Recruitment assistant trainee

Closing date for applications: 12th May 2024 at 11.59pm

Bursary: Equivalent to London Living Wage

Duration: 12 months

Hours: Standard office hours are 10.00 – 18.00 Monday to Friday.

Location: Creative Access / ITV, West Works, 195 Wood Lane, London W12 7FQ (hybrid work for home / office)

Start date: Early June 2024

Creative Access is recruiting! Supporting our vision to make the creative industries a more diverse and inclusive place we need an exceptional recruitment team to support candidates to reach their full potential. Would you like to contribute?

Creative Access is one of the leading diversity organisations in the UK. A not-for-profit social enterprise, unrivalled in diverse recruitment, training and inclusion, Creative Access helps talented people to thrive in the creative industries who come from groups that are under-represented in terms of ethnicity, socio-economic backgrounds and disability.

We are excited to announce we are now looking for a recruitment trainee who will assist with the day-to-day administration and activities relating to our recruitment team, and support candidates through the recruitment process.

You'll play a key part in supporting candidates from under-represented groups to secure employment within the creative industries through dependable, solid support to the organisation. At the same time – through hands-on experience in our friendly and collaborative team – you'll gain valuable insight and skills needed to thrive in a social enterprise or recruitment team. 

What you will learn 

• Learn to use our candidate database (Applicant Tracking System) and CRM (Customer Relationship Management) Salesforce system, while assisting with data inputting 
• Write engaging and inclusive job adverts and upload these to our website 
• Learn to produce weekly and monthly reports for the team, collating data on registrations and roles at various stages 
• Find out about an amazing array of employer partners in the creative industries 
• Support the evaluation report on intern cohorts 
• Assist with marketing and outreach to universities and youth organisations 
• Answer enquiries from candidates via email 
• Provide admin support to the wider team 
• Assist with recruitment data capture and analytics 
• Set up and schedule Zoom meetings/webinars 
• Learn to offer and reject candidates for roles 

Knowledge, skills, experience 

• Strong attention to detail  
• Good written and verbal communication skills  
• Ability to multi-task  
• Ability to use Microsoft Office programmes, including PowerPoint, Outlook, Word and Excel  
• An interest in diversity issues and what is going on across the creative sector  
• A genuine commitment to Creative Access’s aims and values 

To apply

• Upload your CV and cover letter as one document (applications without a tailored cover letter will not be accepted)
• Once submitted, you can no longer amend your application, so proof-read carefully
• Please email any queries about this role to Creative Access at this address: recruit@creativeaccess.org.uk

This opportunity is only open to individuals from a group that is under-represented in the creative industries. This includes, but is not limited to Black, Asian and ethnically diverse candidates, disabled people, and individuals from lower socioeconomic backgrounds.

The successful candidate for this opportunity will also participate in a Creative Access support programme that sits alongside workplace training. This includes a programme of induction training, monthly masterclasses, wellbeing support, buddying / mentoring and more.