SANTA ROSA, CA — If you love the outdoors, want to stay in shape, and enjoy interacting with people, the United States Postal Service wants you!

USPS has immediate job openings in Santa Rosa, Windsor, Petaluma and throughout the North Bay surrounding areas for positions recently ranked among the highest paying jobs for high school graduates.  They include mail processing positions, customer service clerks, mail carriers, mail handlers, laborer custodians and supervisors.

Immediate openings include:

• Assistant Rural Carrier / Rural Carrier Associate: Cases, delivers, and collects mail along a rural route using a vehicle. Provide customers on the mail route with a variety of services. Hourly rate: $19.06.
• City Carrier Assistant: Delivers and collects mail on foot or by vehicle under varying road and weather conditions. Hourly rate: $18.92.
• Postal Support Employee: Performs distribution and a variety of sales and customer support services for products. Maintains pleasant and effective public relations with customers and others requiring a general familiarity with postal laws, regulations and procedures commonly used. Hourly rate: $18.69.

You can learn about these and other positions at a USPS Career Fair Tuesday, June 7, from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Santa Rosa Main Post Office located at 730 2nd St., Santa Rosa, CA  95404. Register at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/usps-career-fair-in-santa-rosa-registration-344432.

“The Postal Service has a presence in every community across America,” said Santa Rosa Postmaster Sarah Prechel. “With one of the largest workforces in the nation, we are regularly hiring for many essential roles. We will have staff at our career fair to explain the application process and answer any questions about the various positions.” 

This career fair is part of the Postal Service’s Delivering for America plan. It includes creating a stable and empowered workforce, especially for associates who are not yet in career positions. In addition, it expands training and long-term career development programs, offers safety improvements, and establishes an Executive Diversity Council to advance a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Applicants must be 18 years old and must be able to pass a criminal background investigation. In addition, applicants for carrier and other driving positions must have a valid state driver’s license, a safe driving record, and two years of unsupervised experience driving passenger cars or larger vehicles. The driving must have taken place in the U.S. or its possessions or territories or in U.S. military installations worldwide.

The Postal Service generally receives no tax dollars for operating expenses and relies on the sale of postage, products, and services to fund its operations.

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