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Merge Opportunities

City Carrier Assistant (CCA)

Merge Opportunities, Huntington Beach, California, us, 92615


In this role you deliver and collect mail on foot or by vehicle in a city area. You also maintain good relations with customers and have a general familiarity with postal laws, regulations, and products for your area. As a CCA you provide a critical service to your community by ensuring mail delivery during weekdays, weekends and holidays with opportunities for career promotion. CCAs may be eligible for certain benefits including paid leave and health insurance. This position is ideal for candidates that enjoy staying active outdoors with occasional customer service interactions.

Job duties include:

Sort, lift and push moderate to heavy loads of mail and packages to prepare for deliveryDeliver mail along your assigned routePick up or collect mail from customersCollect postage due for charge on delivery or other servicesWork indoors and outdoors in all weather: rain, snow, cold and heat

Title: CITY CARRIER ASSISTANT (CCA)FLSA Designation: Non-ExemptOccupation Code: 2310-0045Non-Scheduled Days: VARIESHours: VARIES

CCAs may be required to work any day of the week, including weekends and holidays as scheduled.CCAs hold temporary appointments for periods not-to-exceed 360 days. Subsequent appointments after a 5 day break inservice may be offered but are not guaranteed and should not be expected because the use of CCAs is discretionary andsubject to business needs.

DRIVING REQUIRED: Applicants must have a valid state driver's license, a safe driving record, and at least two years ofunsupervised experience driving passenger cars or larger. The driving must have taken place in the U.S. or its possessionsor territories or in U.S. military installations worldwide.

BENEFIT INFORMATION:Non-career 360-day term with possibility of reappointment. May lead to career position. Benefits include paid leave at the rateof 1 hr for every 20 hrs in pay status, holiday pay for 6 holidays, and pay raises per NALC National Agreement. Immediatelyeligible for USPSHB Plan with a $125 Postal premium contribution towards Self Only. Employer contribution towards greaterthan Self Only is 65% (75% for subsequent appointments). Upon reappointment to a second 360-day term after a 5-daybreak in service eligible for: health insurance under FEHB; dental and vision insurance through FEDVIP; flexible spendingaccounts through FSAFEDS and long-term care insurance through FLTCIP. Wounded Warrior leave available if eligibilitycriteria are met. Effective Plan Year 2022, the Postal Service will make a bi-weekly contribution equal to 75% of the totalpremium for any CCA employee who wishes to participate in the USPS Plan for self, self plus one, or family coverage,regardless of year of employment.

SALARY RANGE: $19.33 per hour paid bi-weekly

FINANCE NUMBER: 55664Persons Eligible to ApplyAll U.S. Citizens, lawful permanent resident aliens, citizens of American Samoa or other territory owing permanent allegianceto the United States. Applicants entitled to veterans' preference and/or covered by the Veterans Employment OpportunityAct may apply for any posted position. Applicants must apply online at www.usps.com/careers to be considered for thisemployment opportunity. You must have a valid email address to apply as communication regarding employmentopportunities, examinations (when applicable), and background checks will be sent by email. Please add the following emaildomain addresses to your contact list to allow all correspondence to be received - @usps.gov; @psionline.com;@geninfo.com; @uspis.gov. EXAM: If an exam is required and you are invited to take the test, instructions regarding theexam process will be sent to you via email. Please ensure you can receive email messages from our test vendor and followinstructions carefully so you can be considered for this employment opportunity. SCREENINGS: You may receive multiplerequests for background checks in regards to this employment opportunity. Respond to all requests quickly as we anticipatefilling our vacancies quickly and nonresponses may result in disqualification for this opportunity.

Background CheckThe Inspection Service criminal background check is conducted using United States information resources only (e.g., FBIfingerprint check, state and county checks). A criminal background check involves a 5-year inquiry for any location wherethe individual has resided, worked or gone to school within the United States or its territories. As a result of this limitation,the criminal background checks of individuals who have not resided in the United States or its territories for the preceding5-years may not be considered complete. The Inspection Service may be able to process inquiries for U.S. Citizens only,but only if their time spent out of the country was spent as: a trailing spouse or dependent of someone working for the U.S.government (military or civilian), a missionary, a student attending school in a foreign country, a Peace Corps participant, oras an employee of a U.S.-based employer/company. If the Inspection Service is unable to perform a complete backgroundcheck because of residency outside the United States, such individuals will be ineligible for Postal employment.Functional PurposeDelivers and collects mail on foot or by vehicle under varying road and weather conditions in a prescribed area; maintainsprofessional and effective public relations with customers and others, requiring a general familiarity with postal laws,regulations, products and procedures commonly used, and geography of the area.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES1. Routes or cases all classes of mail in sequence of delivery along an established route. Rearranges and relabels casesas required.2. Withdraws mail from the distribution case and prepares it in sequence for efficient delivery independently or by anothercarrier along an established route. Prepares and separates all classes of mail to be carried by truck to relay boxes alongroute for subsequent delivery.3. Handles undeliverable mail in accordance with established procedures.4. Delivers mail along a prescribed route, on foot or by vehicle, on a regular schedule, picking up additional mail from relayboxes as needed. Collects mail from street letter boxes and accepts letters from mailing from customers; on certain routesmay deliver mail that consists exclusively of parcel post, or the collection of mail.5. Uses portable electronic scanner as instructed.6. Delivers and collects charges on customs, postage-due, and C.O.D. mail matter. Delivers and obtains receipts forregistered and certain insured mail. Signs for such matter, except insured mail, at the post office before beginning route andaccounts for it upon return by payments of the amounts collected and delivery of of receipts taken.7. Deposits in the post office mail collected on the route upon returning from the route.8. Checks, and corrects if necessary, mailing cards from advertisers bearing names and addresses of customers or formercustomers on the route.9. Furnishes customers with postal information and provides change of address cards and other postal forms as needed.10. Reports to supervisor all unusual incidents or conditions relating to mail delivery, including condition of street letter boxesand centralized delivery equipment.11. Becomes proficient, when assigned to a route, in the casing of mail on other routes as assigned.12. Works professionally with other employees in the office.13. May as a CCA, perform clerical duties and be required to pass examinations on scheme of city primary distribution.14. In addition, may perform any of the following duties: check hotels and other establishments to ensure that mail forresidents undeliverable as addressed is not improperly held; deliver stamps or other paper supplies to contract or classifiedstations and other designated delivery points; serves at carriers' delivery window; receive and register where practical, allletters and packages of first-class matter properly offered for registration; case mail and make deliveries on other routes asassigned.

SUPERVISION Supervisor, Customer Services, or other designated supervisor.The United States Postal Service has the following excellent and challenging employment opportunity for highly motivatedand innovative individuals. Successful candidates must demonstrate through a combination of education, training, andexperience the following requirements:

Requirements1. REQUIREMENTS:EXAMINATION REQUIREMENTSApplicants must successfully complete the Virtual Entry Assessment - MC (474).PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTSApplicants must be physically able to efficiently perform the duties of the position with or without reasonable accommodation.CCA duties require arduous exertion involving prolonged standing, walking, bending and reaching, and may involve handlingheavy containers of mail weighing up to the allowable maximum mailing weight.

ADDITIONAL PROVISIONSCCAs must work their assigned tour and days of work. CCAs must follow Postal Service policies and procedures forpersonal conduct at work, including adhering to rules and regulations.CCAs are required to provide service to the public. They must maintain a neat and professional appearance and demeanorin such interactions, including wearing an approved uniform.Applicants must have a valid state driver's license, and demonstrate and maintain a safe driving record.Qualified applicants must successfully pass a pre-employment drug screening to meet the U.S. Postal Service's requirementto be drug free. Applicants must also be a U.S. citizen or have permanent resident alien status.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:Applications must be submitted by 11:59 p.m., Central Time, of the posting's closing date. Applicants claiming veterans'preference must attach a copy of member copy 4 (only) of Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty (DD Form214) or other proof of eligibility if claiming 10-point veterans' preference. The United States Postal Service (USPS) is anequal opportunity employer. The USPS provides reasonable accommodation for any part of the application, interview, and/orselection process, please make your request to the examiner, selecting official or local manager of Human Resources. Thisrequest can also be made by someone on your behalf. Explain the nature of your limitations and the accommodationneeded. The decision on granting reasonable accommodation will be on a case-by-case basis.SPECIAL NOTE: Current career Postal Service employees are ineligible to apply to this posting.

POSITION(S) WILL BE AT THE FOLLOWING FACILITIES:ANAHEIM, CABREA, CACORONA, CACOSTA MESA, CADANA POINT, CAFULLERTON, CAGARDEN GROVE, CAHUNTINGTON BEACH, CAIRVINE, CALAKE FOREST, CALAGUNA BEACH, CALAGUNA HILLS, CANEWPORT BEACH, CAORANGE, CAPLACENTIA, CASAN CLEMENTE, CASAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, CASANTA ANA, CATRABUCO CANYON, CATUSTIN, CAWESTMINSTER, CAYORBA LINDA, CACONTACT INFORMATION: Kristina Navarro | kristina.e.navarro@usps.gov | (714) 662-6364 | WORKFORCE PLANNINGSPECIALIST