Recruitment Apprentice
Rubix M&E
SUFFOLK (IP6 0AJ)
Closes in 20 days (Monday 8 December 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 18 November 2025
Contents
Summary
A leading mechanical and electrical recruitment agency in Ipswich is looking for a recruiter apprentice to join their growing company. The job involves supporting a team of experienced recruitment consultants with all aspects of finding and placing workers, via job posting, CV searching and social media advertising.
- Wage
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£18,000 a year
- Training course
- Recruiter (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday, 08.30am - 5.30pm (Breaks to be confirmed).
38 hours a week
- Start date
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Tuesday 9 December 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
- Support the end-to-end recruitment process, from sourcing candidates to managing placements
- Screen CVs and conduct initial telephone interviews with potential candidates
- Build and maintain strong relationships with candidates
- Learn company procedures and policies, including using our recruitment software
- Develop a deep understanding of the industry and the roles you recruit for
- Build and maintain a client database
- Gaining knowledge of the companies’ hierarchy to enable consultants to place and replace candidates through a proactive approach
- Taking detailed job specifications
- Preparing a prequalified short list of candidates for the consultant to present to the client
- Preparing candidates CVs to submit to clients
Where you'll work
7B HILLVIEW BUSINESS PARK
CLAYDON
SUFFOLK
IP6 0AJ
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
RM 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
- Recruiter Level 3 Apprenticeship Standard
- 14 months office-based training at the employer's location
- Functional skills maths and English (if required)
Requirements
Desirable 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
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Customer care skills
- Administrative skills
- Team working
- UK driving licence
Other requirements
Own transport is essential due to the location of their offices.
About this employer
Rubix M&E: Your Trusted Mechanical and Electrical Recruitment Partner Established in 2015 as Rubix Personnel, our founder, Milo Williams, identified a gap in the market for a dedicated Mechanical and Electrical Recruitment Agency. Focusing on key Mechanical and Electrical sectors such as Utilities, Renewables and Gas, we provide a specialised service that simplifies and streamlines the recruitment process for candidates and clients alike. Our Expertise in Mechanical and Electrical Recruitment At Rubix M&E, our team of dedicated Mechanical and Electrical recruitment specialists possesses an in-depth understanding of your industry. From HVAC Engineers to Wind Turbine Technicians, and from Renewables to Smart Metering, we have acquired a deep understanding of the wide variety of disciplines within the sector. Our team stay up-to-date with the latest technological advancements and industry changes that shape these sectors, ensuring we deliver the most relevant and knowledgeable service.
After this apprenticeship
- Possibility of a full-time position after successful completion of the apprenticeship.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
RM TRAINING (UK) LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000001187.
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Closes in 20 days (Monday 8 December 2025 at 11:59pm)
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