Talent Attraction Apprenticeship - Great British Energy - Nuclear
Cogent Ssc Limited
Warrington (WA1 1GG)
Closes in 10 days (Monday 3 August 2026)
Posted on 21 July 2026
Contents
Summary
As a Talent Attraction Apprentice at GBE-N, you'll find yourself at the heart of a dynamic and supportive team, where every day brings new opportunities to learn and grow. You'll enjoy a variety of tasks, from supporting recruitment campaigns and managing candidate interactions, to assisting with sourcing and selection activities.
- Wage
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£23,890 a year
- Training course
- Recruiter (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday, 37.5 hours
37 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Tuesday 1 September 2026
- Duration
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1 year 9 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 hiring managers in understanding role requirements and recruitment activity
- Assist with attraction campaigns, including early careers and outreach initiatives
- Support candidate sourcing using job boards, social media, and internal systems
- Assist with screening applications against role requirements and shortlisting candidates
- Coordinate interviews, including scheduling and communication with candidates and hiring managers
- Communicate with candidates throughout the recruitment process to ensure a positive experience
- Maintain accurate candidate and vacancy data on recruitment systems
- Use data and reports to support recruitment activity and identify trends
- Ensure recruitment processes are followed in line with policies and data protection requirements
- Ability to handle sensitive information with care, maintaining confidentiality at all times
- Provide general administrative support across recruitment activities
- Provide excellent customer service to candidates, hiring managers, and stakeholders
- Communicate effectively with candidates, colleagues, and external partners
- Support and collaborate with colleagues to achieve recruitment outcomes
- Identify and act on opportunities to improve recruitment processes and candidate experience
- Stay updated with business needs and recruitment market trends.
- Seek feedback to improve
You'll be supported by experienced professionals who are committed to your development, ensuring you gain valuable insights and hands-on experience. The satisfaction of knowing your contributions directly impact the attraction and hiring of talent, combined with the chance to work in a company that values integrity, teamwork, and continuous improvement, makes this role truly rewarding. If you're eager to start your career in recruitment and thrive in a collaborative environment, you'll love being part of Great British Energy - Nuclear.
Where you'll work
Lakeside Drive
Centre Park
Warrington
WA1 1GG
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
THE EDUCATIONWISE ACADEMY LTD
Training course
Recruiter (level 3)
Understanding apprenticeship levels (opens in new tab)
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
Bi-weekly tutor-led online sessions, with support from a workplace assessor.
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
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Administrative skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
About this employer
As the specialists in skills for science and technology, our purpose is to make sure your business; your people and our industry are future ready. We are a not-for-profit charitable organisation with a family of commercially focused companies committed to supporting the skills, needs and ambitions across the UK science and technology sector.
Company benefits
- Holiday Allowance - 25 Days Holiday Allowance, plus Bank Holidays
- Pension - Employee 5%, Employer 3%
- Flexible Working Hours
- Work from Home
- Eyecare
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Onsite Parking
Disability Confident
A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.
You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.
After this apprenticeship
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).
This role is part of our talent plan for the future. Upon successful completion of the apprenticeship, you will be eligible to be considered for any other suitable vacancies.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
THE EDUCATIONWISE ACADEMY LTD
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000043896.
Apply now
Closes in 10 days (Monday 3 August 2026)
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