Recruitment Consultant Apprenticeship

Summary

The purpose of this role is to represent Advance Staff Limited in the recruitment market. Supporting clients with the recruitment of candidates for temporary and permanent vacancies. Advance Staff will look to develop the skillset of the apprentice to become a well-rounded recruitment consultant.

Annual wage

£15,000 a year

Minimum wage rates (opens in new tab)

£15,000 Plus commission structure

Training course

Recruiter (level 3)

Hours

Monday - Friday between 8am - 5pm.

40 hours a week

Possible start date

Tuesday 6 January

Duration

1 year 3 months

Positions available

1

Work

As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.

What you’ll do at work

To develop candidate relationships
Support candidates with their CVs, cover letters and applications for new roles
To drive sales and increased business with both new and existing clients
Full 360 Apprentice Recruitment Consultant role supplying temporary or permanent workers into Industrial and logistics positions
Pre-screen candidate profiles, using CRM as well as available CV databases
Meet with candidates, interview them for suitability of vacant positions
Ascertain reference points and references, conducting due diligence on all represented candidates
Collate “right to live and work in the UK” data to ensure candidate compliance and eligibility for vacant positions
Negotiate salary with candidates, managing their expectations on market conditions
Conducting aftercare meetings with candidates upon successful placements (contract and permanent)
Business development, largely on the phone and email
Winning new client accounts and managing client relationships
Sourcing suitable candidates for client vacancies
Negotiating fee and/or margin structure for services
Pre-screening candidate suitability for interview
CV presentations to clients, giving a detailed description of why candidates are suited to vacant positions
Negotiate salary with clients, ensuring candidate and client reach an agreement to offer
Maintaining client relationships throughout the recruitment process and beyond
Advertise roles on job boards

Where you’ll work

Bold Business Centre

Bold Lane

Bold

St Helens

WA9 4TX

Training

An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.

College or training organisation

JUNIPER TRAINING 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

Recruitment Consultant Level 3 Apprenticeship Standard NVQ & Certificate. Training schedule has yet to be agreed. Details will be made available at a later date.
- Level 3 Certificate in Principles of Recruitment or Level 3 Certificate in Recruitment Practice
- Level 3 NVQ Diploma in Recruitment
End Point Assessment
Maths and English functional skills if required, which will be delivered via online training sessions for 1 hour per week

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE or equivalent in:

English & maths (grade A*-C/ 4-9)

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
Customer care skills
Administrative skills
Logical
Team working
Creative
Initiative
Engaging Personality
Knowledge of Microsoft Office
Adaptable
Intuitive
Flexible attitude to work
Ability to communicate at all

Other requirements

This vacancy required an applicant to have a good level of confidence, the ability to build relationship with customers and will entail a heavy use of the telephone. If you are not confident in speaking on the phone this is not the role for you.

About this company

With a wealth of expertise in logistics and industrial staff supply, Advance Staff are continuing to expand, recently adding 2 new offices.

https://advancestaff.co.uk/ (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

Progression into a full-time position may be offered upon successful completion of the apprenticeship.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

JUNIPER TRAINING LIMITED

Neil Shakespeare

neil.shakespeare@junipertraining.co.uk

07923219046

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000290581.

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Closes on Saturday 20 December

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