What we can offer you
A place where you can thrive
What we can offer you
A place where you can thrive
Our working culture
Join us and you’ll find a positive, supportive and inclusive culture, where everyone has opportunities to develop themselves and the people around them. Our behaviours represent the essence and spirit of our business and the driving force behind our transformation. Whatever your role, you’ll enjoy the scope to develop to your full potential, in an environment that values diverse perspectives and different thinking. So, we’ll encourage you to bring your whole self to work and value your unique skills and individuality, in an atmosphere where your career can thrive.
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Rewards and benefits
We want all our people to enjoy a healthy work/life balance, so we’ve developed a package of benefits that recognises and celebrates everyone at Post Office, and supports their wellbeing.
Post Office Pension Plan
Automatic enrolment into our competitive defined contribution (DC) pension scheme, with a default contribution rate of 5% from employees and 9% from Post Office. You can increase your contributions to receive up to a maximum 12% employer contribution.
Discounts
Access to our benefits platform, offering discounts across hundreds of retailers, helping you save on groceries, fashion, dining out, holidays and much more.
Workplace wellbeing
Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) and a multitude of wellbeing resources including exercise videos, meditation, free recipes, budgeting and spending tools.
Cycle to work scheme
Our Cycle2Work scheme allows you to hire a bike (can include accessories too). Repayments are taken from your gross salary, so you benefit from savings in National Insurance and tax.
Life cover
Post Office offers a death in service benefit to all colleagues which provides a lump sum payment to your beneficiaries if you were to sadly pass away whilst in Post Office employment.
Colleague insurance discounts
Exclusive discounts available on the likes of our travel insurance, car insurance and pet insurance.
Digital GP services
Access to unlimited 24/7 remote GP appointments, physiotherapy, and other essential medical services.
Voluntary flexible benefits
A selection of optional flexible benefits to suit your needs, including a Health Cash Plan, Private Medical Insurance (PMI), Dental Insurance and more.
Benenden Health Healthcare
The option to join Benenden Health, which completements NHS services by providing access to diagnostics, treatment, surgery, physiotherapy, wellbeing support, GP 24/7 and much more.
Season Ticket Loan
The option of an interest-free loan of up to £7,500 to help spread the cost of your season ticket commuting.
Fulfilling your potential
The only way our business can move forward is if we support our people in moving themselves forward. That’s why we’re constantly adding to the learning and development opportunities we have available.
So, join us and you’ll discover plenty of scope for personal development and professional progression, with formal training, mentoring, secondments, and a learning catalogue of over 400 online courses. You’ll also have regular reviews with your line manager, and our focus on internal promotion means you’ll find lots of opportunities to advance your career.
Apprenticeships, training and development
We work with a variety of training providers to offer a range of apprenticeships from level 2 (equivalent to GCSE) up to level 7 (equivalent to a Master’s degree). Some are related to our business and others focus more on your individual development. So, whatever your role, you’re likely to find an apprenticeship to suit you, and we’ll give you the support you need to learn and grow.
Mentoring
Our Mentoring Exchange is a dedicated programme that focuses on bringing together colleagues from across the business. Whether you’re looking for a mentor to boost your personal or professional development, or you’d like to be a mentor, this is the place for you.
Post Office Manager Programme
This programme supports newly recruited, promoted or developing Post Office Managers. With a series of modules covering a range of issues, from recruitment, performance management and coaching, to wellbeing, employee relations and time management, it gives them the tools they need to be effective managers.
Your wellbeing
At Post Office, we aim to create a workplace that empowers you to focus on your physical, mental, social and financial wellbeing, so you bring your best self to work and find an environment where you can thrive. That’s why we’ve created a dedicated wellbeing hub for all our colleagues. By raising awareness of all aspects of wellbeing, educating and supporting colleagues, and providing relevant tools and resources, we enable people across the business to make positive and proactive choices.
