Royal Mail has revealed how it is seeking staff across Glasgow and its surrounding areas.

The posts for both operations managers and junior operations managers have gone live this week.

Staff are being sought in the city and North Lanarkshire as well as other locations across Scotland.

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Operations team leaders manage and motivate frontline staff in busy, shift-based operational environments.

Applicants do not need to have any logistics or unionised experience. What they do need to have, though, is the ability to coach, lead, and motivate teams to perform at their very best.

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The vacancies come after the Evening Times recently reported how Royal Mail launched a drive to recruit around 1,000 temporary workers in Scotland during the busy Christmas period.

Glasgow Mail Centre is looking to fill 400 roles and 45 jobs at the Scottish Distribution Centre in Wishaw are up for grabs.

They will help sort the festive post and the increasing amount of online Christmas shopping.

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20,000 temporary positions will be available across the UK from late October through to early January 2018.

The temporary recruits will help to sort Christmas cards and parcels and online shopping orders before they are sent to around 1,400 delivery offices for postmen and women to take out on their rounds.