Supermarket Iceland, plans to recruit 3,500 temporary workers it has announced.
The increase in its workforce is to help the retailer cope with the increased demand in online shopping from the latest national lockdown.
3,300 temporary, seasonal staff were already hired in the run-up to Christmas with many of them being offered extended roles.
The supermarket plan to hire 1,000 home delivery drivers after seeing a 300% increase in home deliveries year-on-year by September 2020 – processing 750,000 orders a week, alongside 2,500 store assistants and online grocery pickers.
David Devany, chief customer and digital officer at Iceland Foods, said: “We’re equally delighted to be one of the very few supermarkets with online delivery slots available to customers right now, and to be able to offer yet more job opportunities as a result of the continuing growth in demand for our service.
“Our Iceland team is now well over 30,000 strong and I am exceptionally proud of the way our store and delivery colleagues have gone above and beyond during the pandemic, introducing new measures to help their local communities and offering a truly outstanding service to our customers.”
Anyone looking to apply for one of the vacancies should apply at Iceland Careers.
