Christmas is coming

Our annual drive to recruit around 23,000 temporary workers to help us sort the Christmas post has started.

Temporary positions across a variety of shifts will be available from late October through to early January 2019. The peak of the additional temporary work will be in the busiest month of December.

Helping to sort the post

We have been recruiting festive temporary workers since the Second World War. A total of 13,300 people are needed to work in our mail centres, distribution centres and data centres across England. We also have around 1,100 posts in Scotland, 470 jobs in Wales and another 445 roles in Northern Ireland.

The temporary recruits will help to sort Christmas parcels and cards as well as the growing amount of online shopping orders customers are expected to process this festive season.

Parcelforce Worldwide is also looking for around 2,250 sorting staff and drivers across the UK. In addition, there are around 1,900 sorting and driving jobs in our logistic arm, 1,100 data inputting roles in three sites in the UK and 740 roles at our international hub at Heathrow.

Dedicated website

We have set up a dedicated website for people to apply for the Christmas positions at: https://christmasrecruitment.royalmailgroup.com/.

You can also email Christmas_helpline@royalmail.com or call our automated helpline on 0345 600 1785.

Sue Whalley, CEO Post & Parcels UK, said: ‘Christmas continues to be our busiest time of year. We plan all year round to ensure we deliver the best possible service for UK consumers and businesses before, during and after the festive season.

‘We continue to make this substantial commitment in additional resources, including the recruitment of thousands of temporary workers, to ensure we can continue to deal with the huge amount of festive parcels, cards and online shopping orders, which we will be asked to deliver for our customers in every part of the country.’