Evri is taking on an additional 9,000 staff members in the UK, after being snapped up by private equity firm Apollo last week.
The business is aiming to hire 8,000 more couriers, alongside 1,000 new warehouse and other supporting roles.
Evri said its key locations for the new positions included Gatwick Airport, Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk, Plymouth in Devon and Scotland.
The delivery giant said the new hires would take its number of self-employed couriers to roughly 28,000 and that the move would help it deliver up to four million parcels per day.
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While Evri previously faced criticism over delays and missing parcels, the company now insists 99% of its deliveries arrive on time, after investing millions into improving its customer service.
Evri CEO Martijn De Lange said: “New client wins and increased parcel volumes are proof of the trust customers have in our service and our biggest-ever recruitment drive promises to deliver another record year.”
The courier service was sold to private equity firm Apollo for £2.7bn last week, after being offloaded by its owner Advent International.
The sale is expected to complete during the first quarter of 2024, according to Advent.
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