Recruitment Apprenticeship – Level 3 - Education Sector
TARA PROFESSIONAL RECRUITMEN
Shrewsbury (SY1 3GA)
Closes in 22 days (Wednesday 20 May 2026 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 28 April 2026
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Summary
A great chance to join a friendly, ethical education recruitment agency. Tara Professional Recruitment supports schools across the Midlands. You’ll help source and screen candidates, complete compliance checks, and assist consultants with daily and long‑term school bookings.
- Wage
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£17,000 a year
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£17,000 - £20,000 - To be agreed with the sucessfull applicant
- Training course
- Recruiter (level 3)
- Hours
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7am– 4pm Or 9am– 5pm (Candidate needs to be able to do both shifts on a planned Rota basis).
School Holiday working hours– 10am– 2.30pm or 11.30am– 4pm
Annual Salary is split over 12 equal months.
37 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Thursday 21 May 2026
- Duration
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1 year 1 month
- 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
- Using online tools and platforms to source teachers, TAs and support staff
- Telephone screening candidates to assess suitability, availability and preferences
- Supporting candidates through registration, safeguarding checks and onboarding
- Preparing job adverts and candidate profiles
- Updating CRM systems with accurate information
- Assisting consultants with filling daily and long‑term school bookings
- Maintaining regular communication with candidates and schools
- Answering incoming calls and providing excellent customer service
- Supporting with ID checks, compliance documentation and safeguarding processes
- Helping match candidates to roles based on skills and school requirements
- Working collaboratively with a friendly, supportive team
- Learning how to independently recruit and manage your own candidate pool
- Supporting the full business operation by taking part in the flexible shifts - 7am– 4pm Or 9am– 5pm
- Developing your Individual brand as a recruiter and Representing the company to an excellent standard
Where you'll work
Dunbar House
Knights Court
Shrewsbury
SY1 3GA
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
- Level 3 360 Recruiter Apprenticeship Standard
- End‑Point Assessment (EPA)
- English and maths Functional Skills if required
- Dedicated Juniper skills coach for on‑the‑job development
Requirements
Essential 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
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
- Confident Telephone Manner
Other requirements
- Apprentice needs to know they will be required to work shifts and be available for both- 7am– 4pm Or 9am– 5pm
About this employer
Tara Professional Recruitment is a specialist education recruitment agency supplying teachers and support staff to schools across the Midlands. Known for being friendly, ethical and relationship‑driven, Tara focuses on quality, care and long‑term partnerships with both schools and candidates. The team is supportive, energetic and committed to making a positive difference in education.
https://taraprofessionalrecruitment.co.uk/about-us (opens in new tab)
Company benefits
- Annual Leave– 30 days plus bank holiday
- 5 days floating term time
- 25 days to be taken in school holiday due to the nature of education recruitment
- Christmas Shut down
- Birthday Day off work
After this apprenticeship
- Full time role within the business for a sucessfull apprentice
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
JUNIPER TRAINING LIMITED
Paul Nightingale
Paul.nightingale@junipertraining.co.uk
07395789959
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000028761.
Apply now
Closes in 22 days (Wednesday 20 May 2026 at 11:59pm)