Rural Carrier Associate; RCA

Overview

Functional purpose:
Deliver and collect mail along a prescribed rural route using a vehicle; provide customers with a variety of services. Rural Carrier Associates are non‑career employees who provide customers along a rural route a variety of services including delivering and collecting mail and selling stamps, supplies, and money orders.

• Sort mail in delivery sequence for the assigned route.
• Receive and sign for accountable mail.
• Load mail into vehicle.
• Deliver mail to customers along a prescribed route on a regular schedule; collect payments and receipts; pick up mail from customers’ roadside boxes.
• Sell stamps, stamped paper, and money orders; accept COD, registered, certified, insured mail, and parcel post; provide routine information concerning postal matters and request forms to customers.
• Return undeliverable mail and submit monies and receipts to the post office.
• Prepare mail for forwarding and maintain records of change‑of‑address information.
• Prepare a daily trip report and maintain a list of customers on the route.
• Conduct special surveys when required.
• Maintain an inventory of stamps and stamped paper as needed to provide service to customers on the route.
• Provide mail security at all times.

Desirable candidates may be required to have a vehicle suitable for use and live within easy commuting distance of the facility location.

The job is physically demanding. Work is performed indoors and outdoors in all types of weather. Carriers may be required to load and unload trays and containers of mail and parcels weighing as much as 70 pounds.

Work is available usually on Saturdays, and on an as‑needed basis to cover the absence of the carrier.