Recruitment Consultant Apprentice
Swarm Training CIC
Hethersett (NR9 3AY)
Closes in 14 days (Tuesday 27 October 2026)
Posted on 12 October 2026
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Summary
At Swarm Training, we're offering an exciting opportunity for a motivated and enthusiastic apprentice to become part of our dynamic team. This is a great chance to learn about our industry, gain hands-on experience, and grow into a valuable member of the business.
- Wage
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£21,000 a year
- Training course
- Recruiter (level 3)
- Hours
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Typically from 9.00am to 5.00pm, Monday to Friday. This is delivered within a flexible working structure, combining both office-based and remote work.
35 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 23 November 2026
- Duration
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1 year 6 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 new and existing client to hire apprentices
- Candidate registrations, attraction and education
- Assisting with the marketing and administration of roles
- Providing a 360-degree consultative service including business development
- Working closely with the Engagement team members and accounts managers
- Updating CRM systems, mailing candidates/clients and reporting
- Becoming an integral part of the development of the business with career flexibility
Where you'll work
Unit 5 Station Court Station Lane
Hethersett
NR9 3AY
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
SWARM APPRENTICESHIPS C.I.C
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
More training information
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Training will be with us, Swarm Training, a national provider of apprenticeships throughout the UK. The successful candidate will work towards the Level 3 Recruiter apprenticeship; this apprenticeship will take between 12 - 18 months to complete with assessments.
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The apprentice is required to complete a minimum of 6 hours per week during working hours, working towards achieving the qualification. A tutor will conduct training sessions once a month, where the apprentice will be allocated tasks to be completed during working hours.
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
- Customer care skills
- Administrative skills
- Initiative
- Professional attitude
- Eagerness to learn
Other requirements
There is no absolute set date for start of the apprenticeship/role and closing date may be extended.
About this employer
We celebrate success and nurture growth. A growing national apprenticeship provider, working with SMEs to large FTSE 100 organisations.
We are dedicated to fostering talent and empowering apprentices to succeed in their professional journeys. We believe in providing personalised support to help our apprentices reach their full potential and excel in their chosen fields.
We believe in a new way of working. We provide you with a fantastic work lifestyle, flexible hours, and a flexible annual leave policy, so you are in the right position to provide superb training to our learners.
https://www.swarmtraining.org.uk/ (opens in new tab)
Company benefits
- Bonus structure
- Charity time off and time out to provide job support to candidates
- Unlimited paid holidays
- Flexible working hours
- Laptop and phone provided
- An exciting project in a growing company
- Level 3 Recruitment Apprentice Training
- A possible full-time role within Swarm Training or Swarm Recruitment in future
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).
- Opportunity for a full-time position upon successful completion of the apprenticeship depending on performance
- Chance to build a career, with the option of growth with our recruitment company in the future
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
SWARM APPRENTICESHIPS C.I.C
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000058530.
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Closes in 14 days (Tuesday 27 October 2026)
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