Mail Sorter

Royal Mail Group; Poole; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 19,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Contributory pension scheme

Career development

Uniform provided

Parental leave

Discounts and perks

Job summary

Royal Mail Group is hiring a Mail Sorter at Poole Mail Centre in a permanent, full-time role. You’ll work 37 hours across a four-day pattern with night shifts, handling mail, sorting parcels and operating sorting machinery to keep the centre moving.

Join a team that delivers for the nation, with a guaranteed hourly rate of £13.06, paid overtime at 1.25x, and a contributory pension. We offer 24/7 scale in operations and a pathway to develop your career.

Qualifications

• Upbeat, independent and self-motivated.
• Thrives in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong sense of community and take pride in your work.
• Seeks targets and embraces challenges.

Responsibilities

• Unload mail from vans and move it around in trolleys.
• Sort parcels and letters manually or operate warehouse machinery.
• Keep the mail centre running 24/7 with accuracy.
• Support the sorting chain to deliver for the nation.

Skills

Upbeat, independent and self-motivated

Happy in a fast-paced environment

Have a strong sense of community and

Job description

Mail Sorter

Job Reference: 335958

Location: Poole Mail Centre, BH17 0AA

Job type: Permanent contract

Hours: 37 hours per week, working 4 days Thursday and Friday 23:45 - 07:00 Saturday 21:00 - 07:00 and Sunday 21:30 - 06:00

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 the team that makes it happen. Bring trust to the doorstep as a Mail Sorter. Keeping our Mail Centres running like clockwork. 24 hours a day. 7 days a week. So that together we can deliver for the people.

It's a shift like no other centre you will cover various indoor roles in a warehouse environment. On your feet and keeping up the pace. Changing from one task to another along the sorting chain, you could be unloading mail from vans, moving it around in trolleys, sorting parcels and letters manually or operating machinery. A mail centre can process over a million items in a shift and you'll be a valuable part of making that happen. And you take it in your stride. Because we deliver much more than just letters and parcels. We deliver for the nation. Interested? Join us and make a difference to the place you call home.

A bit about you

• Upbeat, independent and self-motivated


• Happy in a fast-paced environment


• Have a strong sense of community and want to take pride in what you do


• Looking for a role with targets to hit and challenges to overcome

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 £13.06p/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).


• 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.

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/