MAIL ASSISTANT

MAIL ASSISTANT

Mihail Kogalniceanu, Romania

Ausschreibungsbereich

FOR THIS POSITION APPLICATIONS MUST BE SUBMITTED IN ENGLISH.

Applications will be accepted from INTERNAL and EXTERNAL Local National applicants.

Multiple positions will be filled from this vacancy announcement.

If you have any questions about this vacancy or the application process, please call us at +39-0444-715026 from 14.00 to 16.00 (Mon-Fri).

Hauptaufgaben

Incumbent conduct various mail handling functions in designated Department of Defense (DoD) Postal facilities located in Europe. Work involves handling, screening, and processing incoming and outgoing mail to include delivery, sorting, weighing, and metering mail. He / she is required to maintain accountability and security of official mail accounts and United States Postal Service (USPS) postage stamps and appropriated postage funds. Monitors and submits serviced organization-delivery and postage-meter reports to higher headquarters by daily average, weekly, monthly, and quarterly basis. Incumbent collects and delivers classified mail, registered, insured, certified, and express mail. Signs receipts and obtains receipts when picking up and delivering accountable mail. He / she discards packing materials in accordance with established procedures for recycling, reuse, or disposal. Receives, unloads, and processes incoming shipments of mail trays, parcels and sacks to include specialized bulk deliveries, via various modes of transportation. Unpacks mail sacks and break-down contents as required and stage in designated areas. Must load various types of transport vehicles from a small automobile up to a 40 foot trailer safely and properly sequentially loads trailers for multiple stop deliveries if applicable. Ensures mail loads are properly secured and protected from adverse weather. Advise patrons on domestic and international mail regulations, procedures, services, and fees. Advise customers of customs procedures and help them prepare appropriate forms for mailing items subject to customs examinations. Conduct closeout procedures on the Integrated Retail Terminal, postage validation imprinter, and the debit / credit machine. Process postal claims, complaints, and inquiries. Ensures the PSC lobby and other common areas clean and adequately supplied. The work requires broad knowledge of an accounting or other financial management practices, and procedures, and policies related to the specific Postal Finance functions. Work requires skill in using a computer terminal to input, access, and output bar code scanned data. Postal clerk is responsible for any financial shortages or imbalances. Incumbents operate a customer service window for package delivery and other oversized articles that will not fit in mail receptacles. Checks identification of patrons, screen delivery notices and retrieve mail article from the storage location and scan bar-coded articles if applicable as delivered. Mail articles may be transported by hand or use of rolling carts depending on the distance from the storage location to the service window. Responds to customer inquiries concerning undeliverable, forwarded, or returned to sender mail and determines the ultimate destination of mail that was returned for directory assistance. This requires constant updating of rosters and files. Process shipping documents received to include signing receipts. Performs technical and clerical work in support of the scanning requirements associated with the Product Tracking System (PTS). Incumbent participates in mail inventories associated with an automated parcel processing system (if applicable) and generates barcode labels for the corresponding storage shelves. Process and deliver incoming Certified, Insured, Express, and other various Extra Service articles personally through the window to the addressee / authorized agent and to various organizations and mailrooms designated mail orderlies and mail clerks. Inspect outgoing accountable mail for mail ability and process for shipment in accordance with DOD Regulatory guidance. Work requires skill in using a computer terminal to input, access, and output bar code scanned data. Knowledge of procedures and regulations for the control and processing of various types of mail (for example, certified, insured, express, classified), sufficient to prepare and dispatch of various kinds of outgoing materials with differing processing procedures is required. He / she operates a step side Van or other similar type vehicles, collecting mail from street side mail collection boxes, buildings, and mail pickup points. Pickup and delivery services for such items as mail, bulk quantities of forms and publications which require heavy lifting, such as filled mail bags and boxes of publications and forms. Delivers mail articles, and materials to postal facilities throughout the installation and on public roads.

NOTE : Tour of duty is 40 hours per week, Monday through Friday, from 0830 to 1730 including a 1-hour uncompensated lunch break from 1200 to 1300. Overtime, evening, weekend, and holiday work may be required based on operational needs.

Qualifikationsanforderungen

MINIMUM QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS : Applicants must meet the qualification requirements in the "Qualification Standards" published by U.S. Office of Personnel Management, as summarized below.

EXPERIENCE : Applicants must have a minimum of 1 year of Specialized Experience equivalent to at least the RW-03 grade level.

Specialized Experience is experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled.

SUBSTITUTION OF EDUCATION FOR EXPERIENCE : Education may be substituted for experience in accordance with the "Qualification Standards" published by U.S. Office of Personnel Management.

If applicants wish to substitute education for experience copies of education documents (e.g. "bachelor's degree" – "Diploma de Licenta"), the transcripts ("Supliment la diploma") and copy of the driver's license type "B" must be submitted at the time of application to the following email address :

usarmy.usag-italy.hqda-cpac.mbx.ln-applicants@army.mil

Please specify the vacancy announcement number on the subject line of the email message. Failure to submit documents in a timely manner may result in a disqualification rating.

Auswahlkriterien auswählen

Not applicable.

Beschäftigungsbedingungen

Incumbent must be able to obtain and maintain :

• a DD285 (Postal Handler Card);
• a valid Romanian driver's license;

a government driver's license to operate non-tactical vehicle / transportation motor pool (NTV / TMP) vehicles such as a sedan or small passenger van.