Overview
- Royal Mail disclosed Thursday that it has opened applications for nearly 22,000 seasonal roles to handle the expected surge in parcels and mail for the Christmas period.
- About 12,500 sorting roles are earmarked for England with 1,243 in Scotland, 485 in Northern Ireland and 355 in Wales, alongside roughly 5,000 delivery and 2,100 driver posts.
- Temporary workers will be based at two parcel super hubs, five seasonal sort centres, four parcel hubs and 37 mail centres across the UK to boost processing where volumes rise.
- The company has added 152,300 square metres of temporary sort space, will hire 7,500 additional vans and contract more than 1,400 daily haulage vehicles to increase capacity ahead of Black Friday, Cyber Monday and December.
- Royal Mail says roles need no prior experience, offer flexible shifts and often lead to permanent jobs, and the employer has signed up to the Government’s First Chance scheme to encourage under-25 applicants while trying to reduce service delays after a year of missed delivery targets.