Post Office Assistant - Term

Canada Post / Postes Canada; Municipality of Shippagan; On-site; CAD 28,000 - 30,000; Part time

Job summary

Canada Post is seeking an on-call Post Office Assistant to deliver customer-focused counter services to customers in the community. The ideal candidate should reside in the community; applicants from outside the local area may be considered as needed.

Responsibilities include selling postal products, sorting mail, providing information and forms, and resolving delivery or service issues promptly. On-call casual hours and a temporary position reflect the flexible nature of this role.

Qualifications

• Experience interacting with the public in a retail/service environment.
• Experience with sales and cash transactions.

Responsibilities

• Sell postal products and services to business community and public.
• Sort, distribute and process mail into appropriate classifications.
• Provide customers with information and forms.
• Address delivery and service difficulties to resolve problems quickly.

Skills

Customer service

Sales

Cash handling

Education

High school or equivalent

Job description

Job Requisition Id: 202037

Business Function: Retail

Primary City: Shippagan

Other Location(s):

Province: New Brunswick

Employment Type: Temporary - New

Employment Status: Term

Language Requirement: Bilingual Imperative (--BB)

Employee Class and Level: RVSGD11 - Level 1

Working Hours: On Call Casual

Number of Vacancies: 1

Salary: 20.54 per hour

Job Closing Date (YYYY-MM-DD): 2026/08/31

Job Description

If you have ambition, talent and drive, consider a fast-moving career with Canada Post. We are currently seeking an on-call Post Office Assistant who will use a customer-focused approach when providing counter services to customers.

Note: The ideal candidate should reside in the community. Applicants outside the community in which the Post Office is located may be considered as needed.

Job Responsibilities

• Sell postal products and service to the business community and public
• Sort, distribute and process mail into appropriate classifications
• Provide customers with information and forms
• Address delivery and service difficulties to resolve problems thoroughly and quickly

Qualifications

• High school or provincial equivalency and/or experience in business administration
• Training and/or experience interacting with the public in a retail and/or service environment, including sales and cash transactions
• Understanding of general or post office accounting systems.
• Physically fit to lift mail containers of up to 50 lb, push or pull boxes, sort mail and stand for extended periods of time
• Flexibility to be available for temporary, on-call work

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.