Mail Assistant

Summary

About the Position: Serves as a mail assistant and technical inspector in the Official Mail and Distribution Center (OMDC), Directorate of Human Resources (DHR), at JBLM.

Duties

• Advise mailers on correct procedures for preparing accountable/classified material for dispatch.
• Use staff directories, locator listings, automated computer programs, and distribution list for routing materials. Reroutes misdirected mail.
• Process incoming and outgoing official mail and on-post distribution to multi-service staff elements and battalion/company size organizations.
• Operate a variety of automated mail processing equipment including computers, postage meters, and scales.
• Conduct technical inspections of unit and official mail rooms/facilities.
• Prepare written reports identifying problems and an assessment/rating of the program being inspected.
• Receive, sign for and control accountable mail (certified, registered, insured and express mail, including classified material).
• Review change of address and directory cards from unit mail clerks for accuracy, and corrects or rejects obvious errors.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. Current Civilian Employees of the Organization In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes Processing incoming and outgoing all mail to include accountable mail in accordance with mail program regulations and guidelines; Providing assistance to customers on mail-processing and procedures; Operating automated mail-processing systems and equipment to process official mail; and Preparing mail-related reports and maintaining mailroom records using automated office tools. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-05). Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-05).

Education

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone -- no substitution of education for experience is permitted.