Apprentice Recruitment Resourcer

ARDENT SOCIAL LTD

St. Albans (AL1 3TF)

Closes in 27 days (Tuesday 13 January 2026 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 17 December 2025

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Summary

Ideal for ambitious, driven individuals keen to start a recruitment career. Learn the foundations, source candidates, support the team, and work towards running your own desk. Motivated, career-driven candidates only. Office moves to Canary Wharf in June.

• Wage:

  £20,000 a year

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  We are offering between 18-20k oer annum for the right person. You will also earn commission once probation has been completed.

• Training course: Recruiter (level 3)
• Hours: Monday - Thursday, between 9.00am - 6.00pm and Friday, between 9.00am - 5.30pm.

  40 hours a week

• Start date:

  Friday 16 January 2026

• Duration:

  1 year 2 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:

• Candidate Sourcing & Engagement
• Proactively source, screen, and qualify candidates for live job roles
• Build relationships with candidates to understand their skills, motivations, and availability
• Handle objections and sell opportunities to potential candidates
• Amend and format CVs to highlight candidate suitability
• Ensure all placements meet safer recruitment compliance
• Recruitment Administration & Database Management
• Keep our CRM system up to date with candidate activity
• Maintain all records and documentation to support compliance and audit requirements
• Assist in drafting and placing job adverts across multiple platforms
• Business Development & Future Growth
• Shadow experienced recruiters and learn how to win new business
• Develop an understanding of market trends and recruitment strategies
• Support existing client relationships and assist in delivering exceptional recruitment services

Where you'll work

2 Victoria Square
Victoria Street
St. Albans
AL1 3TF

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 Level 3 Recruiter Apprenticeship Standard Qualification
• Full on-the-job training will be delivered
• Off-the-job training will be supported by our Training Provider, Davidson Training UK Ltd
• All training is carried out within the workplace during working hours

Requirements

Desirable qualifications

GCSE in:

• English (grade 4-9 (A* - C))
• Maths (grade 4-9 (A* - C))

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
• Team working
• Strong communication skills
• Relationship-building skills
• Highly motivated,
• Desire to earn and grow
• Resilient and confident,
• Able to handle objections
• Able to handle rejections
• Excellent time management
• Ability to prioritise tasks
• Detail-oriented
• Able to work independently

Other requirements

Please note: We will be relocating our office to Canary Wharf in June 2026. Applicants should only apply if they are happy to travel to St Albans initially, and then to Canary Wharf from June 2026 onwards.

About this employer

Ardent Social is a fast growing start-up recruitment agency with ambitious plans to scale and become a market leader in the social work recruitment. Our mission is to provide an exceptional recruitment experience, connecting talented social workers with opportunities that make a real impact in local communities. This is an exciting opportunity to join us at the ground level and be part of our journey to rapid growth and success. We are looking for an Apprentice Recruitment Resourcer who is eager to learn, grow with the business, and ultimately become a future leader within the company. This is not just a job—it's a career path into recruitment, with structured training, commission based on performance, and a clear route to progressing into a fully-fledged Recruitment Consultant managing their own desk.

Company benefits

• Commission Incentive
• Structured Career Path
• Mentorship & Career Growth
• We are a lifestyle company with designer and holiday incentives available - follow us on Instagram ardentsocial.life

After this apprenticeship

• We will train you to become a full Recruitment Consultant within the business

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

DAVIDSON TRAINING UK LIMITED

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000005539.

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Closes in 27 days (Tuesday 13 January 2026 at 11:59pm)

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