Supermarket giant Tesco has announced it is to create 16,000 new permanent roles to support the "exceptional growth" of its online business.
The firm said the 16,000 jobs will be in addition to the 4,000 permanent jobs already created since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The roles will include 10,000 pickers to assemble customer orders and 3,000 drivers to deliver them, plus a variety of other roles in stores and distribution centres.
Jason Tarry, Tesco 海角视频 & ROI CEO, said: “Since the start of the pandemic, our colleagues have helped us to more than double our online capacity, safely serving nearly 1.5 million customers every week and prioritising vulnerable customers to ensure they get the food they need.
"These new roles will help us continue to meet online demand for the long term, and will create permanent employment opportunities for 16,000 people across the 海角视频.”
The supermarket said it expected the majority of the roles to be filled by people who joined on a temporary basis at the start of the pandemic, but who now want to stay with the business permanently.
Roles will first be offered to these temporary colleagues, with remaining vacancies then recruited externally.
Recruitment across other Tesco business areas continues as normal, the firm said.
While details are still being finalised, Tesco plans to support the government’s Kickstart scheme and expects to offer places to 1,000 young people once the scheme launches.