. It can be a highly emotive and pressurised process, but our small team of 8 consultants are vastly experienced, not only in the industry, but in making people feel at ease and offering real advice. It’s not an overnight process, but our friendly bunch will be privileged to make it as smooth and as rewarding as possible. Based in the Midlands, we have conveniently located offices so attract a large number of high calibre candidates and employers. And we’re delighted with the fact that much of our business is from referrals, which is testament to the high standard of tailor-made services we pride ourselves on delivering
After this apprenticeship
- Progression onto a Recruitment Consultant full-time position may be offered upon successful completion of the apprenticeship to the right candidate.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
JUNIPER TRAINING LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000003618.
Apply now
Closes on Tuesday 20 January 2026
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