About
About Australia Post
What Australia Post does, its mission and values, and what it's like to work there in Australia.
Australia Post is the country's government-owned postal and parcel-delivery service, established as a Corporate Commonwealth entity wholly owned by the Australian Government. Headquartered in Melbourne, it runs letter and parcel delivery, a national network of post offices, and parcel-locker and PO-box services, and has shifted over time from letters toward e-commerce parcel volumes.
Australia Post is one of the country's larger employers, with a workforce in the tens of thousands spread across delivery, processing, retail, and corporate functions, operating in every state and territory.
Frontline jobs include posties who deliver on foot, bicycle, and electric vehicle; mail and parcel officers in processing and distribution facilities; delivery drivers; and retail customer-service staff in corporate post offices. Many post offices are Licensed Post Offices run by independent operators who hire their own staff separately.
Corporate and support roles — based largely in Melbourne — cover technology and digital, logistics and network planning, property, finance, marketing, and people functions. Many operational roles are full-time or part-time with shift work, alongside seasonal hiring that lifts sharply before the December peak.
Applications for Australia Post's own roles are handled through its careers site; CareerTrees links through to those official listings.