Carrier Assistant 1

Job Overview
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In this role you deliver and collect mail on foot or by vehicle in a city area. You also maintain good relations with customers and have a general familiarity with postal laws, regulations, and products for your area. As a CCA you provide a critical service to your community by ensuring mail delivery during weekdays, weekends and holidays with opportunities for career promotion. CCAs may be eligible for certain benefits including paid leave and health insurance. This position is ideal for candidates that enjoy staying active outdoors with occasional customer service interactions.

Job duties include:

Sort, lift and push moderate to heavy loads of mail and packages to prepare for delivery
Deliver mail along your assigned route
Pick up or collect mail from customers
Collect postage due for charge on delivery or other services
Work indoors and outdoors in all weather: rain, snow, cold and heat

Postal Service employment is conditional upon your meeting medical suitability, general eligibility and suitability, and background check requirements. Therefore, if you receive a job offer, note that it will be conditional upon you meeting these requirements, even if you are allowed to begin working first.
For this vacancy announcement, the Postal Service will be using an assessment cut-off score to refer candidates for selection consideration.

Benefits
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Benefit Information
Non-career 360-day term with possibility of reappointment. May lead to career position. Benefits include paid leave at the rate of 1hr for every 20hrs in pay status, holiday pay for 6 holidays, and pay raises per NALC National Agreement. Immediately eligible for USPSHB Plan with a $125 Postal premium contribution towards Self Only. Employer contribution towards greater than Self Only is 65% (75% for subsequent appointments). Upon reappointment to a second 360-day term after a 5-day break in service eligible for: health insurance under FEHB; dental and vision insurance through FEDVIP; flexible spending accounts through FSAFEDS and long-term care insurance through FLTCIP. Wounded Warrior leave available if eligibility criteria are met. Effective Plan Year 2022, the Postal Service will make a bi-weekly contribution equal to 75% of the total premium for any CCA employee who wishes to participate in the USPS Plan for self, self plus one, or family coverage, regardless of year of employment.