Apprentice Recruitment & Resourcing Assistant

Salary

National Living Wage

Package

37 hours per week, 21-month fixed term contract

Job category/type

Apprenticeship

Post Ref: CC815

Study towards a Level 3 in Business Administration.

Are you seeking a rewarding job role which offers high satisfaction as well as the opportunity to develop your skills and experience? Are you a great communicator with excellent interpersonal skills? If so, this could be the perfect opportunity for you!

We are looking for an Apprentice Recruitment & Resourcing Assistant to join our team in Calderdale Council’s HR Department. You will work within a friendly and supportive small team, providing effective, responsive, and high-quality recruitment administration service to internal and external customers.

The role includes administrative support to the team, requesting pre-employment checks, helping to produce statistical information, answering customer queries, co-ordinating interviews, advertising job vacancies, promoting our recruitment offer and assisting the team with recruitment events.

The ideal candidate will need to have a passion for customer service, have excellent communication skills and have experience of working within a team.

Closing Date: Sunday, 5th July 2026

Assessment: Friday, 10th July 2026

Interview Date: Thursday, 16th July 2026

Previous applicants need not apply.

To be eligible for this apprenticeship you must meet the criteria set out by the Department for Education in the Apprenticeship funding rules, including:

• Be aged 16 or over on the day the Apprenticeship starts.
• Having a valid and eligible residency status and the right to work in England which will last for the duration of the apprenticeship (as described in Annex A of the Apprenticeship funding rules).
• Meet the essential qualification criteria in the role profile and be able to provide original qualification certificates at interview.
• Not be enrolled on any other programme or qualification which means you are not eligible under the Apprenticeship funding rules.
• Not have prior learning and experience (including qualifications at the same or higher level in the same or a closely related field) which duplicates the learning and experience to be provided under the apprenticeship. The Council will assess this via an assessment of prior learning and experience

A full copy of the Apprenticeship funding rules is available here: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6875204b55c4bd0544dcae08/Apprenticeship_funding_rules_2025_to_2026_v2.pdf

As part of our Vision ( https://www.calderdale.gov.uk/vision/) we aim to be a talented, resilient and inclusive community. We welcome applications from all and offer a variety of flexible working / job share opportunities.

All applications are anonymised before being seen by the selection panel.

As part of our fair recruitment process, we ask that all applications are written by the candidate and that Artificial Intelligence (AI) use is limited, unless assistance is required as a reasonable adjustment for a disability. Content should be truthful, accurate, evidence based and not embellished – see guidance.