Wolverhampton Council and Adecco seal £75m deal to create hundreds of temp jobs
City of Wolverhampton Council has finalised a £75 million contract with recruitment giant Adecco, opening the door to hundreds of temporary employment opportunities across the region over the next three years.
The authority agreed on the deal with its existing temporary recruitment partner, Adecco, having dissolved its in-house agency YOO Recruit after 11 years, according to the BBC. The agreement, which could potentially extend for an additional two years, represents one of the largest temporary staffing contracts in the West Midlands.
The contract will start from 1 August 2025 for three years with an option to extend by a further 1 year + 1 year for a sum of up to £75,000,000 for the first three years and up to £25,000,000 thereafter should the Council extend to the five-year term.
The Council said in a report on its website that it has chosen to hire through a “strategic temporary recruitment agency…to provide seamless statutory services and mitigate the strategic risk associated with employee recruitment and retention and national recruitment and retention challenges.”
The report also stated that “People Services have proactively worked with Directors, Deputy Directors and Heads of Service to review service agency expenditure as per the guiding principles of ‘Our Future Council’ – the commitment to reduce the use of agency and interim staff and to minimise compulsory redundancies.”
As a result of these actions, the Council has seen a reduction in the number of agency workers by 145 since August 2024 (from 863 to 718 workers).
“This reduction does not necessarily mean there has been an equivalent reduction in overall headcount, as some of the vacant post’s agency workers who were supporting may have been recruited to,” said the Council report.
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Employment terms and PAYE status for temporary workers
Specific details regarding IR35 status and PAYE arrangements for the new contract have not been publicly disclosed, however, it is understood temporary workers through previous arrangements have typically been employed under standard PAYE terms through the recruitment agency partnership.
Job seekers are advised to enquire directly about employment status, IR35 implications, and contractor arrangements during the application process, as terms may vary depending on the specific role and duration of assignment.
The council also offers a range of flexible working options to fit in around your commitments, including:
- Flexi-time
- Reduced hours working
- Job share
- Homeworking
- Term time only
What jobs will be recruited?
The BBC reported that specialist roles in adults’ and children’s social care, finance, procurement and IT would be among the job opportunities. Along with:
- Administrative and clerical positions
- Social services support roles
- Environmental and maintenance services
- Community outreach and support positions
- Specialist technical and professional roles
Job seekers interested in temporary and agency positions with Wolverhampton Council can submit their applications through multiple channels:
Primary application route:
Visit the official WV Jobs website at WV Jobs | City of Wolverhampton Council or wvjobs.co.uk/vacancies/temporary-agency-work.html the latter of which is still being run by Yoo Recruit.
Applications from August onwards will likely be processed through Adecco, the council’s official temporary recruitment partner.
Wolverhampton also has a Wolves at Work Business Services programme for young job seekers aged 16+, which also comes with job coaching.
