Mail Handler (37.5 Hour)

Description

• Picks up and delivers mail at United States Post Offices;
• Provides postal service assistance to customers;
• May maintain daily cash records;
• Schedules vehicle maintenance;
• You will also communicate with inmates about their mail, books, newspapers and parcels as well as communicate with inmate's family members about mail, books, etc.
• In this position you will also maintain legal logs, parcel logs, and other records as necessary.
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• follow oral and written instructions;
• Operates automatic postage application equipment, mail inserters, and weight scales;
• operate computerized and mechanical postal processing equipment;
• As Mail Handler, you will inspect inmate mail and parcels for contraband and generate rejection notifications.
• Drives state vehicles in the delivery of United States and interagency mail;
• Updates and maintains records;
• Sorts, distributes, and routes incoming and interoffice mail;

Requirements

• interpersonal skills;
• Ability to
• Educational Credits: List your earned credits and degrees from accredited institutions accurately on your application. To receive educational credits towards qualification, the institution must be accredited. If the institution of higher learning is located outside of the U.S., you are responsible for providing documentation from a recognized USA accrediting service which specializes in determining foreign education equivalencies to the contact listed below.
• Experience working with Quadient or Pitney Bowes mail equipment;
• oral and written communication skills;
• Incumbents in this class must have adequate physical strength, stamina, physical agility and visual and auditory acuity, and must maintain such physical fitness as to be able to perform the duties.
• Experience using Microsoft 365 applications (Word, Outlook, Excel, etc.); and
• Signs for insured, certified, registered, and special delivery mail;
• Referral Questions: This posting may require completion of additional Referral Questions (RQs), which must be completed by the questionnaire’s expiration date. If requested, RQs can be accessed via an email sent to you after the job close date or by visiting your JobAps Personal Status Board (Certification Questionnaires section).
• Experience working with PeopleSoft or other similar software.
• Mechanical ability.
• utilize computer software;
• Knowledge of U.S. Postal Service regulations, rates, and classes of mail;
• Weighs and stamps postaged, franked, or metered mail;
• A physical examination may be required.
• perform basic arithmetic computations;

Benefits

• This position is full-time, Monday through Friday, first shift, 37.5 hours a week, 7:00AM to 3:00PM with a half hour unpaid lunch break.
• Professional growth and development opportunities
• A healthy work/life balance to all employees
• The State of Connecticut is an eligible Public Service Loan Forgiveness employer, meaning you may be eligible to have qualifying student loans forgiven after 10 years of service. Click here for more information!

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance