Recruitment Consultant Apprenticeship

Summary

This is an excellent opportunity for driven individuals to join a successful business with high aspirations. This role supports specific teams and consultants, offering a great introduction to the world of recruitment.

Wage

£16,640 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices

£17,000 with clear progression and commission
Salary rising to £19,000 after probation (six months) and six month increments thereafter based on performance until the qualification has been completed.

Training course

Recruiter (level 3)

Hours

Monday- Thursday 8.30am- 4pm Friday 8.30am- 5.30pm

40 hours a week

Start date

Monday 6 July 2026

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:

• Identifying the best talent for your team
• Market mapping and CV sourcing on via online websites and social media
• Marketing and advertising
• Screening candidates to assess suitability
• Interviewing candidates
• Database management

Where you'll work

4th Floor Afflecks Palace
Oldham Street
M1 1JG

Training

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

Training provider

Training course

Recruiter (level 3)

What you'll learn

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.

Training schedule

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 or above)
• Maths (grade 4 or above)

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

Skills

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

Other requirements

• Have you considered the suitability of the pay/ location/ hours prior to applying?