Apply for Vacancy for Mail Clerk at Muhlenberg College in the USA. The category for this job is Facilities Management.

Summary:

The person in this position, under direct supervision and using specified procedures, must be comfortable working in a fast paced mailroom while standing, bending and lifting up to 50lbs. Substitutes for mail delivery driver during academic year, drives to picks up mail from Post Office on Saturday mornings and cover vacations during the summer months if needed. Also, hours could vary during peak times. There is some flexibility in the schedule and could be discussed in the interview.

Responsibilities:

• Greet carriers/truck drivers in the dock area (Fed Ex, UPS, and Amazon etc.)
• Moreover, maintain confidentiality of student and business affairs
• Receive, sort, scan and stock incoming packages in a timely manner
• Also, assist with investigating deliveries lacking proper addressee information
• Responsible for the timely pick up of mail (via college van) from post office on Saturdays
• Provide window service: retrieve packages, sell stamps, weigh packages and shipping using various machinery and programs
• Likewise, prepare mail on meter for USPS
• Receives, sorts and distributes incoming, inter-office and other campus mail to mailboxes
• Similarly, substitutes for Mail Delivery Clerk and delivers packages to departments on campus via van
• Cross-trained in all functions of mailroom operations and floats where needed
• Additionally, other duties as assigned

Equipment used: computer, copy machine, calculator, cash register, meter machine, scales, handheld scanners, and college van/hand truck.

Qualifications:

• Team player with a positive attitude
• Also, excellent customer service skills
• Computer competent: email/time recording/postal software/ability to learn new programs
• Additionally, accuracy in numerical and alphabetical tasks and strong organizational skills
• Previous postal or shipping experience is preferred but not required
• Likewise, effective communication and ability to interact with faculty, staff, students, carriers and vendors in a professional manner via phone, email and in person
• Strong work ethic and low absenteeism
• Furthermore, flexibility to shift tasks and assist where needed during peak times
• Working knowledge of appropriate postal regulations and fees or ability to learn
• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds; push full mail cart and do significant walking or standing
• Ability to navigate flights of stairs in buildings without elevators
• Moreover, must be able to work in all types of weather when the mailroom is open for business
• Valid driver’s license in good standing