Old German head of recruitment who may take up position at bank (6)
I believe the answer is:
angler
'old german head of recruitment who may take up' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't understand how one could define the other.
'position at bank' is the wordplay.
'position' becomes 'angle' (angle is a kind of position).
'at bank' becomes 'r' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'angle'+'r'='ANGLER'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for angler that I've seen before include "One proverbially exaggerating" , "Fisher with rod and line" , "Hook and line fisherman" , "A rod and line fisherman" , "who looks for compliments" .)