Apprentice Recruiter

Summary

We are seeking a team player with energy, passion and pride as well as an excellent customer-first approach. It is essential to have experience of delivering and meeting targets with a self-motivated attitude. You will be given the opportunity to work alongside our specialists. Duties include sourcing candidates, screening and qualifying candidates.

Wage

£15,704 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

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Training course

Recruiter (level 3)

Hours

Monday to Friday between08:00 – 17:00.

40 hours a week

Start date

Monday 26 May 2025

Duration

1 year 2 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

You will be given the opportunity to work alongside our specialists.

Duties will include sourcing candidates, screening and qualifying candidates, assessing them to ensure they meet our client’s requirements/expectations, building rapport and maintaining relationships with both clients and candidates.

Responsible for sourcing and contacting quality candidates to qualify their suitability for the roles. Screening and qualifying candidates
Building a pipeline of candidates and regularly checking the status.
Amend CVs where appropriate to highlight suitability
Ensure successful candidates are onboarded in line with safer recruitment practices
Maintaining our CRM and ATS, keeping all application notes and files up to date
Maintain administrative systems
Maintaining existing connections by supporting our clients with existing and new recruitment placements
Making new connections, emailing & calling to generate new business leads
Placing job adverts for roles across our target areas

Where you’ll work

This apprenticeship is available in these locations:

Room 501 Fifth Floor, 106 Queens Road, Brighton, BN1 3XF
2nd Floor Corner Block, Quay Street, Manchester, M3 3HN

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

Full training will be given leading to a recognised Level 3 Recruiter Apprenticeship Standard Qualification

Full on-the-job training will be delivered

Off-the-job training will be supported by our Training Provider, Davidson Training UK Ltd

All training is carried out within the workplace during working hours

Requirements

Desirable qualifications

GCSE in:

English (grade 1-9 (A* - G))
Maths (grade 1-9 (A* - G))

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
IT skills
Attention to detail
Organisation skills
Customer care skills
Problem solving skills
Administrative skills
Team working
Initiative

About this company

We’ve been in the recruitment business for over 35 years. Opening our first premises in Glasgow in 1987, and expanding our reach to a nationwide office network of 14 different locations. Over this time, we’ve built trusted relationships with thousands of customers to help them reach their business and career goals. With more than three decades of experience, we’ve learnt what works and more importantly what doesn’t. So, you can trust us to get it right.

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Company benefits

Career progression. Dedication to developing you and your career through internal training and mentoring. If you are career-minded and have bundles of energy, passion and pride in what you do, then please apply now and someone will be in contact.

After this apprenticeship

Career progression within the organisation.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

DAVIDSON TRAINING UK LIMITED

GEMMA BARR

gemmabarr@davidsontraining.com

07399586723

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000316321.

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Closes on Friday 23 May 2025

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