Mail Sorter-Home Counties North Mail Centre-(Hp2 7Xx)

Royal Mail; Hemel Hempstead; Hybrid; GBP 18,000 - 22,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hourly rate

Holiday entitlement

Pension scheme

Career development

Uniform provided

Parental leave

Discounts

Job summary

Royal Mail is recruiting for a Mail Sorter at Hemel Hempstead Mail Centre. The role involves sorting letters and parcels, unloading vans, and operating sorting equipment in a busy centre.

You will work across evenings and weekends with a flexible, multi-hour shift pattern. The position offers a permanent contract, an hourly rate of £13.68, 22.5 days holiday (pro rata), a contributory pension, and opportunities for career development, with uniform provided after three months and additional

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• Unload mail from vans, move it around in trolleys, sort parcels and letters manually.
• Operate machinery where required to support sorting operations.
• Keep the mail centre running smoothly as part of a busy, 24/7 operation.

Skills

Upbeat

Independent

Self-motivated

Fast-paced

Community minded

Target-driven

Job description

Mail Sorter

Job Reference: 342674

Location: Hemel Hempstead Mail Centre, HP2 7XX

Job type: Permanent contract

Hours: Various - Will be over 20 hours hours per week, working 5 days across Mon-Sun, working Various - Evenings & Weekend

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 £13.68p/h (paid monthly and adjusted to your working hours).
• 22.5 days holiday, rising with length of service (adjusted to your working hours if below 37 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 35-37 hours per week are listed as full-time. However, any role under 37 hours per week will be classified as part-time in the employment contract.

As a Mail Sorter, you’re expected to handle election materials and certain items (such as food products or alcohol) in line with Royal Mail business standards.

Time to apply

Ready to become a Mail Sorter and deliver for the people in your local community? If your application is successful, we’ll invite you to an interview. We plan to hold them on 21/09/2026, so make sure you’re available before applying.

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.