Collections Driver

Royal Mail Group; St. Austell; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

Join a leading company as a Collection and Network Driver, delivering mail and outstanding service to your community. This permanent part-time role involves driving, collecting, and sorting mail, with competitive pay and benefits, making a positive difference in people's lives.

Benefits

Competitive pay

Paid overtime

22.5 days holiday

Contributory pension scheme

Full uniform provided

Excellent parental leave policy

Various discounts

Qualifications

• Must have a full UK driving license with no more than 6 penalty points.
• Happy to work outside in various weather conditions.
• Looking for flexible shift patterns.

Responsibilities

• Driving and delivering mail while providing outstanding service.
• Collecting mail from post-boxes and business customers.
• Sorting and ensuring timely delivery of all mail.

Skills

Upbeat

Self-motivated

People-person

Community-oriented

Education

Full UK manual driving licence

Job description

Collection and Network Driver
Job Reference: 326224
Location: St Austell Delivery Office, PL25 3PP
Job type: Permanent contract
Hours: 15 hours per week, working 5 days across Mon-Fri, working between15:15 and 18:15

There has never been a more exciting time to join us! We are reinventing Royal Mail for the future and now is a perfect time to join us on that journey.

Each year, we make billions of deliveries possible. Because for us, it's personal. For every person, from every walk of life, we deliver. And you could be part of it. A Collections and Network Driver. Part of a team of drivers, bringing trust to the doorstep. Giving outstanding service and making our customer's days that little bit brighter.

It's not just about driving and deliveries. It's checking post-boxes. Popping into post offices. Visiting our business customers at a prearranged time. Being there to collect the mail. And dropping it off at our processing centres. Sorting out your mailbags and making sure each piece gets to the right place, at the right time. You deliver much more than just letters and parcels. You deliver for the people. Interested? Join us and make a difference to the place you call home.

A bit about you

Upbeat, independent and self-motivated
Think of yourself as a people-person
Happy walking for long periods and going outside in any weather
Strong sense of community and take pride in what you do
Looking for a role with flexible shift patterns
Has a full UK manual driving licence with no more than 6 penalty points

What we do for you

To deliver on our ambition we want the best and that's why we're delighted to offer competitive pay and benefits for a permanent role within our sector. For bringing your best and serving our customers with pride, you can expect to receive:

A guaranteed hourly rate of £12.54p/h(paid monthly and adjusted to your working hours).
Paid overtime, with an enhanced rate of x1.25 for any hours worked over 40 hours a week.
22.5 days holiday, rising with length of service (adjusted to your working hours if below 40 hours a week) and the option to buy extra leave each year.
Contributory pension scheme
Lots of opportunity to develop a career
Full uniform provided if you're on a contract of longer than three months
Excellent parental leave policy
Various discounts including high street vouchers, travel and attraction discounts, and savings on beauty products and gym membership

Please note: For candidate search purposes, roles offering between 35-40 hours per week are listed as full-time. However, any role under 40 hours per week will be classified as part-time in the employment contract.

Time to apply

Ready to deliver for the people in your local community? Hit the apply button now. If your application is successful, the first step will be to invite you to a telephone screening call and if successful, this will be followed by an interview at the Delivery Office.

If your application is successful, the next step will be a screening call, so please expect an update from one of our recruiters shortly.

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Royal Mail Group is committed to inclusion and representing the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from all individuals. As a proud Gold signatory to the Armed Forces Covenant, we especially encourage applications from the Armed Forces community, including cadet instructors and spouses/partners.

We are committed to ensuring an inclusive recruitment process. If you require any adjustments to support you during the hiring process, please discuss these with your recruiter when contacted.

For more information on Royal Mail Group and our values please click here: https://www.internationaldistributionsservices.com/en/about-us/