Postal Clerk - Retail and Operations
About the role
Job Requisition Id: 192557
Business Function: Retail
Primary City: Drayton Valley
Other Location(s): Province: Alberta
Employment Type: On Call
Employment Status: Temporary
Language Requirement: English Essential
Number of Vacancies 1
**Salary: $23.81/hr
Job Closing Date (YYYY-MM-DD): 2025-07-12** Job Description Experience the dynamic mail operations and retail environment only Canada Post can offer. As a self-starter with a flexible schedule, you will have the opportunity to work a variety of shifts including, days, evenings, overnights and weekends. This temporary on-call position is a great opportunity to learn about the business of mail operations, as well as the great jobs available at Canada Post.
Please note that some offices rotate their staff and a temporary Postal Clerk might be called to work in positions to serve the public at a counter, conduct financial transactions and perform other related duties as required.
Job Responsibilities The successful candidate will:
- Perform a variety of sales/customer service activities to ensure complete customer satisfaction
- Operate a computer point of sale system
- Maintain floor displays
- Conduct merchandizing and inventory control
- Maintain a high level of postal products, services and delivery knowledge
- Process financial transactions (cash, cheques, debit & credit card payments)
- Receive, sort, sequence and batch mail items
Job Responsibilities (continued)
- Operate mail processing equipment (clearing jams, remove mail from sorting machines, etc.) where applicable
- Transport mail between floors/sections using rolling or motorized equipment, where applicable
- Operate a computer to key in data, when applicable
- Review mail items for address accuracy, proper postage, etc.
- Be required to stand in one place for up to 3.5 hours at a time
- Exercise physical effort in the handling of mail items weighting up to 22.7 kilograms (50 lbs) and carrying mail items weighing up to 15.9 kilograms (35 lbs) and bending, reaching, lifting, carrying, etc.
Qualifications
- Experience in customer service in a retail environment
- Sales experience is an asset
- Experience working in a production environment is an asset
Other Information 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.
About Canada Post / Postes Canada
As the country's postal service and leading ecommerce delivery company, we’re committed to serving Canadians and Canadian businesses, working for the greener good, and delivering a stronger Canada.
We are the only delivery organization with the network and commitment to serve all of the more than 17 million addresses across Canada. We operate the largest retail network in Canada, with almost 5,900 post offices in every corner of the country. Our nearly 68,000 employees connect us with Canadians and are proud to serve the communities where they live and work.
Canadians are at the heart of everything we do. We are dedicated to meeting their rapidly evolving needs and expectations. Our purpose, A Stronger Canada – Delivered, is anchored in our commitment to provide a service all Canadians can count on; demonstrate environmental and social leadership; and create a safe and welcoming workplace for all employees.
En tant que service postal et chef de file de la livraison des colis du cybercommerce au pays, nous sommes déterminés à servir la population et les entreprises d’ici, et à être porteurs d’un Canada plus fort et plus vert.
Grâce à notre réseau de livraison inégalé, nous avons la responsabilité de servir plus de 17 millions d’adresses d’un océan à l’autre. Avec près de 5 900 bureaux de poste, nous exploitons le plus vaste réseau de vente au détail au pays. Nos gens – quelque 68 000 employées et employés – servent fièrement les collectivités où ils vivent et travaillent, et nous relient à la population.
Les Canadiennes et les Canadiens sont au cœur de tout ce que nous faisons, et nous mettons tout en œuvre pour répondre à leurs besoins et à leurs attentes qui évoluent rapidement. Notre raison d’être, Porteurs d’un Canada plus fort, repose sur notre volonté d’offrir un service sur lequel tout le monde peut compter, de faire preuve de leadership en matière d’environnement et de responsabilité sociale, et de créer un milieu de travail sécuritaire et accueillant.
Postal Clerk - Retail and Operations
About the role
Job Requisition Id: 192557
Business Function: Retail
Primary City: Drayton Valley
Other Location(s): Province: Alberta
Employment Type: On Call
Employment Status: Temporary
Language Requirement: English Essential
Number of Vacancies 1
**Salary: $23.81/hr
Job Closing Date (YYYY-MM-DD): 2025-07-12** Job Description Experience the dynamic mail operations and retail environment only Canada Post can offer. As a self-starter with a flexible schedule, you will have the opportunity to work a variety of shifts including, days, evenings, overnights and weekends. This temporary on-call position is a great opportunity to learn about the business of mail operations, as well as the great jobs available at Canada Post.
Please note that some offices rotate their staff and a temporary Postal Clerk might be called to work in positions to serve the public at a counter, conduct financial transactions and perform other related duties as required.
Job Responsibilities The successful candidate will:
- Perform a variety of sales/customer service activities to ensure complete customer satisfaction
- Operate a computer point of sale system
- Maintain floor displays
- Conduct merchandizing and inventory control
- Maintain a high level of postal products, services and delivery knowledge
- Process financial transactions (cash, cheques, debit & credit card payments)
- Receive, sort, sequence and batch mail items
Job Responsibilities (continued)
- Operate mail processing equipment (clearing jams, remove mail from sorting machines, etc.) where applicable
- Transport mail between floors/sections using rolling or motorized equipment, where applicable
- Operate a computer to key in data, when applicable
- Review mail items for address accuracy, proper postage, etc.
- Be required to stand in one place for up to 3.5 hours at a time
- Exercise physical effort in the handling of mail items weighting up to 22.7 kilograms (50 lbs) and carrying mail items weighing up to 15.9 kilograms (35 lbs) and bending, reaching, lifting, carrying, etc.
Qualifications
- Experience in customer service in a retail environment
- Sales experience is an asset
- Experience working in a production environment is an asset
Other Information 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.
About Canada Post / Postes Canada
As the country's postal service and leading ecommerce delivery company, we’re committed to serving Canadians and Canadian businesses, working for the greener good, and delivering a stronger Canada.
We are the only delivery organization with the network and commitment to serve all of the more than 17 million addresses across Canada. We operate the largest retail network in Canada, with almost 5,900 post offices in every corner of the country. Our nearly 68,000 employees connect us with Canadians and are proud to serve the communities where they live and work.
Canadians are at the heart of everything we do. We are dedicated to meeting their rapidly evolving needs and expectations. Our purpose, A Stronger Canada – Delivered, is anchored in our commitment to provide a service all Canadians can count on; demonstrate environmental and social leadership; and create a safe and welcoming workplace for all employees.
En tant que service postal et chef de file de la livraison des colis du cybercommerce au pays, nous sommes déterminés à servir la population et les entreprises d’ici, et à être porteurs d’un Canada plus fort et plus vert.
Grâce à notre réseau de livraison inégalé, nous avons la responsabilité de servir plus de 17 millions d’adresses d’un océan à l’autre. Avec près de 5 900 bureaux de poste, nous exploitons le plus vaste réseau de vente au détail au pays. Nos gens – quelque 68 000 employées et employés – servent fièrement les collectivités où ils vivent et travaillent, et nous relient à la population.
Les Canadiennes et les Canadiens sont au cœur de tout ce que nous faisons, et nous mettons tout en œuvre pour répondre à leurs besoins et à leurs attentes qui évoluent rapidement. Notre raison d’être, Porteurs d’un Canada plus fort, repose sur notre volonté d’offrir un service sur lequel tout le monde peut compter, de faire preuve de leadership en matière d’environnement et de responsabilité sociale, et de créer un milieu de travail sécuritaire et accueillant.