Recruitment Consultant Apprentice

Summary

DriveStaff Recruitment Ltd is looking for an ambitious and personable Apprentice 360 Recruitment Consultant to join our growing Blackburn team. This is a genuine opportunity to learn the complete recruitment process, including candidate sourcing, interviewing, compliance, account management, client relationships and business development.

Wage

£18,000 a year

Plus uncapped commission structure.

Training course

Recruiter (level 3)

Hours

Monday - Friday, office based. 09.00 - 17:30, with 1 hour unpaid lunch break.

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Start date

Thursday 1 October 2026

Duration

1 year 6 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

As an Apprentice 360 Recruitment Consultant at DriveStaff Recruitment Ltd, you will receive direct 1-1 training and mentoring from the Founder & Director, giving you a unique opportunity to learn recruitment the right way from the very top of the business. You will be trained across the complete recruitment cycle and gradually take responsibility for your own candidates, vacancies and client relationships.

This is a hands-on role within a fast-growing, ambitious recruitment business, where you will have the opportunity to learn quickly, take on responsibility early, and grow alongside the company as it continues to expand.

Your duties will include:

• Advertising vacancies across job boards, social media and candidate databases.
• Searching for and identifying suitable candidates for temporary and permanent vacancies.
• Contacting candidates by telephone, email, SMS and WhatsApp.
• Screening candidates and conducting initial telephone interviews.
• Understanding candidates' experience, qualifications, availability and employment requirements.
• Registering and onboarding new candidates.
• Obtaining and checking required documentation.
• Supporting right-to-work and recruitment compliance processes.
• Maintaining accurate candidate and client records on recruitment systems.
• Matching suitable candidates to client vacancies.
• Creating candidate profiles and presenting suitable candidates to clients.
• Booking temporary workers onto assignments and confirming their working arrangements.
• Maintaining regular communication with candidates throughout assignments.
• Obtaining feedback from both candidates and clients.
• Supporting payroll and timesheet administration where required.
• Building relationships with existing clients and understanding their ongoing recruitment requirements.
• Identifying new business opportunities.
• Making outbound business development calls to prospective clients.
• Following up leads and introducing DriveStaff's recruitment services.
• Supporting client meetings and account reviews.
• Developing your own client relationships as your experience grows.
• Working towards agreed recruitment, candidate and business-development targets.
• Maintaining high standards of candidate care, communication and compliance at all times.

The role will develop as the apprentice gains knowledge, confidence, and commercial awareness. The long-term objective is for the successful candidate to develop into a fully capable 360 Recruitment Consultant who can independently manage the entire recruitment process from winning new business through to sourcing, placing, and managing candidates.

This is a rare opportunity to join a rapidly growing recruitment company at an early stage, where your development will be directly supported by senior leadership, and your progression will be based on performance, attitude, and ambition.

You will receive structured apprenticeship training alongside practical, hands-on experience within a busy recruitment agency, including direct access to the Director and side-by-side training and mentoring from the Managing Director. For someone who is ambitious and willing to learn, there will be opportunities to progress into a fully-fledged Recruitment Consultant position and develop a long-term career within DriveStaff.

Where you'll work

Unit 10 Barnfield House
Sandpits Lane Accrington Road
Blackburn
BB1 3NY

Training

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

Training provider

DERBY BUSINESS COLLEGE LIMITED

Training course

Recruiter (level 3)

What you'll learn

• 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.

Training schedule

• In addition to gaining practical experience in the role, you will also attain an NVQ Level 3 Recruiter qualification which will help start your career and give you an insight into the businesses processes and procedures.
• Our training is all completed remotely via teams with a development coach who will be available for support, and will arrange weekly/fortnightly meetings with you.
• You receive 20% off-the-job training during this apprenticeship which is included in your weekly working hours.

More training information

• DBC Training are a multi award-winning employment and skills training provider.
• We offer high-quality employer solutions to improve productivity and learner solutions to support individuals to fulfil their potential.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

English and maths (grade 4)

Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.

Skills

• Communication skills
• IT skills
• Attention to detail
• Organisation skills
• Customer care skills
• Team working
• Initiative
• Good telephone manner
• Confident speaking to people
• Positive attitude
• Professional
• Reliable & punctual
• Honest and accountable
• Results driven
• Manage multiple tasks