Salary: FTE - £26,000 - £30,000 + OTE
Location: Waterfront - Ground Floor, Admiral House Waterfront East, Level Street Brierley Hill, West Midlands DY5 1XG
Hours: Full-Time - 37.5 hours per week
Contract: Permanent
Are you passionate about helping young people find their path to success? Do you thrive on connecting with people and building strong relationships? If so, we want you on our team!
About the Role
We are looking for a dynamic and engaging Recruitment Officer to join our team. In this role, you'll play a vital part in recruiting students onto our training programmes, ensuring they receive the guidance and support they need to achieve their goals.
Your Key Responsibilities Will Include:
Actively recruiting students through outreach, networking, and marketing activities
Building strong relationships with local agencies, schools, and other referral sources
Promoting Juniper pathways and Apprenticeships through career events, recruitment fairs, and pop-up shops
Using social media to raise Juniper's profile and attract students
Interviewing potential students and completing accurate paperwork
Identifying support needs and creating initial support plans to ensure students thrive
Ensuring our Telford centre meets its student recruitment targets
What We’re Looking For: We're seeking someone who is:
Confident and outgoing with excellent communication skills
Motivated and goal-driven with experience in sales, outreach, or marketing
Organised and proactive with strong time-management skills
Able to build rapport with young people and guide them on their career journey
Familiar with using social media platforms to promote services and engage potential students
Qualifications & Experience:
Essential:
Minimum of Level 2 English and Maths
Experience in outreach, sales, marketing, or recruitment
Strong communication and organisational skills
Desirable:
CEIAG Level 3/4 qualification
Experience working in education/training
Experience working with 16-18-year-olds
🎉 25 days holiday, increasing to 30 with service
💰 Buy & sell annual leave
🏋️ Earn an extra week of leave just by exercising!
🚗 Paid mileage (35p per mile, above normal work mileage)
📞 Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
🏆 Long service & special recognition awards
🎟️ Juniper Lottery & Dragons’ Den competitions
⭐ PRIDE monthly celebrations
🕑 Early Finish Fridays (2:30pm!)
🎄 Christmas Savings Club
👀 Eyecare reimbursement
🚲 Cycle to Work Scheme
⚡ Electric Car Scheme (after 5 years’ service)
🛡️ Critical Illness Cover (after 5 years’ service)
🎉 Corporate events throughout the year!
At Juniper Training Ltd, we believe that language should never be a barrier to opportunity. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels valued, respected, and supported.
As an equal opportunities employer, we welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds and are committed to providing a workplace free from discrimination. We actively encourage candidates from underrepresented groups to apply.
Juniper Training is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults, and expects all staff to share this commitment.
As part of our safer recruitment process, we carefully review all applications, check employment history and references, and investigate any gaps in employment. Pre-employment checks will also include verification of identity, right to work in the UK, and relevant qualifications.
Where roles involve working with young people or vulnerable adults, they are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, and successful applicants will be required to undertake appropriate safeguarding checks, which may include an enhanced check through the Disclosure and Barring Service.
We may also carry out online searches on shortlisted candidates as part of our due diligence.
If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know and we will do our best to support you.
Join us in building a workplace that champions diversity, equity, inclusion, and safeguarding for all.
Skills Required
- Minimum Level 2 English and Maths
- Experience in outreach, sales, marketing, or recruitment
- Strong communication skills
- Organisational and time-management skills
- Confident and outgoing with ability to build rapport with young people
- Familiarity using social media to promote services and engage potential students
- Right to work in the UK and ability to pass safeguarding checks (enhanced DBS where applicable)
- CEIAG Level 3/4 qualification
- Experience working in education/training
- Experience working with 16-18-year-olds
What We Do
Juniper Training is one of the UK's most experienced providers of training and apprenticeships, operating for over 40 years. Dedicated to unlocking the potential of individuals and businesses, they specialise in pre-apprenticeships and apprenticeships, supporting over 2,000 students and 800 employers annually. They bridge the skills gap between education and employment, providing vocational training programmes designed to boost employability and career readiness.
