Early careers and opportunities for young people

There are lots of ways to start your career with Royal Mail.

Whether you’re leaving school or college, looking for your first job or ready to try something new, you can gain experience, build valuable skills and help keep the country connected.

Explore apprenticeships, frontline and processing roles, Christmas work experience, temporary opportunities and our smaller number of graduate programmes.

Choose the route that works for you

Explore apprenticeships, frontline and processing roles, Christmas work experience, temporary assignments and graduate opportunities.

Apprenticeships

Earn a salary, gain practical experience and work towards a recognised qualification in areas such as Engineering, Fleet Maintenance, LGV Driving, Operations and Project Management.

Applications for our apprenticeships are currently closed. Join our talent community and be among the first to hear when our 2027 apprenticeship opportunities open.
Explore Apprenticeships

Frontline Delivery

Learn valuable skills in an active role that helps keep communities connected. To apply for any delivery opportunity, you must hold a full UK manual driving licence.
Explore Frontline Delivery

Mail Sorting

Help prepare letters and parcels for delivery as part of our processing teams. Search current vacancies to find opportunities near you.
Search Jobs in Sorting

Christmas Jobs

Build workplace skills and see how Royal Mail delivers during its busiest time of year.

Explore Seasonal opportunities and apply for 2026 Seasonal Mail Sorter roles now!
Find out more and apply

Temporary Jobs

Looking for temporary work? Angard Staffing recruits for temporary assignments across the Royal Mail network throughout the year. Availability varies by location and business need.
Find out about temporary jobs

Graduate Opportunities

Gain valuable experience across different business functions, building a broad understanding of Royal Mail and developing practical, leadership and management skills. We offer a small number of graduate opportunities in selected areas, with availability varying each year.

Join our talent community to register your interest in future graduate opportunities.
Register interest for future opportunities

Opportunity Spotlights

Earn while you learn with an apprenticeship

At Royal Mail, our apprentices play an important role in helping us deliver for customers across the UK. We have apprenticeship opportunities in areas including Engineering, Fleet Maintenance, Operations and Project Management, with programmes ranging from Level 3 through to Level 6 Degree Apprenticeships.

Earn a salary, gain valuable hands-on experience and work towards a recognised qualification, all while building your career with one of the UK's most recognised brands.

Visit our Apprenticeships page to learn more and register your interest in our 2027 apprenticeship programmes.

Start your career in a frontline role 

Build valuable skills and gain practical experience in a delivery role that helps serve local communities every day. It’s challenging, physically active work, so you’ll need to be ready to stay on the move in all conditions. To apply for any delivery role, you must hold a full UK manual driving licence.

Gain valuable work experience as a Seasonal Mail Sorter

Get a first-hand look at one of the UK’s largest seasonal operations. Our Seasonal Mail Sorter opportunities can help young people build confidence, develop workplace skills and learn what it’s like to be part of Royal Mail during our busiest time of year.

Applications are now open for Seasonal Mail Sorters across the UK. Apply now!

Career Stories

Discover how colleagues have built skills and progressed after joining through apprenticeships, frontline roles, and graduate programmes.

Meet Lori

Lori's Royal Mail journey started with our operations management graduate programme. Read her story about how the support she’s received has helped her grow and quickly progress into a Lead Operations Manager role. Discover how she’s navigated challenges and developed essential skills, offering practical advice and inspiration.

Read Lori's career story

Meet Jamie

Jamie joined Royal Mail 16 years ago as a graduate on our Operations Management programme and has grown a successful career in operations. Read his story about how the opportunties he had to grow a career that works for him, how he navigated challenges and developed essential skills for his personal and professional development. 

Read Jamie's story

Meet Jacob

Step into a day in the life of a Royal Mail Engineering apprentice. Jacob shares how he earns, learns and works hands‑on with cutting‑edge tech.

Read Jacob's story

Apprentice to Expert: Careers Progression at Royal Mail

Discover how Royal Mail apprenticeships can open the door to long-term career opportunities. Read real stories from colleagues who have developed new skills, gained qualifications and progressed into specialist and leadership roles.

Read more

Join our Talent Community

Interested in Royal Mail but don't see the right vacancy for you today?

Join our Talent Community and get personalised job opportunities and insights from our Talent Acquisition team. 

I'm interested

Discover more

Frontline roles

Who ensures every letter and parcel is delivered safely to its destination? Our frontline operations teams form an essential network transporting and delivering mail, and maintaining thousands of vehicles, machines, properties and facilities across our network. Find out where you could make a difference.

What matters to us

Learn more about what matters to us. We're committed to creating an inclusive space where everyone can thrive personally and professionally, and using our platform to support our communities and the planet.

Head Office roles

We're looking for top talent across all areas of our business to drive our growth and transformation. Find out more about exciting opportunities in human resources, finance, sales and marketing, technology and more.