Researcher / Market Intelligence Apprentice
JCW SEARCH LTD
London (EC1R 0DS)
Closes in 15 days (Friday 17 October 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 30 September 2025
Contents
Summary
We are a specialist recruitment firm in Swiss life sciences. We’re hiring a Researcher/Market Intelligence Apprentice to identify senior hiring managers, collect contact info, generate targeted leads, and create concise market insight (news/trend summaries) to support business development and sourcing.
- Wage
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£18,000 a year
- Training course
- Recruiter (level 3)
- Hours
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8:00am - 5:00pm, Monday to Thursday and 9:00am - 5:00pm, on Friday.
39 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 20 October 2025
- Duration
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1 year 2 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
Role summary
This is a research-and-intelligence-first role that sits at the intersection of market mapping, sourcing, and business development support. The successful candidate will be highly organised, methodical, data-savvy, and comfortable with multilingual environments.
Key responsibilities:
Market mapping & contact discovery:
- Build and maintain a comprehensive, validated list of senior hiring managers (e.g., Hiring Manager, Head of, Senior Director, VP, C-suite for People/Operations/Functional leads) across biotech, MedTech, pharma, CRO/CMO, diagnostics and health tech companies based in Switzerland.
- Capture accurate contact details (email, phone, LinkedIn) and company metadata (company size, funding status, key sites, hiring activity).
- Maintain and update records in our CRM (e.g., Bullhorn, HubSpot, Salesforce — specify tool) with tags and segments for easy searching.
Lead generation & outreach support:
- Identify and prioritise high-value leads and hiring hotspots (e.g., companies scaling, new funding rounds, M&A activity).
- Produce targeted lead lists for business development and consultant outreach.
Market intelligence & trend reporting:
- Monitor Swiss life sciences news sources, company press releases, funding announcements, clinical milestones, regulatory changes (Swissmedic/European where relevant), cluster/cluster expansions, and university spin-outs.
- Produce weekly 1-page intelligence briefings and a monthly market trends report summarising hires, key appointments, and hiring demand by role and geography.
Data quality & compliance:
Ensure high data quality, de-duplicate records, validate contact details, and follow Swiss data protection and marketing opt-in best practices (e.g., respect of Swiss/EU privacy rules when performing outreach).
Event & ecosystem mapping:
Map relevant Swiss life sciences hubs, incubators, accelerators, cluster organisations, and recurring events/conferences important for talent and business development (e.g., Basel, Zurich, Lausanne/Geneva life sciences hubs).
Ad-hoc research:
Deliver project-specific research such as org charts for target companies, competitor hire analysis, and talent movement intelligence.
Where you'll work
2 Pear Tree Court
London
EC1R 0DS
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 Apprenticeship Standard as a Recruitment Level 3.
- On-the-job training will be delivered by the employer with the training provider's support.
- Off-the-job training will be delivered by the training provider in partnership with the employer.
- You will also complete the Functional Skills in Maths and English up to and including Level 2 (if you do not already hold the equivalent).
- The apprenticeship is delivered entirely on the job, meaning there is no college release time required. All training and development will take place within the workplace during your working hours.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade C/4 or higher)
- Maths (grade C/4 or higher)
Desirable qualifications
A Level 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
- Attention to detail
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
- Work independently
Other requirements
Skills & experience (must have): • Excellent written communication skills — able to synthesise news into short, actionable briefings. • Attention to detail, high data hygiene, and comfort with spreadsheets and data tools (Excel/Google Sheets). • Ability to work independently and manage competing priorities.
About this employer
Founded in 2007, JCW began with a clear vision: to grow from a single individual into the leading global provider of talent solutions across the finance, risk, and governance space. Years later, we are proud to have achieved that goal. Today, JCW is the largest specialist firm operating within this critical and continually evolving niche. We source highly skilled permanent and interim/contract professionals and offer dedicated executive search services for senior and specialist roles. As a trusted partner to a wide range of organisations—from agile startups to global enterprises—we deliver top-tier talent across the USA and Europe. Put simply, we’re trusted by talent and relied upon by our clients to build the most important teams in their business.
After this apprenticeship
We’re looking for someone who is committed to building a long-term career with us. There is potential for growth, with clear opportunities to progress within the business. We're seeking an individual who is ambitious, driven, and eager to grow alongside the company over the long term. Providing successful completion of the Apprenticeship.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
DAVIDSON TRAINING UK LIMITED
GEMMA BARR
gemmabarr@davidsontraining.com
07399 586723
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000344366.
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Closes in 15 days (Friday 17 October 2025 at 11:59pm)
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