Mail Clerk (MVO)

About the role

Receive, process and distribute incoming and outgoing official mail and sort mail for distribution by identification of receiving organization.

Duties

• Maintain counts of materials dispatched and received.
• Inspect mail by size, weight and class; Assign United States Postal Service (USPS) rate according to applicable standards; and use computer-based mail metering system for processing.
• Verify data on mail for accuracy, proper format and conformance to applicable standards and record and re-direct erroneously addressed or, mis-directed mail by class and/or type.
• Operate a computer-based commercial carrier interface for outgoing official matter processing.
• Print daily reports, performs daily backups, and provides accounting information and track, store and, distribute internal management documents.
• Use a computer-based tracking system and handheld device for receiving of accountable items, entering new items, printing routing sheets, and to record deliveries.
• Operate ½ ton truck/van or low speed electric vehicle in delivering and picking up mail.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. citizen
• Tour of Duty: Flexible
• Security Requirements: Non-Critical Sensitive
• Appointment is subject to the completion of a favorable suitability or fitness determination, where reciprocity cannot be applied; unfavorably adjudicated background checks will be grounds for removal.
• Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): Non-Exempt
• Selective Service Requirement: Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service.
• Pre-Employment Physical: Required
• Selectees are required to have a REAL ID or other acceptable identification documents to access certain federal facilities.

Qualifications

To qualify for a Mail Clerk (MVO), your resume and supporting documentation must support:

• General Experience: One year of general experience that equipped you with the particular competencies to successfully perform the duties of the position and is directly in or related to this position. To qualify at the GS-04 level, applicants must possess one year of general experience. Creditable general experience includes:
  • Work with procedural instructions, postal laws and, policies governing the handling and processing of ordinary and accountable mail, postal rates, and mail classes.
  • Use mail manuals for verification of postal rates to ensure correct postage meter tapes are printed for application to mail.
  • Handle and process sensitive materials using applicable security regulations and procedures.
  • Operate postal equipment, such as computer-based mail metering systems, commercial carrier interfaces and accountable mail tracking systems.
• Education Substitution: Such education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work. Education must be from a college or university accredited by an organization approved by the U.S. Department of Education. If using education to meet basic qualifications, you must submit a transcript. To qualify based on education in lieu of general experience, you must possess at least 2 years of education above the high school level.
• Combination: Combinations of successfully completed post-high school education and experience may be used to meet total qualification requirements for grade level GS-04, and may be computed by first determining the applicant's total qualifying experience as a percentage of the experience required for the grade level; then determining the applicant's education as a percentage of the education required for the grade level; and then adding the two percentages. The total percentages must equal at least 100 percent to qualify.
• Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs and other organizations. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Physical Demands

Work requires a combination of sitting, substantial walking, standing, stooping, lifting and carrying of packages, mail bags, and containers of moderate weight (under 50 pounds) and occasional lifting and carrying of heavier materials for short distances while making pickup/deliveries, opening, reviewing and determining applicable routing of correspondence and processing official matter for dispatch.

Work Environment

Duties are primarily performed in an office or mailroom setting which is adequately lighted, heated, and ventilated with exposure to weather elements due to courier duties to other buildings on the installation. Mailroom is located within the Central Receiving Warehouse which exposes the employee to material handling equipment when transiting the facility.