What are the responsibilities and job description for the Mail Clerk position at U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs?
Summary
This position is located within the Supply Chain Management Service Line. The principal duties and responsibilities of the position has seven (7) main components: Internal/External Distribution; Facility Reproduction; Mail Analysis; Process Outgoing Mail; Controlled Mail; Facility Education: ADP/Mail Security and CMOP/Pharmacy processing
Qualifications
To qualify for this position - applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement - 04/20/2026. Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-05 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-04. The grade may have been in any occupation - but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year - it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade - as required by the announcement. In this instance - you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade. Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. For more information on these qualification standards - please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.
Duties
This position is located within the Supply Chain Management Service Line. The principal duties and responsibilities of the position has seven (7) main components: Internal/External Distribution; Facility Reproduction; Mail Analysis; Process Outgoing Mail; Controlled Mail; Facility Education: ADP/Mail Security and CMOP/Pharmacy processing
Qualifications
To qualify for this position - applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement - 04/20/2026. Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-05 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-04. The grade may have been in any occupation - but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year - it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade - as required by the announcement. In this instance - you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade. Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. For more information on these qualification standards - please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.
Duties
- Duties of the position include - but are not limited to: - Receives all facility mail from external sources - e.g. - US Postal Service (USPS) - United Parcel Service (UPS) - Federal Express (FedEx) - etc
- Sorts mail for internal distribution by mail routing symbol and/or mail delivery point (MDP)
- Pick up and deliver mail to approximately 105 MDPs serviced by this facility
- - Drive a motorized mail truck to delivery/pickup points which are in different buildings within the complex and different locations within the city
- - Assesses urgency and sensitivity of incoming Express Mail - Priority Mail - overnight deliveries - hazardous - and perishable materials for proper handling and delivery
- Assesses all incoming mail for potentially harmful or dangerous situations (e.g. - incendiary or explosive materials)
- - Processes outgoing mail
- Assesses all outgoing mail for proper and complete addressing - proper labeling - and packaging
- Prepares outgoing mail for processing by sorting into accounting groups - sub-grouping by class of service - and further sorting by machine
- Work Schedule: Monday-Friday - 7:30 am-4:00 pm
- Work Schedule subject to change based on agency needs
- Virtual: This is not a virtual position
- Position Description/PD#: Mail Clerk/PD10423A Position Description/PD#: Mail Clerk/PD10423A Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
Salary : $43,078 - $56,001