Resourcing Apprentice (24m FTC)

Location: London Employment: Permanent, full-time Salary: GBP 30000 Posted Date: 12 Oct 2026 Closing Date: 26 Oct 2026

Start your recruitment career at Elexon with hands-on experience across the hiring journey, a Level 3 apprenticeship and supportive colleagues committed to inclusion and development.

We’re looking for a Resourcing Apprentice (Grade 5) to join our Resourcing team at Elexon on a 24-month fixed-term contract.

This is an entry-level opportunity designed to give you hands-on experience across the full recruitment lifecycle while completing an accredited Level 3 Apprenticeship in Recruitment.

Working alongside our Resourcing Business Partners, you’ll support everything from job advertising and candidate communication through to interview coordination, offers, onboarding and recruitment reporting. You’ll gain exposure to a fast-paced internal recruitment environment while developing practical skills in candidate management, recruitment systems, data, stakeholder support and talent attraction.

What you’ll do:

• Provide administrative and coordination support across day-to-day recruitment activity.
• Maintain our Applicant Tracking System, Teamtailor, ensuring candidate records, vacancies and recruitment stages remain accurate and up to date.
• Coordinate interviews, including diary management, meeting room bookings and candidate communication.
• Support candidates throughout the recruitment process, providing timely and professional communication.
• Prepare and issue offer documentation and support pre-employment and right-to-work checks.
• Support the onboarding process in partnership with HR Operations.
• Post and refresh job adverts across job boards, careers channels and social media.
• Support the production of recruitment reports, analytics and dashboards.
• Help maintain accurate recruitment documentation and process information.
• Support Elexon’s EDI objectives, helping ensure recruitment processes remain inclusive and equitable.
• Contribute ideas to improve recruitment workflows, processes and candidate experience.
• Gain exposure to areas such as employer branding, recruitment technology, AI and workflow automation.

What you’ll bring:

• You don’t need previous recruitment experience for this role. We’re looking for someone with the right approach, organisation and willingness to learn.
• Excellent attention to detail and a commitment to producing accurate work.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Good organisation skills, with the ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines.
• Confidence using Microsoft Office, including Outlook, Teams, Word and Excel.
• A professional, discreet and customer-focused approach.
• The ability to work effectively with colleagues across different teams.
• A proactive attitude and willingness to take ownership of tasks.
• Curiosity and a genuine interest in developing a career in recruitment and resourcing.
• It would also be beneficial if you have:
• Some understanding of the recruitment lifecycle or HR processes.
• Experience using an Applicant Tracking System or another business system.
• An interest in data, reporting or analytics.
• An interest in employer branding and candidate experience.
• An interest in AI, technology or workflow automation.

What’s in it for you:

• Salary – £30,000
• An accredited Level 3 Recruitment Apprenticeship.
• Excellent benefits including bonus, private medical insurance and generous pension scheme
• The opportunity to work within a thriving organisation which can support your growth and development
• We operate a hybrid working approach with 2 days in our London office

Our culture

We believe a diverse and inclusive culture allows innovation and creativity to flourish. We are committed to continuously improving our culture for our colleagues and stakeholders. Through our hugely successful Diversity Forum, Mental Health First Aid network and regular programme of activities and events, we celebrate difference and recognise the value of employee wellbeing, which is a consistent outcome from annual employee surveys that we conduct. Likewise, as a community, we like to support each other, and all agree Elexon is a great place to work with a great workspace too!

At Elexon, we want to:

• Provide true equality of opportunity
• Attract and retain diverse talent
• Listen to all voices
• Be representative of the communities we work in
• Be a role model for Diversity and Inclusion in the industry

Elexon together, embracing differences, listening to all voices

Ready to make an impact?

Join us and help shape the future of energy services.

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