Delivery Postie with Driving

Role overview

Royal Mail is hiring a permanent Delivery Postie with Driving for the Oban Delivery Office in PA34 4AA. This is a community-focused role where you will help keep mail and parcels moving for local homes and small businesses, whatever the weather. The position runs for 37 hours per week, spread across 5 days between Monday and Saturday, with working hours from 09:45 to 17:00.

This job combines walking deliveries with driving duties, so it is physical work that keeps you active while serving people across your local area.

What the role involves

• Deliver letters and parcels to homes and businesses in the local community.
• Represent the service as a reliable and friendly presence on each round.
• Work outdoors and on foot for extended periods, while also driving as required.
• Provide helpful, dependable customer service to recipients and local customers.
• Carry out deliveries consistently in different weather conditions.

About you

The ideal candidate is positive, self-driven and comfortable working independently. You should be well organised, punctual, and confident in offering great service. A warm, approachable manner is important, along with pride in supporting the community you serve. Because the role includes driving, you must hold a full UK manual driving licence with no more than 6 penalty points.

Pay and benefits

You will receive a guaranteed hourly rate of £13.68, paid monthly and adjusted to your contracted hours. The role also includes 22.5 days of holiday, increasing with length of service and adjusted if your hours are under 37 per week. Other benefits include a full uniform, a competitive company pension, career development opportunities such as trainee manager roles and apprenticeship schemes, enhanced family leave support, wellbeing resources for you and your family, discounts on vouchers, travel, attractions, beauty products and gym membership, plus free stamps at Christmas.

Additional information

For candidate-search purposes, roles working between 35 and 37 hours per week are shown as full-time. However, any contract below 37 hours per week is treated as part-time in the employment contract.

If shortlisted, the first stage of the process will be an interview. Applicants should keep their contact details current and be ready to provide the required documents and health-related information during recruitment.

Inclusion and adjustments

Royal Mail Group says it is committed to inclusive hiring and to reflecting the communities it serves. Applications are welcomed from everyone, with particular encouragement for members of the Armed Forces community, including cadet instructors and spouses or partners. Candidates who need adjustments during hiring should discuss them with the recruiter when contacted.