Apprentice Recruiter

Summary

We’re looking for a motivated person to join our small recruitment team. You will be involved in the full lifecycle of recruiting people into apprenticeships including candidate sourcing, initial screening, matching suitable individuals to apprenticeship opportunities, leasing with employers plus administration of the pre-apprenticeship process.

Wage

£17,000 a year

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Training course

Recruiter (level 3)

Hours

Monday to Friday, 08:30 to 16:30.

35 hours a week

Start date

Monday 1 September 2025

Duration

1 year 6 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

Source candidates through various channels including online and in person
Move candidates through the application and screening process
Assist in matching candidates to apprenticeship opportunities
Coordinate the database of candidates
Coordinate interviews with apprentice employers
Complete administration tasks involved in the recruitment process
Learn about eligibility criteria for apprenticeships and apply it to the recruitment process
Learn about and apply recruitment policy and laws
Encourage candidate engagement throughout the recruitment process

Where you'll work

11 Wedgwood Road
Bicester
OX26 4UL

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

College or training organisation

THE EDUCATIONWISE ACADEMY LTD

Your 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.

Your training plan

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.

More training information

All appointments are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks, including a satisfactory basic criminal records check through the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

Driving Licence and access to a car is beneficial.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

English (grade 4 or above)
Maths (grade 4 or above)

Desirable qualifications

A Level in:

any subjects (grade Pass)

Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

Skills

Communication skills
IT skills
Attention to detail
Organisation skills
Customer care skills
Problem solving skills
Administrative skills
Team working

About this company

We are a small organisation with big impact! Engineering Trust Training delivers high quality Engineering apprenticeships and training across Oxfordshire and the surrounding counties. Working with our partner businesses, our small, dedicated team based in our training academy in Bicester, support the apprentice and employer through the whole journey from recruitment and assessment to the successful completion of the apprenticeship.

http://www.theengineeringtrust.org (opens in new tab)

Company benefits

• 28 days holiday plus Bank Holidays • Access to training • Company pension • Death in Service Cover • Access to WeCare wellbeing support • Salary sacrifice private health care • Cycle to Work Scheme.

After this apprenticeship

Following successful completion you will move to a permanent Recruitment Coordinator role with the opportunity to continue to learn up to degree level if you want to.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

ENGINEERING TRUST TRAINING LTD

Mark Vingoe

info@theengineeringtrust.org

01993882008

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000324896.

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Closes on Friday 8 August 2025

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