Department:

General Services

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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 year of job-related experience, clerical, administrative, and computer experience.-OR- One year of advanced schooling may substitute for one 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

Our interview process could include phone interview(s), Microsoft Teams video interview(s), and/or in-person interview(s).

If you are selected to join our team, please click on this link to review the Required First Day Documents. You will need to present the following items on your first day:

1. I-9 Acceptable Documents to show your identity and authorization to work. Use this link to learn more and review the different document options: https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents

If your position requires a Florida Driver’s License, this must be one of your documents. (Your Florida Driver’s License can serve as one of your documents listed in link above – List B Documents.)  

2. U.S. Social Security Card (signed, physical card). This is a requirement of our Payroll Department and failure to provide this document could jeopardize timely compensation. (Your U.S. Social Security Card can serve as one of your documents listed in link above – List C Documents.)  

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! Choose one of three great medical plans, including one with a $0 premium option, with completed preventative visits!For more information about employee benefits, please click this link or visit SCGov.net for additional information.Utilize our award-winning wellness program including free gyms 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.