Trainee Recruitment Consultant Apprentice Level 3

SEARCH CONSULTANCY LIMITED

20 Colmore Circus, Queensway (B4 6AT)

Closes on Monday 12 January 2026

Posted on 3 December 2025

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Summary

Join our team as an Apprentice Recruitment Consultant! Gain hands-on experience building client and candidate relationships, and develop sales and negotiation skills. Through our structured apprenticeship programme, you’ll receive hands-on training, mentoring, and industry knowledge that will set you up for long-term success in recruitment.

• Wage:

  £15,704 a year

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  Depending on your experience, the salary may be reviewed up to £17,500.

• Training course: Recruiter (level 3)
• Hours: Mon - Fri 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.

  40 hours a week

• Start date:

  Monday 19 January 2026

• 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:

• Source and engage candidates through job boards, social media, referrals, and direct approaches.
• Screen, interview, and assess candidates to ensure suitability and compliance.
• Match candidates to vacancies, negotiate rates, and manage the full recruitment process from start to finish.
• Generate new business opportunities through proactive outbound sales activity, including cold calling, site visits, networking, and following up on leads.
• Build lasting relationships with clients across the construction industry, from main contractors to specialist subcontractors.
• Take detailed job briefs and understand client requirements for both temporary and permanent roles.
• Maintain a strong pipeline of business by achieving and exceeding sales and activity targets.
• Keep the CRM system up to date with accurate client and candidate information.

Where you'll work

The Colmore Building
20 Colmore Circus, Queensway
B4 6AT

Training

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

Training provider

THE NVQ TRAINING CENTRE 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

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)

Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.

Skills

• Administrative skills
• Attention to detail
• Communication skills
• Creative
• Customer care skills
• Driving License
• Initiative
• IT skills
• Organisation skills
• Problem solving skills
• Sales Skills
• Team working

Other requirements

You’ll benefit from one-to-one mentoring and on-the-job coaching from experienced Recruitment Consultants, clear career progression into a full Recruitment Consultant role upon successful completion, and a lively, team-focused environment where success is recognised and rewarded. You’ll also enjoy regular incentives, team events, and opportunities to visit clients and sites.

About this employer

Named as the second UK city with the most job opportunities outside London, Birmingham has a thriving employment landscape. At Search, we recruit for a variety of temporary, permanent and contract roles across the West Midlands. Based in the city centre, our Snow Hill Queensway site is one of the top Birmingham recruitment agency offices. Some of the specialisms we’re known for providing expertise in are Logistics, Construction & Property, and Accountancy & Finance. Speak to the team today for tailored career and business advice and guidance.

After this apprenticeship

This role offers the chance to build a long-term career in recruitment. You’ll gain hands-on experience, develop key skills in sales, client management, and negotiation, and progress into more senior positions such as Recruitment Consultant, Team Leader, or Account Manager. With dedication and performance, there’s strong potential for career growth and long-term success within the company.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

THE NVQ TRAINING CENTRE LIMITED

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000003605.

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Closes on Monday 12 January 2026

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