Candidate Engagement Partner – Apprenticeships in Manchester

Responsibilities

• Proactively sourcing and attracting candidates through job boards, outreach, events, and online channels
• Building and maintaining a strong pipeline of candidates for current and future apprenticeship opportunities
• Responding to candidate enquiries quickly and providing clear guidance on roles and processes
• Screening candidates against role requirements, eligibility criteria, and apprenticeship readiness
• Managing applications through each stage of the recruitment process, ensuring timely progression
• Producing high quality shortlists aligned to employer needs
• Preparing candidates for interviews and supporting them through to offer and onboarding
• Using CRM/ATS systems (including Zoho Recruit) to track candidate progress and maintain accurate records
• Monitoring recruitment performance and working to meet application, interview, and enrolment targets Identifying and addressing pipeline bottlenecks to improve conversion rates
• Building strong relationships with candidates, employers, and internal stakeholders
• Delivering a professional and engaging candidate experience to minimise drop-off
• Ensuring all activity aligns with compliance, safeguarding, and apprenticeship funding requirements
• Continuously reviewing and improving recruitment processes and ways of working

Requirements

• Experience in recruitment, candidate engagement, or a similar role
• Proven ability to source, screen, and manage candidates through a recruitment pipeline
• Strong understanding of candidate experience and pipeline management
• Experience working towards targets and managing performance metrics
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to clearly explain processes and opportunities
• Strong relationship building skills and the ability to quickly establish rapport
• Highly organised, with the ability to manage high volumes of applications and enquiries
• Experience using CRM/ATS systems and reporting tools
• A proactive, results‑driven approach with strong attention to detail
• Desirable: Experience within apprenticeships, education, or funded training programmes
• Understanding of apprenticeship frameworks and eligibility requirements.
• Hard Skills
• candidate sourcing
• candidate screening
• pipeline management
• recruitment performance monitoring
• compliance
• safeguarding
• apprenticeship frameworks
• eligibility requirements
• Soft Skills
• communication skills
• relationship building
• organisational skills
• attention to detail
• proactive approach
• results‑driven mindset
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