Recruitment Consultant Apprentice - Healthcare & Education

Looking to kickstart your career in recruitment? Got the gift of the gab and want to put it to good use? We are on the lookout for an apprentice to join a small but busy recruitment team in Chatham, Specialising in the early years education sector.

Wage

• £14,560 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
• National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
• Minimum wage rates (opens in new tab)
• Bonus incentives and Commission structure (based on targeted performance)

Training Course

• Recruiter (level 3)

Hours

• Monday - Friday, 9:00am - 5:00pm
• 35 hours a week

Start Date

• Monday 5 October 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 and speaking to candidates
• Helping with bookings and diary management
• Talking to clients to understand their needs
• Gradually learning about new business and how to grow accounts

We don’t care about experience - we care about attitude. If you’re hardworking, chatty, and keen to build something solid for your future, we’d love to hear from you. School leavers aged 16 -18 are welcome (and encouraged!) to apply.

We’re also happy to offer commission scheme based on candidates out to work / hours worked – so if you’re motivated and get stuck in, you’ll be rewarded for it.

Where you'll work

Admirals Offices
Main Gate Road, The Historic Dockyard
Chatham
ME4 4TZ

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)

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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.