Apprentice Recruitment Administrator
ORBITAL RECRUITMENT LIMITED
Derby (DE1 1HU)
Closes in 18 days (Friday 28 November 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 10 November 2025
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Summary
We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic Apprentice Administrator to join our busy recruitment office. This is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to start their career in recruitment and administration while working towards a level 2 Customer Service qualification.
- Wage
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£16,640 a year
- Training course
- Customer service practitioner (level 2)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday 09.00 - 17.30 with 30-minutes lunch break.
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 1 December 2025
- Duration
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1 year
- 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
You’ll be at the heart of a fast-paced environment, providing essential support to our recruitment team and ensuring a positive experience for candidates and clients alike.
Key responsibilities:
- Welcoming visitors and handling walk-ins in a professional and friendly manner
- Answering and directing incoming calls and taking accurate messages
- Assisting consultants with candidate registration, documentation, and compliance checks
- Maintaining and updating candidate records and databases
- Supporting with job advertising, CV screening, and interview coordination
- Managing emails and general office administration
- Providing excellent customer service to candidates and clients
Where you'll work
8 Queen Street
Derby
DE1 1HU
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
DERBY BUSINESS COLLEGE LIMITED
Training course
Customer service practitioner (level 2)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Use a range of questioning skills, including listening and responding in a way that builds rapport, determines customer needs and expectations and achieves positive engagement and delivery.
- Depending on your job role and work environment: Use appropriate verbal and non-verbal communication skills, along with summarising language during face-to-face communications; and/or
- Depending on your job role and work environment: Use appropriate communication skills, along with reinforcement techniques (to confirm understanding) during non-facing customer interactions.
- Depending on your job role and work environment: Use an appropriate ‘tone of voice’ in all communications, including written and digital, that reflect the organisation’s brand.
- Provide clear explanations and offer options in order to help customers make choices that are mutually beneficial to both the customer and your organisation.
- Be able to organise yourself, prioritise your own workload/activity and work to meet deadlines.
- Demonstrate patience and calmness.
- Show you understand the customer’s point of view.
- Use appropriate sign-posting or resolution to meet your customers needs and manage expectations.
- Maintain informative communication during service recovery.
Training schedule
- In addition to gaining practical experience in the role, you will also attain an NVQ Level 2 Customer Service qualification which will help start your career and give you an insight into the businesses processes and procedures
- Our training is all completed remotely via teams with a development coach who will be available for support 24/7 and will arrange weekly/fortnightly meetings with you
- You receive 20% off-the-job training during this apprenticeship which is included in your weekly working hours
More training information
- DBC Training are a multi award-winning employment and skills training provider
- We offer high-quality employer solutions to improve productivity and learner solutions to support individuals to fulfil their potential
- https://dbc-training.co.uk/
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
- Attention to detail
- Customer care skills
- Administrative skills
- Team working
- Initiative
About this employer
We are here to engage with and support people of all ages, beliefs and cultures. Existing to develop and enrich lives in the most powerful way. Through our positive guidance and remarkable community, we encourage and empower people to constantly push for personal success, to maintain a renewed sense of self belief and to welcome positive change in their lives. The Orbital sign represents the aspirational effort toward continually enhancing lives, making personal growth and purpose the center of all we do.
https://www.orbital-recruitment.co.uk/ (opens in new tab)
Company benefits
20 days hols excl Stats plus your birthday off after 6 months service, Healthcare scheme.
After this apprenticeship
Potential for promotion to recruitment consultant.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
DERBY BUSINESS COLLEGE LIMITED
Catherine
cat@dbc-training.co.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000348992.
Apply now
Closes in 18 days (Friday 28 November 2025 at 11:59pm)
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