Rural Carrier Associate (RCA)

The Rome PA Post Office is Hiring for 5 Rural Carrier Associates! You MUST apply online.
We have recurring postings, if it's not posted today, please keep checking back! Currently we are awaiting a posting on our website and will update the next time one is posting online.
You must apply online at www.
usps.
com when the posting comes out.
Until then, we are taking candidate information and communicating the needs of this position with those interested! This job is a flexible position.
This means you will be scheduled to cover routes when the Regular Rural Carrier is on their day off, or on vacation.
Essentially, this is a substitute position.
However, our current Rural Carrier Associates can easily work at least 40 hours per week and there is a lot of opportunity to work more if desired.
You can be asked to work in other offices, should the need arise, and we do not have the need for work in Ithaca, once the training process is complete and you are comfortable.
You can, should the situation call for it, be required to work up to 60 hours in a week.
This is also a Union position.
You are represented by the National Rural Letter Carriers Association (NRLCA).
They assist in pay packages and rules/regulations applicable to the job.
You are eligible immediately upon hire to enroll in benefits that are provided by the NRLCA until such a time as you become Career and can enroll in benefits directly through the United States Postal Service.
Career progressions are as follows: As a RCA, after one year of service you may bid on Part-Time Flexible Positions and Full Time Regular Rural Carrier Positions.
This means that if you bid successfully on one of those positions, you will begin paying into the Thrift Savings Plan, you will begin paying into the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS), you will earn Annual Leave and Sick Leave.
In addition, once you become a career employee, you can seek out potential Management opportunities as they become available.
To Apply for this position, you must apply on WWW.
USPS.
COM, go to the bottom of the page and click on "Careers".
Search for ROME in the search field.
Find the Rural Carrier Associate (RCA) Position and apply.
If you need help with the application process, please reach out to a Manager directly at the ROME PA Post Office.
Our customer phone line is 570-247-2552.
We are more than happy to assist with the application or questions about the position.
In addition, if you do not have a computer to apply, let us know and we can set up a time for you to come in and use one of ours! All correspondence during the hiring process will be sent via EMAIL.
Pay attention to your email and check your spam box frequently.
We sent requests for Background Check from "GIS" as well as a Motor Vehicle Record (MVR) check.
Thank you! RURAL CARR ASSOC/SRV REG RTE (RAUX-05) OCCUPATION CODE: 2325-07XX *FUNCTIONAL PURPOSE:* Cases, delivers, and collects mail along a prescribed rural route using a vehicle; provides customers on the route with a variety of services.
*OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS:* This position is authorized for a non-career employee serving as relief on a regular rural route.
*DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:* 1.
Sorts mail in delivery sequence for the assigned route.
2.
Receives and signs for accountable mail.
3.
Loads mail in vehicle.
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Delivers mail to customers along a prescribed route and on a regular schedule by a vehicle; collects monies and receipts for accountable mail; picks up mail from customers' roadside boxes.
5.
Sells stamps, stamped paper and money orders; accepts C.
O.
D.
, registered, certified, and insured mail and parcel post; furnishes routine information concerning postal matters and provides requested forms to customer.
6.
Returns mail collected, undeliverable mail, and submits monies and receipts to post office.
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Prepares mail for forwarding amd maintains records of change of address information.
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Prepares a daily trip report and maintains a list of the customers on the route.
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Conducts special surveys when required.
10.
Maintains an inventory of stamps and stamped paper as needed to provide service to customers on the route.
11.
Provides for mail security at all times.
*SUPERVISION:* Manager, Customer Services; Supervisor, Customer Services; or Postmaster Job Types: Full-time, Part-time Pay: From $19.
94 per hour Benefits: * Dental insurance * Health insurance * Paid training Day range: * Weekends as needed Shift: * 10 hour shift * 12 hour shift * 8 hour shift * Day shift Ability to commute/relocate: * Rome, PA 18837: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required) Work Location: In person