Job Summary: The Lighthouse of Houston has been contracted to provide mailroom services to the Temporary Mail Center at Vandenberg Space Force Base. The Temp Mail Center provides mail, packages, and other correspondence to those personnel on temporary assignment to the base. The staff manages the Center and ships, receives, and delivers all mail to the residents of six dormitories.

Mission: To assist people who are blind or low vision to be independent members of society

Department: Contract Services

Reports to: Manager of Contract Services

Hourly Wages:.Determined by the Wage Determination report for Santa Barbara County, job title General Clerk I. Current listed wage is $15.30 regular compensation per hour + $4.23 per hour Health & Wellness compensation. This position is part-time, non-exempt.

Job Duties:

• Receive, process, distribute and direct regular mail from and to the United States Postal Service (USPS) and various small package delivery service providers (i.e., FEDEX, UPS, etc.)
• Secure packages that have not been delivered, maintain various files, and manage and maintain mail receptacles.
• Preserve and protect the security of the mail at all times form unauthorized opening, inspection, reading contents or covers, tampering, delays, loss, or other unauthorized acts.
• Provide notification and storage of packages for dormitory residents and General Delivery customers.
• Transport and distribute mail between the United States Postal Service (USPS) and the dormitories.
• Provide customer service including managing receptacles; dispense parcels and/or packages.
• Serve as the liaison for customers to the USPS and small package delivery companies. Ensure accounts are created as necessary with FEDEX, UPS, USPS, etc.

Machines, Tools, Equipment, Work Aid: desktop computer, printer

Experience Required: mailroom and/or file-clerking experience preferred, but not required

Education Required: High School Diploma/GED or higher

License and Certification Requirements:

• Must be able to be approved for base access.

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:

The physical demands are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential function.

Physical Requirements: # lbs Occasionally (O) / # lbs Frequently (F) / # lbs Constant (C)

• Sedentary: 0-10 O / 0-5 F
• Light: 0-20 O / 0-10 F / 0-5 C
• (X) Medium: 0-50 O / 0-20 F / 0-10 C
• Heavy: 0-100 O / 0-50 F / 0-20 C
• Very Heavy: Excess of 100 O / in excess of 40 F / in excess of 20 C

Physical Activities: Check (X) all that apply

• (X) Bending / Stooping
• (X) Reaching above / Below the waist
• (X) Pushing / Pulling
• Kneeling / Standing
• (X) Fingering / Grasping / Feeling
• (X) Sitting
• Climbing stairs / ladders
• (X) Walking

Working Conditions and Schedules: Check (X) all that apply

• (X) Interacting with co-workers, vendors, and customers
• Exposed at times to fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, extreme heat, risk of electrical shock, and vibration
• (X) Exposed to loud noise levels
• (X) Available to works nights and weekends