TAMPA — 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 Tampa and the 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, postmasters, 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 Job Fair Saturday, May 7, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Riverview Post Office, 10810 Boyette Road, Riverview, FL 33569.

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

This job fair is part of the Postal Service’s Delivery 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. All applicants must be able to pass drug screening and a criminal background investigation. In addition, applicants 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 United States Postal Service is an equal opportunity employer offering a fast-paced, rewarding work environment with competitive compensation packages, on-the-job training, and opportunities for advancement.

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

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