Royal Mail provide important services to the
general public and businesses across the country, therefore
careers and Royal Mail job vacancies are an essential part of
these services.
Royal Mail is owned by the Royal Mail Group,
along with the Post Office Ltd. and Parcelforce Worldwide. As a
business Royal Mail make it their statutory duty to collect
letters and packages from 113,000 post boxes, 14,300 Post
Offices and over 87,000 businesses throughout the country. They
then deliver these items to over 28 million addresses
throughout the UK. They achieve this via their 70 mail centres,
8 regional distribution centres and 3,000 delivery offices;
they also use 30,000 well known red Royal Mail vehicles and
33,000 bicycles. As standard, they make deliveries 6 days a
week by lunchtime each day, and aim to make deliveries to more
rural areas by 3pm each day.
With the ever increasing popularity of
online shopping, the demand on Royal Mail’s services has
increased dramatically. This is evident in their delivery
figures for Christmas 2005 when they delivered 70 million items
which had been ordered online, much more than in the same
period in previous years.
Royal Mail are also responsible for the UK’s
stamps which we have all bought and used at some time,
additionally producing unique designs in keeping with any
anniversaries or momentous occasions occurring at the time.
The last few years have also seen the
introduction of their online shop which allows customers to
purchase, amongst other things, stamps, stationery and packing
materials. You can even purchase customised stamps which you
design online. Royal Mail have also introduced their convenient
SmartStamp service which allows you to design, purchase and
print your postage online, making it more convenient and less
time consuming than waiting in the Post Office to send your
letters and parcels on their way.
Job Roles
Royal Mail currently employ approximately
180,000 people in an array of job roles which include the most
typical positions within Human Resources, Finance, Sales and
Marketing, and the Management/Executive teams.
They also have positions based within the
Operations side of the business, roles include:
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Postman or Postwoman – delivering mail within
specific areas whatever the weather
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Driver – transporting mail from the mail centres,
train stations and airports to numerous businesses
and financial institutions.
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Indoor Sorter – working as part of a large team
processing mail by hand or machine in Royal Mail
distribution centres
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Data Entry – fast typing skills are essential to
this role as you will be processing the addresses
on mail which cannot be read by automated
machinery, this type of mail is processed on-screen
and corrections to addresses are made in order to
send the post to the correct address
Apprenticeships
Royal Mail offer 18-month apprenticeships
which allow you to gain a diverse array of skills and
experience whilst earning money and working towards an NVQ
level 2 in Mail Services.
Graduates
As part of the Royal Mail Group, a 2-year
graduate programme in areas such as Operations, Marketing,
Sales and Customer Service, Human Resources and Finance is also
available.