Building & Delivery Clerk

Virginia Department of Social Services • Portsmouth, VA

7h • Onsite

About The Position

Under general supervision, this position is responsible for handling large quantities of incoming, outgoing, and interoffice mail. Reports to the Administrative Manager. Picks up mail, documents, and packages; sorts, marks, and delivers to departments, agencies, or individuals; gathers outgoing mail, documents, and packages; and sorts, marks, applies postage or otherwise prepares for shipment or other delivery. Prepares payment documents for payment to vendors; maintains stocks of materials and supplies; issues and delivers materials to departments, agencies, or individuals; and performs routine office tasks, such as data entry, typing, faxing, phoning, and copying. Receives assignments from incoming work orders; determines work to be performed; determines and obtains materials and equipment needed; plans sequence of work; prepares site for repair and/or construction of work; and removes trash and debris from the work site daily. Performs other related work as required. Individual assignments will be determined by supervisor based on current workload and department needs.

Requirements

• High School Diploma and 1-2 years of related experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• An acceptable general background check to include a local, state, and federal criminal history check and sex offender registry check.
• Individuals in this position cannot be listed as having a founded child abuse or neglect complaint.
• A valid driver’s license with an acceptable driving record.
• Must be physically able to operate a variety of equipment and tools to include saws, hammers, drills, sanders, and hand tools.
• Must be able to exert up to 75 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 50 pounds of force frequently and/or up to 25 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
• Requires the ability to compare and or judge the readily observable, functional, structural, or composite characteristics (whether similar to or divergent from obvious standards) of data, people or things.
• Requires the ability to speak and or signal people to conveyor exchange information. Includes receiving instructions, assignments and/or directions from supervisors.
• Requires the ability to read a variety of correspondence, reports, personnel records, applications, procedure manuals, forms, etc.
• Requires the ability to prepare correspondence, reports certificates, forms, logs, etc.
• Requires the ability to speak to people with poise, voice control and confidence.
• Requires the ability to apply principles of logical or scientific thinking to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Requires the ability to assess critical situations and establish methods to resolve such situations.
• Requires the ability to record and deliver information, to explain procedures, to follow oral and follow oral and written instructions.
• Must be able to communicate effectively and efficiently using standard English, and construction terminology.
• Requires the ability to utilize mathematical formulas.
• Must be able to add, subtract, multiply, and divide.
• Requires the ability to inspect items for proper length, width and shape.
• Requires the ability to coordinate hands and eyes rapidly and accurately in using construction and carpentry equipment and hand tools.
• Requires the ability to handle a variety of items, such as office equipment.
• Must have minimal levels of eye/hand/foot coordination.
• Requires the ability to differentiate between colors and shades of color.
• Requires the ability to deal with people beyond giving and receiving instructions.
• Must be adaptable to performing under minimal levels of stress.
• Requires the ability to talk and/or hear: (talking - expressing or exchanging ideas by means of spoken words; hearing - perceiving nature of sounds by ear).

Nice To Haves

• Considerable knowledge of modern office practices and procedures.
• Considerable knowledge of arithmetic, spelling, grammar, punctuation and vocabulary.
• General knowledge of the policies and procedures, organization and function of the department.
• Is able to follow oral and written instructions.
• Is able to perform medium physical work.
• Is able to establish and maintain effective working relationships as necessitated by work assignments.

Responsibilities

• Picks up mail, documents, and packages; sorts, marks, and delivers to departments, agencies, or individuals.
• Gathers outgoing mail, documents, and packages; and sorts, marks, applies postage or otherwise prepares for shipment or other delivery.
• Prepares payment documents for payment to vendors.
• Maintains stocks of materials and supplies; issues and delivers materials to departments, agencies, or individuals.
• Performs routine office tasks, such as data entry, typing, faxing, phoning, and copying.
• Receives assignments from incoming work orders; determines work to be performed; determines and obtains materials and equipment needed; plans sequence of work; prepares site for repair and/or construction of work; and removes trash and debris from the work site daily.
• Performs other related work as required.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 1-10 employees