Letter Carrier - Delivery Agent

Canada Post; Fort Frances; On-site; CAD 34,000 - 39,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Extensive training

Opportunities for permanent employment

Job summary

Canada Post is hiring a temporary, on-call delivery agent (Letter Carrier) in Fort Frances, ON. You will be the face of Canada Post in your community, ensuring customers and businesses receive mail and parcels on time.

The role suits those who enjoy outdoor, active work year-round and want to contribute to a national team. Training is provided, with opportunities for permanent employment as you grow with the company.

Qualifications

• Valid Class5 or ClassG driver’s licence with a clean driving record for at least 3 years (driver's abstract required)
• Physical ability to lift up to 22.7 kg (50 lb) and carry up to 15.9 kg (35 lb) regularly
• Ability to work in all weather conditions
• On-call availability
• Ability to read, write and speak English and/or French

Responsibilities

• Sort and prepare the daily deliveries at the depot
• Load and drive a Canada Post postal vehicle
• Deliver mail and packages on your route by foot or vehicle
• Return to the depot to unload and sort mail for next deliveries

Skills

English/French literacy

Job description

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Letter Carrier - Delivery Agent

Location: Fort Frances, ON, CA

Job Requisition Id: 203314
Business Function: Delivery Agent or Letter Carrier
Primary City: Fort Frances
Other Location(s):
Province: Ontario
Employment Type: Temporary - New
Employment Status:Temporary
Language Requirement: English Essential
Number of Vacancies 2
Salary: $25.37

Job Description

Canada Post is an exciting place to work! And you can be part of it!

We deliver billions of items to Canadians each year - and you can be a big part of making this happen. As a temporary, on-call delivery agent (also known as a letter carrier), you’ll be the face of Canada Post in your community and make sure customers and businesses get the mail and parcels they’re waiting for.

Does this sound like you? The role of delivery agent would be a great fit if you:

• enjoy being outside and active year-round
• want to work for a great national company
• would be proud to serve your fellow Canadians

Job Responsibilities

What will you do?

• You’ll start your day in the depot, sorting and preparing the day’s deliveries
• You’ll load and drive a Canada Post postal vehicle

Job Responsibilities (continued)

• You’ll then spend most of your day outside, delivering mail and packages by foot or by vehicle to customers on your route
• You’ll return to the depot to unload the day’s incoming mail and packages for later delivery
  Qualifications

  What must you have?

  • A valid Class5 or ClassG driver’s licence with a safe driving record for at least 3years (driver's abstract required)
  • The physical ability to lift mail items weighing up to 22.7kg (50lb) and carry items weighing up to 15.9kg (35lb) regularly throughout the day
  • The ability to work in all types of weather
  • The availability to be on-call
  • The ability to read, write and speak English and/or French

  These help, too!

  • Experience in customer service
  • Experience making deliveries or working as a driver

  In return, we offer:

  • Competitive pay
  • Extensive classroom and on-the-job training about your duties and safety on the job
  • Opportunities for permanent employment
  Other Information

  Today’s Canada Post - Canada Post is an e-commerce powerhouse, delivering billions of items every year. We help small businesses grow. We enrich lives in remote communities. We connect Canadians with each other and to the rest of the world. And we do all this by providing residential and business customers with the best possible delivery experience in the country.

  We like to promote from within and can offer you a career rather than a job. While, like all of our delivery agents, you’ll start out on a temporary, on-call basis, you’ll have the opportunity to grow with us and obtain a permanent position ... even try out new jobs in different areas of the company.

  Canada Post’s values and behaviours

  Our Values - Trust, Respect and Deliver represent our fundamental promise to ourselves, our expectations of one and another and our shared duty to our country.

  Our behaviours – Make the call, Know the destination, Deliver for others, Ignite our pride; embody our values, bringing them to life and guiding our actions.

  We’re committed to living these values and practicing these behaviours every day. Learn more about the values and behaviours by visiting the Canada Post website .

  All qualified candidates will be considered however preference will be given to Indigenous People (First Nations, Metis or Inuit) or Persons with disabilities. This is a special measure employment equity initiative and candidates from this group who wish to qualify for preferential consideration must self-identify.

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  Employment Equity

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  Disability is defined as a persistent or episodic physical, sensory, or mental health condition and/or functional limitation. Disability includes both visible and hidden conditions and/or limitations that may impact vision, hearing, mobility, flexibility, dexterity, pain, learning, developmental, mental/psychological, and memory.

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