Apprentice Recruitment Consultant

Summary

As an Apprentice Recruitment Consultant, you will play a crucial role managing the end-to-end recruitment process. Responsible for sourcing, attracting, and placing top talent, while building and maintaining strong relationships with clients and candidates. To assist client base growth, maximise candidate placements, increase profitability.

Wage

£15,000 a year

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Training course

Recruiter (level 3)

Hours

We operate on a 38 hour working week 8am – 5pm with a 4pm Friday finish.

38 hours a week

Start date

Monday 21 April 2025

Duration

1 year 2 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

Main duties and Responsibilities:

Identify and pursue new business opportunities to expand the client base. This includes cold calling, networking, attending industry events, and leveraging social media to generate leads.
Develop and maintain relationships with existing and new clients to understand their recruitment needs and provide tailored solutions.
Conduct regular client meetings to discuss progress and gather feedback.
Utilise various channels (job boards, social media, networking, etc.) to source and attract high-quality candidates.
Conduct thorough screening and interviews to assess candidates’ skills, experience, and cultural fit.
Provide candidates with detailed information about job opportunities and the recruitment process.
Match candidates to suitable job opportunities and present them to clients.
Coordinate interviews and negotiate job offers between clients and candidates.
Support candidates through the onboarding process to ensure a smooth transition.
Stay updated on industry trends and market conditions to provide valuable insights to clients and candidates.
Maintain accurate and up-to-date records of all recruitment activities in the CRM system

Where you’ll work

Cobden House
12-16 Mosley Street
Manchester
M2 3AQ

Training

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

College or training organisation

DAVIDSON TRAINING UK LIMITED

Your training course

Recruiter (level 3)

Equal to A level

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.

Your training plan

Training will be carried out within the workplace

You will work towards the completion of the Recruiter Level 3 Apprenticeship Standard

You will complete Functional Skills in Maths and English at Level 2 (if you do not hold the equivalent)

More training information

You will also embark upon a 13-week in house training course that will map against yor apprentice standard. This will enhance the candidate experience.

Requirements

Desirable qualifications

GCSE in:

English (grade 4-9 (A* - C))
Maths (grade 4-9 (A* - C))

Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

Skills

Communication skills
Attention to detail
Organisation skills
Customer care skills
Problem solving skills
Presentation skills
Team working
Initiative
Sales/recruitment experience
Meet targets
Work in fast paced environment
Manage clients
Work independently
Able to use CRM
Microsoft Skills
Social Media skills

Other requirements

There is a lot of time spent on the phone and you need to be resilient and target driven. Looking for those that have Business to Business (B2B) sales experience, telesales. Have bundles of personality

About this company

We are experts in 15 recruitment specialisms and have some of the best recruiters working extremely hard to help both large and small organisations achieve their recruitment goals. We are proud of our successes and also the loyal candidates and clients who have helped us to become the preferred recruitment partner for so many in each of our recruitment specialisms. Our successes in each of these specialisms is also attributable to our specialist recruitment teams, who not only know their markets inside and out, will go the extra mile to deliver a superior service. What makes us different is our team. They are expert recruiters in their field and hold a comprehensive understanding of the jobs of which they recruit. They will also diligently pay attention to detail when consulting with clients and candidates to ensure that the process runs smoothly and accurately every time.

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Company benefits

20 days annual leave plus bank holidays Once probation is passed, you get your birthday off too. You can gain more leave with promotions. This caps at 28 days plus bank holidays.

After this apprenticeship

Full time position and good earnings may be offered to the right candidate following completion of the apprenticeship

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

DAVIDSON TRAINING UK LIMITED

GEMMA BARR

gemmabarr@davidsontraining.com

07399 586723

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000296060.

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Closes in 15 days (Friday 18 April 2025 at 11:59pm)

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