Trainee Recruitment Resourcer

Howells Solutions Limited; Sevenoaks; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Howells Solutions Limited in Sevenoaks is seeking a Trainee Recruitment Resourcer to support consultants in attracting and selecting high-quality candidates for construction-related roles. You will build genuine relationships and manage the full candidate journey to ensure a strong recruitment partnership.

Progression is a key feature, with a personalised development plan tailored to your learning pace. Monday–Friday, 08:30–17:00, in-office in Sevenoaks with benefits beyond salary.

Qualifications

• Support recruitment across clients and vacancies.
• Build genuine relationships with candidates to become partner of choice.
• Ensure candidates are well-informed throughout the journey.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and post adverts across multiple platforms to attract applicants.
• Review candidate applications to match client requirements.
• Search for suitable candidates via LinkedIn, job boards, and in-house database.
• Log all candidate and client activity in the CRM.
• Complete compliance checks (qualification, references, Right to Work, DBS/GDPR).
• Rewrite CVs to highlight top qualifications and submit for client review.
• Arrange and coordinate interviews.
• Maintain high levels of communication and customer service.

Skills

Communication skills

Relationship building

Tools

LinkedIn Recruiter

Job boards

CRM systems

Job description

Trainee Recruitment Resourcer (White collar - Construction)

Salary: £25,000 per annum + benefits

Based in Sevenoaks, Kent

At Howells we make it our mission to create a fun, dynamic and sociable atmosphere in our Sevenoaks office, we believe that our energy, positivity and proactive nature inspires our clients and candidates to seek the best outcome for the task at hand. We are looking for people that have the right attitudes, personalities, and ambition to succeed in a competitive but rewarding environment. If this sounds like the type of company you feel that you could thrive in

Progression is key! Joining us as a Trainee Resourcer is just the beginning of your recruitment career! You will have a personalised development plan designed according to your learning style, speed and comfort.

Job Summary

As a Trainee Resourcer, you will support our consultants with the attraction, and selection of high-quality candidates to fulfil our clients' recruitment needs.

You will build, and nurture genuine relationships with candidates, to ensure in a competitive market that Howells are the recruiting partner of choice with Hiring Managers. You will also take ownership of the full candidate journey, ensuring candidates are well informed throughout the process.

Key Responsibilities & Duties

• Preparing and placing job adverts, to market vacancies effectively maximising the attraction of applicants, utilising all appropriate platforms including company websites, job boards, LinkedIn Recruiter, and other social media.
• Reviewing candidate applications, identifying skills and experience aligned to client requirements, ensuring that qualified, good quality candidates are identified and submitted for consideration to the consultant.
• Searching for suitable candidates using LinkedIn, Job Boards and in house company database. Highlighting candidates according to skills and experience.
• CRM System admin - ensuring all activity and engagement with candidates and clients is logged appropriately and accurately.
• Responsible for ensuring candidate compliance checks are completed including qualification checks, references, Right to Work, Criminal record checks, GDPR Compliance.
• Rewriting CVs to ensure the highest quality CVs only are submitted to clients.
• Arranging interviews
• Provide an excellent standard of communication and ensure satisfactory level of customer service is always provided.Based in Sevenoaks.

Hours of work: Monday - Friday 08.30 - 17.00 (1 hour lunch break)