Recruiter Apprenticeship

Summary

This is great opportunity to start career with independent recruitment company specialising in the Industrial market. This is a fast paced and friendly office based apprenticeship. The role is varied and will lead to long term career opportunities in the future.

Wage

£15,704 a year

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The salary ranges from £15,704 to £17,000, with an opportunity for a pay rise during your apprenticeship and upon successful completion.

Training course

Recruiter (level 3)

Hours

Mon - Fri 8am - 5pm (1 hour unpaid lunch)

40 hours a week

Start date

Monday 19 May 2025

Duration

1 year 3 months

Positions available

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

Duties will include:
Conduct initial candidate screenings over the phone, via Teams, or in person.
Assist in scheduling and coordinating interviews with hiring managers.
Be involved in on-site interviews with candidates when required.
Identify potential candidates through job boards, social media, and databases.
Post job advertisements on various platforms to attract suitable candidates.
Attend recruitment events and job fairs to meet potential candidates.
Visit client sites to conduct interviews and support hiring processes.
Accurately input candidate information into recruitment databases.
Maintain and update candidate records, ensuring compliance with company policies.
Assist in preparing and issuing employment contracts.
Ensure all necessary paperwork is completed and stored correctly.
Verify candidates' right to work documents and ensure compliance with legal requirements.
Conduct background checks, including reference checks and criminal record screenings.

Where you’ll work

Suite 305 The Argent Centre
60 Frederick Street
B1 3HS

Training

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

College or training organisation

THE NVQ TRAINING CENTRE 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

Level 3 Recruiter apprenticeship standard

Teaching and developing the skills, knowledge, and behaviours required to become a competent Recruiter will take place entirely in the workplace, with no need for day release. One-to-one tutoring sessions will be provided by a dedicated tutor, who will design a bespoke curriculum plan tailored to your strengths and areas for development.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE or equivalent in:

English (grade 4)
Maths (grade 4)

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

Administrative skills
Attention to detail
Communication skills
Creative
Customer care skills
Driving License
Initiative
IT skills
Organisation skills
Problem solving skills
Sales Skills
Team working

Other requirements

Have you checked the suitability of the location/ hours and pay prior to applying? Free parking is available. Note that this role requires you to travel to different sites (for example Wolverhampton etc)

About this company

We are an independent Recruitment agency based in Birmingham specialising in the Industrial market. Formed in 2002 by Nick East and Nigel O’Donnell after a long career with one of the largest providers in the recruitment industry. The company has sustained steady growth with many of the companies who dealt with us in year one are still with us.

After this apprenticeship

Long term career prospects, pay-roll rise, promotion may be available on successful completion.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

THE NVQ TRAINING CENTRE LIMITED

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000312565.

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Closes in 19 days (Monday 12 May 2025)

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