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Do you love navigating our beautiful County and interacting with colleagues? Join our high-performing team as a Mail Courier! Sort and process incoming and outgoing mail and interoffice mail and have the opportunity to visit our various offices and facilities. Apply today!- Operate a county vehicle, picking up, delivering, sorting, distributing, and processing mail, packages, and boxes from County departmental facilities.
- Pick up printing orders, payroll, petty cash, and checks, and deliver them to County offices/buildings.
- Pick-up mail from the post office consists of signing for express, certified, and registered mail.
- Ability to lift, carry, and deliver heavy boxes, packages, and bags of all sizes.
- Operate mail processing and postal equipment, including all mailroom and business equipment.
- Sort, prepare, and process mail, packages, and boxes and deliver them to the proper location.
- Prepare forms, labels, and proper paperwork for outgoing mail, including presorted, certified, registered, FedEx, and UPS.
- Communicate effectively and appropriately providing excellent customer service and answering any questions requiring specialized knowledge of the mailroom and post office.
Work Hours: Monday – Friday, 7:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
About You
Minimum Qualifications:
- High School Diploma or equivalent education.
- One (1) year of job-related experience, clerical, administrative, and computer experience.
- OR- One (1) year of advanced schooling may substitute for one (1) year of experience.
- A valid Florida driver’s license or ability to obtain by start date.
Preferred Qualifications
- Knowledge of post office and mail room procedures.
- Ability to drive a van.
Physical Demands: Must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
Subject to Passing Substance Screening: This position is subject to passing a pre-employment substance screening. An applicant who fails to pass a required drug screening test shall be disqualified from employment in any class for a period of five (5) years.
CJIS Clearance: **The successful candidate will be subject to an extensive background check(s) as a part of the hiring process.
About Everything Else
Starting Pay Rate: $18.00/hr
Benefits:
- Enjoy great benefits including Health, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance, Short-Term and Long-Term Disability, Flexible Spending Accounts, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Florida Retirement System (FRS) and many, many more! Starting January 2024, choose one of three great medical plans, including one with a $0 premium option, with completed preventative visits!
- Utilize our award-winning wellness program including free gyms and classes at multiple Sarasota County Government locations.
- Enjoy 11 paid holidays, 3 personal days and 16 paid vacation days in the first year of full-time employment with increasing accrual rates with years of service. (That adds up to a possible 30 days off in your 1st year!)
A different blend of voices prompt better conversations, choices and results for everyone. Sarasota County – Many Voices, One Team.
We celebrate and value the experiences, backgrounds, perspectives, talents and strengths that make us different.
Our vision is to attract, develop, retain and engage a talented workforce broadly representative of the citizens and communities we serve. To further value creativity, innovation, collaboration and great customer service – internally and externally.
A job applicant with a disability who requires reasonable accommodation to participate in the application/selection process is requested to make known the need for an accommodation to Human Resources or appropriate county staff members. For assistance with the application, please call 941-861-5353.
Sarasota County prohibits discrimination in all services, programs or activities. View the complete policy at scgov.net (keywords: ADA Compliance).
Sarasota County Government is a Tobacco-Free/Drug-Free Workplace.
