Mail Clerk

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The Tibor Rubin VA Medical Center is recruiting for one (1) Mail clerk within Supply Chain Service, Long Beach, CA..

Welcome to VA Long Beach Tibor Rubin - History WMC Total Rewards - Power Apps To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 02/13/2026.

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.

You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-04 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization.

Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: administrative coordination and receipt, postal mail, delivering and unloading mail items.

OR, Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have (4) full years of education beyond high school.

You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Administration and Management Customer Service Manages Human Resources Technical Competence Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religions; spiritual; community; student; social).

Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week.

Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities.

Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment.

Physical Requirements: The work involves considerable walking, standing and bending in searching various files. There is occasional lifting and carrying of such items as record boxes and bulky files.

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/.

Major Duties:

Duties include but are not limited to the following: Incumbent performs work as a general clerk in a Mail office in a support nature that encompasses a variety of clerical duties and responsibilities.

Perform administrative and/or clerical duties which support the daily office functions and may perform other related duties as assigned.

Pick-up, deliver, receives, opens, process reads; sort and presorts incoming mail, packages, correspondences and/or any material obtained through any mode of mailing.

Process incoming and outgoing correspondence by assigning the appropriate routing codes, as well as operate a variety of automated office equipment such a Federal Express, UPS, USPS, computers, printers, bulk mailing machines, postal meter machines, certified weighing machines and mail processing machines.

Receives and collects incoming/outgoing mail or other documents Ensures that incoming public inquiries and staff mail is properly logged, date stamped, open un-addressed mail, and sorted for proper disposition of items.

Performs clerical or support work for a variety of technical and/or program specialists in support of the programs.

Operates computer systems, and/or performs data processing support and service functions requiring knowledge of data processing sequences, procedures, user and/or programming languages, computer requirements, and/or techniques associated with the development and design of systems.

Receives phone calls for the Section and directs callers/visitors. Receives and/or gives out forms and assists visitors and/or callers with the completion of forms or documents.

Resolve simple, informal complaints of employees referring others to the supervisor.

Promote a positive image of this Medical Center with emphasis on customer service by treating patients, co-workers, and medical center personal with courtesy and respect.

Collaborate with other co-workers when needs arise. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 6:30 am - 3:00 pm Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Position Description/PD#: Mail Clerk/PD13216A Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not required