Recruitment Apprentice

LONDON VESTA COLLEGE LTD

London (E1 5HZ)

Closes in 22 days (Saturday 28 February 2026 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 3 February 2026

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Summary

Start your career as a Recruitment Apprentice. Work with employers and candidates to support recruitment and onboarding, gain hands-on experience, develop key skills, and build a foundation for a future career in recruitment or HR.

Wage

£15,000 a year

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Training course
Recruiter (level 3)
Hours
Monday to Friday 9 am to 5 pm

35 hours a week

Start date

Monday 9 March 2026

Duration

1 year 3 months

Positions available

2

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 sourcing and screening of candidates, including reviewing applications.
  • Arrange interviews and communicate with candidates and hiring managers.
  • Assist with onboarding new hires and completing necessary administration.
  • Build and maintain relationships with employers to support future opportunities.
  • Keep recruitment records up to date and ensure data is accurate and compliant.
  • Support the recruitment team with general tasks and projects as needed.
  • Help create job adverts and candidate profiles for apprenticeships and adult learners.
  • Post vacancies on job boards, social media, and other recruitment channels.

Where you'll work

Montefiore Centre
Hanbury Street
London
E1 5HZ

Training

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

Training provider

LONDON VESTA COLLEGE 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

Level 3 Recruiter apprenticeship, including Functional Skills in English and maths if required.

 

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

Maths - C/4 (grade English-C/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
  • Organisation skills
  • Customer care skills
  • Administrative skills
  • Team working
  • Initiative
  • Non judgemental
  • Patience
  • Confidence and initiative

Other requirements

Passing a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

About this employer

London Vesta College (LVC) is a specialist training provider based in East London. It has been delivering apprenticeship and digital skills training since 2008 and is rated Good by Ofsted. The college focuses on IT and digital sector apprenticeships and helps learners gain real skills employers want. Apprentices are supported through a mix of practical work experience and formal training, working towards recognised qualifications. London Vesta College has a strong track record with a 100 % pass rate and high employer satisfaction, offering personalised coaching and support throughout the apprenticeship.

After this apprenticeship

After this apprenticeship, you could move into roles like Recruitment Assistant, HR Assistant, or Talent Advisor. With more experience or training, you could progress to senior recruitment or HR roles. This apprenticeship gives you a strong start for a career in recruitment or HR.

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The contact for this apprenticeship is:

LONDON VESTA COLLEGE LIMITED

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000012389.

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Closes in 22 days (Saturday 28 February 2026 at 11:59pm)