Post Room Operative
- Job ID
- Job ID 76388
- Team
- Team Distribution
- Location
- Location Pontefract
- Contract Type
- Contract Type Temp
- Salary
- Salary 13.14 per hour
- Posting Date
- Posting Date 08/07/2026
- Apply Before
- Apply Before 15/07/2026
Summary
This is a 3 month temporary position
Shift pattern:
Week 1: Monday - Friday, 06:00 - 14:00
Week 2: Monday - Friday, 10:00 - 18:00
With due notice provided, the Week 2 shift times will change from 10:00 - 18:00 to 14:00 - 22:00
The role
If you are motivated, organised, and love keeping things moving, this is an exciting opportunity to join our Next Distribution Post Room team. In this role, you will be the driving force behind our daily mail and parcel operations, ensuring that everything gets exactly where it needs to be across our campus. Working closely with the wider distribution team, you’ll play a vital part in keeping our business connected and running smoothly. From day one, we’ll set you up for success with full training, including a professional Next van driver assessment to get you confidently on the road.
What you'll take on
- Manage incoming mail: Open, sort, and efficiently distribute incoming letters and parcels across our busy site.
- Coordinate outbound goods: Organise and prepare outgoing mail and packages, ensuring they are correctly processed and ready for dispatch.
- Drive between sites: Safely operate a Next company van to transport and distribute parcels between our various warehouses.
- Keep accurate digital records: Use Google Sheets and email to track, log, and monitor incoming and outgoing parcel data.
- Collaborate across the business: Build great relationships and communicate clearly with different teams to ensure packages reach the correct areas on time.
What you'll bring
- A valid UK Driving Licence (Category B): Confident and ready to undertake a van driving assessment.
- Strong digital skills: Proficient in using Google Sheets and email to keep track of everyday data.
- Great communication skills: Able to engage positively and clearly with colleagues across the wider business.
- Excellent organisational skills: A proactive approach to managing your daily workload in a fast-paced environment.
- Physical stamina: Comfortable with lifting heavy objects and walking long distances across our warehouse sites.
Benefits
- Sharesave scheme
- 25% off most NEXT, MADE*, Lipsy*, Gap* and Victoria's Secret* products (*when purchased through NEXT)
- Generous bonus scheme for many roles
- Restaurants with great food at amazing prices
- Access to fantastic discounts at our Staff Shops
- Free on-site parking
- 10% off most partner brands & up to 15% off Branded Beauty
- Hot deals and exclusive offers from over 3,500 retailers through our online benefits platform
- Financial Wellbeing - Save, track and enhance your financial wellbeing
- Apprenticeship - Grow and develop on the job whilst gaining a qualification
- Support Networks - Access to Network Groups to empower and celebrate each other
What's Next?
Apply
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Team Overview
With 10,000 colleagues, 9 million square feet of space, and 550 vehicles, our teams move a huge 1.5 million items to customers every single day. This is a fast-paced, precise, and proudly customer-focused operation. From maintaining our automation systems to delivering the final mile, join the team that keeps everything flowing to fulfil our customers' needs.
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Our brands
You’ve probably heard of NEXT, but did you know about our portfolio? Every brand in our offering brings a distinct story, attitude and community. Spanning contemporary lifestyle brands, established high street names and timeless collections, together they showcase the vibrancy of today’s retail world.
About NEXT
You know Next, but did you know we're a FTSE-100 retail company employing over 44,000 people across the Next group. We're the UK's 2nd largest fashion retailer and for Kidswear we're the market leader. At the last count we have over 450 stores, plus the Next Online and it's now possible to buy on-line from over 80 countries around the world! So we've gone global!
