Recruitment Consultant Apprentice Level 3
MISSION 4 RECRUITMENT LIMITED
95 Fore St (SG14 1AS)
Closes in 20 days (Monday 14 September 2026)
Posted on 24 August 2026
Contents
Summary
Join a well-established recruitment agency as a Recruitment Resourcer Apprentice. Source candidates, manage applications, conduct screening calls, support reference checks and build strong candidate and client relationships. Gain hands-on experience, develop your recruitment skills and start building a long-term career in the industry!
- Wage
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£15,600 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 9am- 5pm
(30 mins lunch)
37 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Monday 21 September 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
Duties will include:
- Finding and contacting suitable candidates for commercial roles
- Reviewing CVs and applications to identify suitable applicants
- Carrying out initial screening calls with candidates over the phone / Teams
- Building positive relationships with candidates and clients
- Updating candidate records and keeping information accurate
- Supporting right to work checks and referencing
- Advertising job vacancies and promoting opportunities on Indeed / Total Jobs / LinkedIn
- Booking interviews and supporting the recruitment process
- Providing regular updates to candidates throughout the process
- Learning about the recruitment process and developing industry knowledge
- Working towards completing Recruiter Level 3 apprenticeship
Where you'll work
First Floor
95 Fore St
SG14 1AS
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)
Understanding apprenticeship levels (opens in new tab)
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 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
- Attention to detail
- Communication skills
- Initiative
- IT skills
- Number skills
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Sales Skills
- Team working
Other requirements
- Have you considered location / hours / wage?
About this employer
A market leading recruitment consultancy based in the county town of Hertford, Mission4, is locally based but has national reach and influence, specialising in office based roles at all levels of seniority from administration and sales team members to supply chain management.What’s more, the sheer breadth and diversity of our commercial and supply chain contacts mean we have a rare insight on the job market that enables us to spot exciting career opportunities and match them with the right high-calibre individuals.
Mission4 is an independently owned, boutique style consultancy that has been established since 2003. Using our personable and unique way, we have successfully placed 100’s of candidates in new permanent and temporary roles across a broad range of positions including Management, Sales, Accountancy, Administration, Secretarial, HR, Marketing, Purchasing and Supply Chain with salaries up to £100,000.
After this apprenticeship
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).
This apprenticeship offers an excellent opportunity to build a long-term career within the recruitment industry. As you gain experience and develop your skills, you will have the opportunity to progress into a Recruitment Consultant role, managing your own candidates, building client relationships, and working towards your own recruitment targets. The business is committed to supporting your professional growth and career development.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
THE NVQ TRAINING CENTRE LIMITED
Krystyna Nalomenko
Krystyna@apprenticeship-centre.co.uk
0845-223 5020
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000049734.
Apply now
Closes in 20 days (Monday 14 September 2026)
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