Recruiter Apprentice

TSR Recruitment in Ipswich are looking for a new apprentice to join their recruitment team. This is a great opportunity to gain excellent experience and become a successful recruitment consultant. Duties will include formatting candidate CV’s, assisting with gaining compliance documentation for candidates, plus more.

Wage

• £16,640 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
• National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
• Minimum wage rates (opens in new tab)

Training course

• Recruiter (level 3)

Hours

• Monday - Friday, 8.30am - 5.00pm. Breaks to be confirmed.
• 40 hours a week

Start date

• Saturday 8 August 2026

Duration

• 1 year 2 months

Positions available

• 1

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.

What you'll do at work

• Sourcing candidates through existing database, job boards, advertising, social media and referrals
• Formatting candidate CVs
• Assisting with gaining compliance documentation for candidates
• Sourcing suitable temporary and permanent vacancies from a range of clients and VMS’s
• Working towards daily/weekly/monthly target, responsible for delivering on set targets
• Mapping of new client's names, job roles, contact details
• Headhunting suitable candidates for specific roles
• Selling current roles, we have to candidates
• Creating a key contacts list who will use you on an ongoing basis - building up a list of contacts who you have a rapport with and using Networking staff within your technical market
• Using relevant social media tools such as LinkedIn to generate candidates and business

Where you'll work

• Unit 45
• Claydon Business Park, Great Blakenham
• Ipswich
• IP6 0NL

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

Training provider

• RM TRAINING (UK) LIMITED

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.