Mail Clerk

Veterans Health Administration; Chelsea (ME); On-site; USD 36,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

The Veterans Health Administration at Togus, ME is seeking a Mail Clerk to sort and distribute incoming and outgoing mail at the Maine VA Medical Center. This full-time role requires reliable attention to detail and adherence to postal and security procedures.

You will log, stamp, and route mail, process shipments, maintain logs, and support office operations. The schedule is Monday–Friday, 7:00 am to 3:30 pm, with federal pay and benefits.

Qualifications

• A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.
• Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment.

Responsibilities

• Processing of incoming or outgoing mail; ensures that incoming public inquiries and mail is properly opened, sorted, logged in, date stamped, and delivered to appropriate units, staff.
• Performs morning and afternoon pickup and delivery of mail to offsite entities; reviews all outgoing mail for proper addressing, labeling, and packaging for postal service compliance.

Job description

• Department: Department of Veterans Affairs

The primary purpose of this position is to sort and distribute incoming and outgoing mail for the Maine VA Medical Center, Togus, ME.

Key Responsibilities

***THIS IS NOT A VIRTUAL POSITION, YOU MUST LIVE WITHIN OR BE WILLING TO RELOCATE WITHIN A COMMUTABLE DISTANCE OF THE DUTY LOCATION*** Major duties and responsibilities include: Processing of incoming or outgoing mail; Ensures that incoming public inquiries and mail is properly opened, sorted, logged in, date stamped, and delivered to appropriate units, staff; Performs various related clerical duties such as faxing, stacking, bundling, wrapping of outgoing materials, sorting bulk mail; Determines full routing, number of copies required, and assigns due date in consideration of amount of time allowed by originator for reply; Maintains and updates various logs for sensitive incoming and outgoing mail via Fed Ex, certified mail and express mail; Performs morning and afternoon pickup and delivery of mail to offsite entities; Reviews all outgoing mail for proper/complete addressing, proper labeling, and proper packaging for postal service compliance; Reads and routes a large amount of general mail from private citizens and organizations requesting information; Ensures all safety restrictions and requirements are observed; Using computers for processing shipping data bases, transmitting messages, downloading files and compiling reports; Performs other related duties as assigned.

Work Schedule: Full-Time, Monday-Friday 7:00am - 3:30pm Recruitment & Relocation Incentives: Not authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not approved

Requirements & Education

IMPORTANT: A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education. NOTE: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/.

If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit: Recognition of Foreign Qualifications | International Affairs Office (ed.gov).

Which agency is hiring for this position?

This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.

What is the salary for this position?

The posted pay range is $36409 - $47334/yr.

What security clearance is required?

This position requires a Other security clearance.

What is the application deadline?

Applications close on 2026-10-07.

Who is eligible to apply?

This position is open under the 'Public' hiring path.

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