ILLINOIS - RURAL CARR ASSOC/SRV REG RTE RANTOUL PO

United States Postal Service; Rantoul (IL); On-site; USD 25,000 - 35,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Job summary

United States Postal Service seeks a Rural Carrier Associate to deliver mail and packages on rural routes in Illinois. You may use a postal vehicle or your own, and daytime hours with limited supervision offer steady entry into a USPS career.

This non-career role emphasizes reliability, safety, and customer service as you work in varied weather and communities, potentially one day per week up to six, with opportunities to grow within the USPS.

Qualifications

• Must be able to lift heavy items as required.
• Ability to stand and walk for extended periods.
• Availability to work evenings, weekends, and holidays.
• Work outdoors in varying weather conditions.
• Ability to drive and navigate rural routes.
• Provide courteous customer service in daily deliveries.

Responsibilities

• Deliver mail and packages along rural and suburban routes.
• May use your own vehicle if a postal vehicle is not provided.
• Maintain steady pace with minimal supervision.
• Work daytime hours with potential variation based on route needs.

Skills

Heavy Lifting

Standing/Walking

Evenings/Weekends/Holidays

Outdoors

Driving

Customer Interaction

Job description

Job Overview

As a Rural Carrier Associate, you’ll deliver mail and packages in rural and suburban areas—enjoying variety, autonomy, and a steady pace. You may use your own vehicle if a postal vehicle is not provided. While you’re guaranteed work one day a week, you’ll need to be available up to six. With daytime hours, minimal supervision, and a flexible structure, this is a strong entry point for a long-term USPS career.

Location

Additional Details:

ILLINOIS - RURAL CARR ASSOC/SRV REG RTE RANTOUL PO - 2026-10-23 Job Description

Facility

RANTOUL

401 N MAPLEWOOD DR

RANTOUL, Illinois 61866

Is This the Right Job for Me?

• Job Attributes: Some Heavy Lifting
• Job Attributes: Standing and Walking for Extended Periods
• Job Attributes: May Work Evenings, Weekends and Holidays
• Job Attributes: Outdoors
• Job Attributes: Driving
• Job Attributes: Interacts with Customers

Salary

Salary

$21.89/hr

Background Investigation

The Inspection Service criminal background check is conducted using United States information resources only (e.g., FBI fingerprint check, state and county checks). A criminal background check involves a 10-year inquiry for any location where the 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 preceding 5-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, or as an employee of a U.S.-based employer/company. If the Inspection Service is unable to perform a complete background check because of residency outside the United States, such individuals will be ineligible for Postal employment.

Fair Chance Act

The Fair Chance to Compete for Jobs Act of 2019 (Fair Chance Act) prohibits the Postal Service from inquiring into the criminal history of applicants before a conditional offer of employment has been made and sets out penalties for individual employees who violate the law. An applicant who feels their rights under this federal law have been violated has 30 days from the date of the alleged violation to file a complaint with the Postal Service at [e-mail]. Further information can be found at www.usps.com.

Postal Service employment is conditional upon your meeting medical suitability, general eligibility and suitability, and background check requirements. Therefore, if you receive a job offer, note that it will be conditional upon you meeting these requirements, even if you are allowed to begin working first.

For this vacancy announcement, the Postal Service will be using an assessment cut-off score to refer candidates for selection consideration.

Benefits

Benefit Information

This is a non-career position, which may lead to a career position. RCAs are immediately eligible to enroll in the USPS Health Benefits Plan with a Postal Service premium contribution.

After completing one year without a break in service of more than 5 days, RCAs may also be eligible for:

• health insurance under the Postal Service Health Benefits Program (PSHB)
• dental and vision insurance through the Federal Employees Dental and Vision Insurance Program (FEDVIP)
• flexible spending accounts program through Inspira Financial and long-term care insurance through the Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program (FLTCIP)

May receive Wounded Warrior leave provided eligibility criteria are met.