Recruitment Consultant Apprentice
SMART10 LIMITED
Ridgeway, (AL7 2AD)
Closes in 26 days (Monday 12 January 2026)
Posted on 17 December 2025
Contents
Summary
Join a fast-paced, sales-based recruitment team as a Recruitment Level 3 apprentice, where you'll build strong relationships with candidates and clients. Gain hands-on experience in sourcing, business development, and relationship management- building the foundations for a long-term career in 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– Friday
8:30am– 5:30pm
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 19 January 2026
- Duration
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1 year 3 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
Your duties will include:
- Talent Sourcing- Proactively finding candidates for long-standing clients in the commercial sector
- Management of the Candidate Experience- Exceeding
- Expectations and providing high- level support for all candidates
- Resourcing for suitable applicants for client vacancies- Proactive head-hunting and registering qualified candidates for specific vacancies
- Interviews– Coordinating interviews for selected candidates, liaising with the hiring managers, and sending relevant documentation of confirmations
- Complete In person and on-line Registrations
Client Account Management– We aim to provide a service of excellence to all our clients, long-standing clients, and new business clients, by working in partnership to provide long-term staffing solutions to suit individual business needs - Attending client meetings– To strengthen client relationships and become more knowledgeable with finding the right candidates for the client’s culture and business long term goals
- Employer Branding: Enhance and promote the company’s employer brand to attract top talent
- Compliance: Ensure recruitment practices comply with all applicable laws and regulations
- Targets & Business Goals: Ensure business GP Targets are met individually, and the overall business, working towards daily / weekly KPI’s and Objectives; Registrations, CV submitted and interviews attended
Where you'll work
Attimore Barn,
Ridgeway,
AL7 2AD
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:
- English (grade 4)
- Maths (grade 4)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Administrative skills
- Communication skills
- Creative
- Customer care skills
- Flexible
- Initiative
- IT skills
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Sales Skills
- Team working
Other requirements
We are a people-focused business that truly invests in its team. One hundred percent of our long-standing employees received rewarding bonuses this year, including members of our support team. We offer monthly or quarterly bonus schemes, annual incentive trips, and additional annual leave rewards to recognise performance and commitment.
Since 2012, we have proudly won nine prestigious business awards, reflecting our continued success and strong reputation within the industry. Recruiters are supported in their professional development and are offered the opportunity to study towards and achieve their REC qualifications after 12 months of employment.
We are also members of an exclusive recruitment network, providing our team with access to high-level recruitment training and coaching throughout the year. This includes both online learning and in-person training events, primarily based in London.
Looking ahead to 2025, we are excited to be expanding our services nationwide and launching a new division, creating further opportunities for growth and progression within the business.
About this employer
We are an experienced recruitment professional and multi-award winning business director, Smart10 cover the full spectrum of roles from entry-level up to director-level including temporary and contract roles as well as permanent. Our values are an integral part of life in Smart10. They drive our behaviours, our performance, our culture and are aligned with our overall business objectives and company strategy. Our culture is collaborative, supportive and fun. We want you to enjoy what you do and leave a legacy every day. We are fortunate to work in an industry, where we all have the opportunity to positively impact people’s lives, by connecting emotionally and investing in relationships with our candidates and clients.
After this apprenticeship
- This apprenticeship offers a clear pathway into a long-term career in recruitment
- Successful apprentices may be offered a permanent position upon completion, with opportunities to progress into roles such as Recruitment Consultant, Business Development or Account Manager
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
THE NVQ TRAINING CENTRE LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000005511.
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Closes in 26 days (Monday 12 January 2026)
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