Recruitment and Business Degree Apprenticeship

Summary

Gain hands-on experience in early careers recruitment while developing key business skills. You'll rotate through divisions, supporting job marketing, candidate sourcing, screening, and interviews. Work closely with consultants, build market knowledge, and progress to managing client accounts and interview processes as you develop.

Wage

£18,000 a year

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Your salary will increase in year two and be reviewed annually from there.

Training course

Chartered manager (degree) (level 6)

Hours

Your working week will be 37 hours, Monday-Friday, including one day per week at university during term time.

37 hours a week

Start date

Monday 8 September 2025

Duration

4 years

Positions available

4

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

As an apprentice, you will begin by learning the fundamentals of recruitment, and rotating around divisions according to business needs.

Initial responsibilities will include:

Marketing job opportunities to our database of graduates, apprentices, and other candidates
Sourcing, screening, and selecting the best candidates using internal and external databases
Conducting telephone interviews to qualify candidate suitability and pitch relevant roles
Collaborating with consultants to match candidates with opportunities
Building specialist knowledge about the market and sector trends

Where you’ll work

UNIT 4
CLIFFTON MEWS
CLIFTON HILL
BRIGHTON
BN1 3HR

Training

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

College or training organisation

THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICHESTER

Your training course

Chartered manager (degree) (level 6)

Equal to degree

Course contents

Support the development of organisational strategies and plans. Develop and deliver operational plans; being able to set targets and KPIs, manage resources, and monitor and measure outcomes to establish operational effectiveness, efficiencies and excellence. Produce reports that clearly present information and data, using a range of interpretation and analytical processes. Gain wide support to deliver successful outcomes
Plan, organise and manage resources in order to achieve organisational goals. Identify key outcomes, develop and implement plans and monitor progress, and provide reports as required. Proactively identify risk and create plans for their mitigation. Able to initiate, lead and drive change within the organisation, identifying barriers/challenges and how to overcome them. Ability to use widely recognised project management tools
Managing budgets, controlling expenditure and production of financial reports
Use of customer insight and analysis of data to determine and drive customer service outcomes and improve customer relationships. Creative approaches to developing solutions to meet customer need
Able to identify service/organisational improvements and opportunities for innovation and growth, using qualitative and quantitative analysis of information and data and benchmarking against others
Communicate clearly, effectively and regularly using oral, written and digital channels and platforms. Use active listening and open questioning to structure conversations and discussions, and able to challenge when appropriate. Manage and chair meetings and clearly present actions and outcomes. Ability to apply influencing and persuading skills, to the dynamics and politics of personal interactions
Able to articulate organisational purpose and values. Support the creation of an inclusive, high performance work culture. Enable others to achieve by developing and supporting them through coaching and mentoring
Able to build teams, empower and motivate others to improve performance or achieve outcomes. Able to delegate to others, provide clear guidance and monitor progress. Ability to set goals and accountabilities
Able to build rapport and trust, develop networks and maintain relationships with people from a range of cultures, backgrounds and levels. Able to contribute within a team environment. Effectively influence and negotiate, being able to have challenging conversations and give constructive feedback. Work collaboratively with internal and external customers and suppliers
Able to reflect on own performance, identifying and acting on learning and development needs. Ability to understand impact on others. Can manage stress and personal well-being, and confident in knowing core values and drivers
Able to create personal development plan, and use widely recognised tools and techniques to ensure the management of time and pressure effectively, and prioritisation and strategic alignment of activities
Use evidence-based tools and ethical approaches to undertake problem solving and critical analysis, synthesis and evaluation to support decision making

Your training plan

You will receive industry-renowned training and support throughout, including group classroom training, individual coaching sessions, and desk-based learning alongside studying for a formal BA (Hons) Management degree at the University of Chichester. This will require you to travel to Chichester for one day per week during term-time, which will be reimbursed by GRB.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

A Level in:

3 subjects (grade BCC or above or equivalent)

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
Team working

About this company

GRB are an independent specialist recruitment business providing first class recruitment solutions to organisations seeking first class talent. Established in 1997, we have grown organically and now have several divisions covering early careers and experienced hire level roles. We operate nationally and have a turnover of over £4m and a diverse team of 70+ across our offices in Brighton.

After this apprenticeship

You can progress into account management, sales, or recruitment project management from this apprenticeship.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICHESTER

info@grb.uk.com

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000309941.

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Closes in 19 days (Wednesday 30 April 2025)

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