Job Details

Lead Mailroom Clerk

Start a career with First National Bank Alaska, the Best Place to Work in Alaska as recognized 11 years in a row by Alaska Business magazine readers.

Mailrooms are a strategic operational hub that directly supports business efficiency, compliance, security, and customer satisfaction.

Join our Mail Operations Team!

We are seeking a Lead Mailroom Clerk to get the day started and work closely with the Mailroom Supervisor, Mail Clerks, and internal customers regarding any operational needs.

Salary: $19.50/hour minimum. Job/salary offer will be commensurate with experience.

Schedule: Monday-Friday, 6:45am-3:45pm

This position requires a valid driver's license.

General Purpose Summary

Assists with the operations of the mailroom and informs the Mailroom Supervisor of needs of the unit by performing the following essential duties and responsibilities:

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

1. Verifies completeness of other operators' work and ensures outgoing and incoming correspondence is sorted and distributed in accordance with the bank's procedures and postal regulations.
2. Oversees the maintenance and safe operation of postage equipment and courier vehicles.
3. Ensures that outgoing United States Postal Service automation rates are being used to their fullest extent to achieve maximum savings and reduce postage expenses.
4. Assigns duties, maintains continuity of procedures, and trains staff on procedures.
5. Responds to internal and external research requests as well as coordinates with vendors and transportation services such as United States Postal Service, Fed Ex, and contracted couriers.
6. Maintains adequate mailing supplies on hand to support mailing activities of the unit in addition
7. Performs other work-related duties as assigned by supervisor.

Compliance Expectations

• Stay updated on relevant laws and regulations and complete all compliance training on time.
• Knowledgeable of and comply with bank policies, procedures, laws, and regulations that apply to you and your job.
• Maintain customer confidence and protect the bank's operations by identifying and protecting confidential information.

Qualification Requirements

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

Education and/or Experience: Minimum: Eighteen months' document or package related experience or training; or equivalent combination of education/training and experience. Preferred: Six months of lead experience; knowledge of postal regulations.

Other Skills and Abilities: General office machine experience required. Word processing, database, and spreadsheet experience preferred. Ability to operate computer/mechanical based postal equipment required. Strong organization/clerical/time management skills required.

Language Skills: Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively with customers, vendors, or employees of the organization.

Mathematical Skills: Ability to calculate figures and amounts, such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume. Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra.

Reasoning Skills: Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of variables in situations where limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form. Ability to identify operational inefficiencies and make recommendations for improvement to supervisor.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit; climb and/or maintain balance; talk and hear. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 25lbs; frequently lift and/or move up to 50lbs. Specific vision ability required by this job includes close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee may frequently be exposed to work near moving mechanical parts; fumes or airborne particles; vibrations; and outdoor weather conditions. The employee may be occasionally exposed to caustic or toxic chemicals. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.