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Recruitment Consultant Apprentice Level 3 (Sales and Candidate Resourcing)
CLOVER TALENT LIMITED
Queens Rd, (CH1 3BQ)
Closes in 28 days (Monday 9 November 2026)
Posted on 9 October 2026
Summary
Join Clover Talent as a Recruitment Consultant Apprentice and learn to develop new business through cold calling, LinkedIn outreach, and client relationship management. Develop valuable sales, negotiation, and communication skills while gaining a recognised level 3 qualification and hands-on experience to grow your long-term career.
Wage £12,480 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age. National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices. Your salary will range from £14,040 to £15,600 per year, depending on your agreed hourly rate. You’ll also have the opportunity to earn commission of up to 10% alongside your apprenticeship. Salary reviews will be available as you develop your skills, gain experience, and progress in your role.
Training Course
Recruiter (level 3)
Hours:
- Monday - Thursday, 10.00am - 4.30pm
- Friday, 9.00am - 3:30pm (30 min lunch break)
- 30 hours a week
Start date: Monday 16 November 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.
Duties
- Research businesses and identify potential clients to generate new business opportunities.
- Make outbound calls, send LinkedIn messages, and emails to engage prospective clients.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with clients and candidates.
- Promote Clover Talent’s recruitment services and arrange meetings with potential clients.
- Manage a sales pipeline and follow up on leads to develop new business.
- Write and publish job adverts across relevant job boards and online platforms.
- Search for suitable candidates using job boards, LinkedIn, CV Library, and other sourcing methods.
- Contact candidates by phone or Teams to discuss opportunities and assess their suitability.
- Match candidates to client vacancies based on their skills, experience, and career goals.
- Maintain accurate client and candidate records on the recruitment system.
- Support clients and candidates throughout the recruitment process, ensuring a positive experience.
- Develop sales, communication, negotiation, and relationship-building skills through practical experience and apprenticeship training.
- Work towards business development, candidate placement, and sales targets with support from the Managing Director.
Where You'll Work
Queens House, Queens Rd, CH1 3BQ
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training Provider
THE NVQ TRAINING CENTRE LIMITED
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.
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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.


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Requirements
Essential Qualifications
- GCSE in: English (grade 4)
- GCSE in: 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
- Administrative skills
- Attention to detail
- Communication skills
- Creative
- Customer care skills
- Flexible
- Initiative
- IT skills
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Sales Skills
- Team working
Other Requirements
- Employment Benefits: Commission opportunities available during the apprenticeship (up to 10% from your deals), on top of your basic salary. 22 days of annual leave, plus bank holidays. An additional day of annual leave for each year of service.
About this employer
Clover Talent was founded in 2024 following a light-hearted conversation about sales and recruitment that quickly evolved into a shared vision for the future of the industry. Recognising the untapped potential within the sales recruitment market, the founder set out to transform and elevate the recruitment experience. As a UK-based specialist recruitment agency, Clover Talent supports ambitious businesses nationwide with their sales and commercial recruitment needs, while helping professionals find their route to success. From entry-level opportunities to senior leadership and director-level positions, the team is committed to connecting the right people with the right businesses to drive growth and build lasting relationships. With extensive industry knowledge and experience, Clover Talent specialises in recruiting across Financial Services, IT, FMCG, Telecoms, Payroll, and Energy.
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https://www.clovertalent.co.uk/ (opens in new tab)
After this apprenticeship
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab). The opportunity to develop into a well-rounded Recruitment Consultant, with the potential to progress into senior recruitment, business development, or sales management roles as you gain experience and demonstrate success.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
THE NVQ TRAINING CENTRE LIMITED
Krystyna Nalomenko
Krystyna@apprenticeship-centre.co.uk
0845-223 5020
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000058366.
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Closes in 28 days (Monday 9 November 2026)
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