Australia Post is to conduct a workforce hiring blitz as part of new measures to keep deliveries moving and ramp up weekend services.
Executive General Manager of Community and Consumer at Australia Post, Nicole Sheffield said parcel volumes were hitting heights not seen since Christmas last year.
“Having already opened pop-up sites to help with processing, Australia Post is set to recruit more than 4,000 new team members nationally, with 3,500 additional delivery roles (including 350 in regional areas), which includes more than 1,000 drivers and 2,100 staff to help sort parcels,” Ms Sheffield said.
“With the most recent lockdowns across New South Wales and Victoria driving Australians to shop online in record numbers, Australia Post has confirmed that weekend deliveries will remain in place from now until the end of the year, with up to half a million parcels delivered each and every weekend from now until Christmas,” she said.
Ms Sheffield said that while customers may be experiencing some delays, the vast majority of parcels were still arriving on time despite the challenges presented by COVID-safety requirements; reduced air freight capacity; and reliance on overseas postal and delivery services.
She said the hiring blitz was part of a two-pronged focus of delivering for Australians and keeping the postal service’s people and communities safe.
