What's involved with this role: Job Title: Workforce Support Officer Ref: 000A 3518 / 1 Pay rate: £14.36 per hour (PAYE) Role length: 3 months Job type: Temporary Location: Castleford, WF10 4PS Working Arrangement: On-site Hours: 37 hours per week | Monday–Friday Contract Type: Contract The role: Our client is seeking an organised and proactive Workforce Support Officer to join a local government team on a short-term basis. Based in Castleford, you’ll provide vital administrative and HR support, focusing mainly on managing sickness absence reporting and workforce data. This is a great entry-level opportunity for someone with strong admin skills and a keen interest in HR processes. You’ll play a key part in supporting operational teams by managing absence cases, preparing reports, coordinating occupational health referrals, and ensuring procedures are followed accurately and sensitively. Key Responsibilities: • Provide day-to-day support with sickness absence processes • Coordinate occupational health referrals and documentation • Maintain accurate workforce and sickness data • Prepare reports and assist with HR-related meetings • Liaise with internal teams and support managers with admin tasks What the client is looking for: • Strong admin background, ideally in a workforce or HR setting • Excellent organisational and communication skills • Proficient in Microsoft Office • Ability to handle sensitive information with discretion • Driving licence (B E) required How to Apply: • Quote the Job Title and Reference Number in your application We will also add your details to our mail out lists. Please note you may receive details of roles outside of your immediate vicinity, as many candidates are able to relocate temporarily for work. Please disregard any such emails that are not of interest and let us know if you would rather not receive such mailouts and/or if you wish us to delete your details and prefer to apply direct to our advertised roles. If you do not hear from us within three working days, unfortunately your application has not been shortlisted on this occasion. Thank you for your interest in working with us. Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for. "XI JD Please note that clients invariably ask us to strip out contact details from CVs before we submit them for consideration. This is always quicker and easier to do if you send your CV to us in Word format, rather than as a PDF please.