Job overview
The Complex HR Team in Workforce and Organisational Development are looking to recruit experienced, enthusiastic support officers to become a key member of their team.
These roles are pivotal in supporting the organisation in achieving its workforce attendance and wellbeing objectives, ensuring a comprehensive and proactive sickness absence management service that supports the workforce team, managers and employees in the effective management of attendance and wellbeing.
The post holder will coordinate and monitor sickness absence processes, provide advice on policies and procedures, facilitate timely interventions, and work collaboratively with employees, Managers, Occupational Health wellbeing and other stakeholders to support employee wellbeing, attendance improvement, and organisational compliance. The role contributes to reducing sickness absence levels, promoting a healthy workforce, and ensuring a consistent, fair, and compassionate approach to attendance management across the organisation.
You will need to possess excellent organisational and persuasive skills as you will be a key player in arranging and co-ordinating a large number of meetings, securing key participants and preparing documentation.
You will also be responsible for providing reports relating to sickness absence activity undertaken on a monthly basis
Main duties of the job
To provide support to the Operational HR Team. Your main duties will include:
- Analysing key performance metrics and data relating to sickness absence, monitoring trends
- Ensuring employees and managers receive timely advice and guidance throughout the attendance management process
- Arranging meeting and hearings
- Updating reports
- Preparing documentation including scanning, photocopying, binding
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac.
This position is based at Llanfrechfa Grange Hospital, and agile working arrangements are supported.
Flexible working opportunities are available.
Person specification
Experience
Essential
- Extensive Office experience, use of electronic diary management
- Extensive use and knowledge of Microsoft Office
Qualifications
Essential
- Diploma level of education or equivalent demonstrable expertise in a full range of administrative skills, acquired through training and experience.
- Good general education
- Advanced keyboard skills
Desirable
- Evidence of further study and personal development
- An interest in the work of an HR department
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This advert is for HR Support Officer with Aneurin Bevan University Health Board in Newport, Newport, Wales. It is listed as a Band 4 Administrative and IT role. The advertised salary is £28,819 - £31,626 per annum. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 28 Jul 2026.
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