Recruitment Consultant Apprenticeship

Summary

We’re seeking a motivated individual to join an education recruitment company as a Recruitment Consultant Apprentice. You’ll support schools across the West Midlands by advertising roles, screening CVs, speaking with candidates, arranging interviews, and helping match staff to their ideal roles with professionalism and care.

Wage

£14,918.80 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices

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Commission plan is available after the probation period.

Training course

Recruiter (level 3)

Hours

Monday - Friday, 7.00am - 4.00pm. (1 hour lunch) in school term time Reduced, more flexible hours in school holidays, times TBC

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Start date

Monday 18 August 2025

Duration

1 year 3 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

Duties will include:

Conduct telephone interviews with candidates to assess suitability
Make and receive calls to and from candidates and clients
Arrange and confirm interviews between candidates and schools
Advertise teaching and support staff vacancies across job boards and platforms
Screen CVs and shortlist suitable candidates
Make cold calls to potential clients and candidates to promote recruitment services
Support consultants with general admin and daily recruitment tasks
Prepare and send candidate profiles to schools
Manage and update the candidate and client database
Complete full compliance checks, including DBS, right-to-work, and safeguarding
Work towards targets to meet KPI's

Where you'll work

Holly Ln,
CV7 7EB

Training

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

College or training organisation

THE NVQ TRAINING CENTRE LIMITED

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

Recruiter Level 3 Apprenticeship Standard:

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)

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

Administrative skills
Communication skills
Creative
Customer care skills
Driving License
Flexible
Initiative
IT skills
Organisation skills
Problem solving skills
Sales Skills
Team working

Other requirements

Have you considered location / hours / wage?

About this company

At The Teach Team, our mission is simple - to deliver excellence in education recruitment across the West Midlands and Warwickshire. We are an education agency that supports primary, secondary and SEN schools with their staffing needs., as well as supplying roles for teaching and support candidates who are looking for their dream role. We pride ourselves on working with integrity and to provide an outstanding and professional service to all of our schools and candidates.

https://www.theteachteam.co.uk (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

Successful completion of the apprenticeship could lead to a permanent Recruitment Consultant role, with career progression opportunities and the chance to earn commission

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