Airport Collection & Network Driver – Inverness (IV1 1SG)

Location:

Inverness (IV1) – Inverness-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Salary:

Competitive

Type:

Permanent

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Advertiser:

Royal Mail Group

Job ID:

131638149

Posted On:

28 February 2025

 

Collection and Network Driver
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Location: Inverness Delivery Office, IV1 1SG 
Job type: Permanent contract
 
Hours: 37 hours per week, working 3 days either  Monday,Tuesday and Friday working between 18:40 and 07:00 or Monday, Thursday and Friday working between 19:10 and 07:30 or a reserve role covering both patterns. This will be explained at interview

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 competitive monthly salary equivalent to an hourly rate of £12.54p/hr
•    Overtime is paid at 1.25 x the normal hourly rate
•    22.5 days holiday, rising with length of service (pro-rata)
•    Full uniform provided
•    Company pension scheme with competitive contribution rates
•    Lots of opportunity to develop a career, including our trainee manager roles and Apprentice Schemes
•    Excellent family friendly support – enhanced maternity pay, paternity leave, adoption leave and shared parental leave
•    Your Wellbeing – you and your family have 24/7 free access to services and tools to help support your physical and mental      health, including financial and social support and advice
•    Various discounts including high street vouchers, travel and attraction discounts, and savings on beauty products and gym      membership
•    Free stamps at Christmas

PLEASE NOTE: This role requires you to work in a high security environment. If successful at interview, you can typically expect to have a waiting period of up to 16 weeks while your application goes through our screening process (which includes a requirement for RMG to obtain 5 years referencing). If invited to interview, we will require you to submit details of what you have been doing (activity) over the past 5 years ad between each activity, there must not be a gap of more than 14 days. If you have had a gap between work then please explain this by writing for example ‘Gap – looking for work’. Please note if you supply accurate details including identifying all gaps, this will significantly help speed up the recruitment process.

Please be aware that if you have been resident outside the UK continuously in a single country for 6 months or over in the last 5 years you will be required to provide and pay for a criminal record check from that country before your application will be considered further.

Time

Ready to become an Airport Collections and Network Driver and deliver for the people in your local community? Hit the apply button now. If your application is successful, we’ll invite you to an interview. 

Royal Mail are proud of our diverse employee network groups and the active role they play to support belonging and encourage a positive work environment. We are firmly committed to inclusion and passionate about our people representing the communities we serve. 

We are happy to support your need for any adjustments during the application and hiring process. Please share the details within your application if required.

 

We are Forces family friendly and a Gold signatory to the Armed Forces Covenant. We welcome applications from ex-Armed Forces personnel, reservists, veterans, cadet instructors and military spouses/partners.

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

      

 

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