General Clerk II - must be legally blind

General Clerk II – Fort Meade, MD

($2000.00 Sign-On Bonus after 30 days of successful employment)

Full job description

We provide services and employment for individuals with vision loss or other disabilities. Keystone Vocational Services has a new opportunity within the Fort Meade, MD area.

As a qualified nonprofit agency operating within the AbilityOne program, Keystone Vocational Services hires people with vision loss. For the majority of direct labor positions, Keystone Vocational Services will obtain documentation of legal blindness as required per the AbilityOne program. Due to federal contract requirements, all candidates must be a United States Citizen (Natural or Documented Naturalized) and MUST be legally blind. Legal Blindness is defined as 20/200 best corrected visual acuity or less than 20-degree visual field. The current positions that we have open are for General Clerk II, and qualified applicants must have specific vision abilities that are required to do this job that includes close vision and/or peripheral vision with the ability to adjust focus.

Hourly Rate: $19.10 with $5.09 Health & Welfare benefit.

Schedule: Monday through Friday from 7:00AM to 3:00PM with all federal holidays off.

Job Summary

This position requires familiarity with the terminology of the office unit. The General Clerk selects appropriate methods from a wide variety of procedures or makes simple adaptations and interpretations of a limited number of substantive guides and manuals. The clerical steps often vary in type or sequence, depending on the task. Recognized problems are referred to the supervisor.

Primary Duties

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with legal blindness to perform the essential functions. These duties and responsibilities will be rated on the Annual Performance Review.

• Transfer mail tubs from loading docks to mail room in the morning and mailroom to dock in the afternoon (if needed).
• Sort mail tubs to appropriate mail sorting schemes or mail stops.
• Bundle mail as required by banding, bagging, or otherwise containerizing.
• Research mail not properly addressed or properly coded.
• Deliver interoffice mail and pick up mail from mail stops.

Additional Duties

• Perform x-ray scan using an x-ray machine to scan all mail and packages for security of customers if required by contract. If required at site, pull bags to be sent at the end of the day.
• Responsible for performing job in safe manner, with concern for others and a desire to increase production; If needed, process machinable mail (folding, inserting, sealing, and opening).
• Follow HAZMAT procedures for handling potentially hazardous mail.
• Process accountable mail utilizing accountable mail tracking system.
• Process unidentifiable accountable mail.
• May require opening and reading mail and forward to appropriate location.
• May require processing requests for publications.
• Provide coverage at offsite locations as needed.
• Perform other responsibilities as assigned.

Qualifications: Education, Experience, and Certification(s)

• High School Diploma, or General Educational Development (GED) required.
• Preferred one-year experience in related field.
• Preferred experience working in a mail center.
• Experience in UPS and Federal Express shipping and procedures.
• Knowledge of U.S Postal regulations in the process of dealing with incoming, outgoing, certified, registered, insured and express mail. Experience in operating various mailroom machines required.
• Active Secret Clearance Required

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Ability to perform routine tasks on special class mail as well as routine and repetitive tasks for long periods with minimum supervision.
• Must be able to stand, reach, and walk for long periods of time.
• Ability to make minor decisions regarding mail issues/questions.
• 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 before groups of customers or employees of organization.
• Good reading and writing skills. Handwriting is necessary.
• Ability to add and subtract two-digit numbers, multiply, and divide with 10's and 100's.
• Ability to perform these operations using units of American money and weight measurement, volume and distance.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• Basic ability to operate a computer using Microsoft Office software and accountable mail tracking system. Basic typing skills.

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

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; use hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop and kneel. The employee is occasionally required to walk and sit. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 75 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet.

What We Offer – for Benefit Eligible Employees May Include:

Because Keystone Vocational Services strives to hire the best people, we work hard to provide benefits that make their lives better, so we offer an exceptionally comprehensive benefit package which features:

• Health coverage for you and your family through Medical, Dental, and Vision plans.
• Financial protection with 100% company paid life insurance benefit, and short & long-term disability on your behalf.
• A 403(b)-Retirement plan in which the company matches dollar for dollar on a generous percentage matching up to 3% of your contribution.
• Tax advantages through Flexible Spending accounts that allow you to pay for specific healthcare and dependent care expenses with pre-tax dollars.
• Domestic partner benefits, holiday time off, sick leave, vacation pay, bereavement.

NOTICE TO APPLICANTS

We conform to all the laws, statutes, and regulations concerning equal employment opportunities and affirmative action. We strongly encourage women, minorities, individuals with disabilities and veterans to apply to all of our job openings. We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability status, Genetic Information & Testing, Family & Medical Leave, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity or Expression, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We prohibit retaliation against individuals who bring forth any complaint, orally or in writing, to the employer or the government, or against any individuals who assist or participate in the investigation of any complaint or otherwise oppose discrimination.

We are a drug-free workplace. Pre-employment background checks, including E-Verify, are required for all employment positions.

This position is located at a secure government facility. Applicants must be able to pass federal and state criminal background checks, including completion of the federal SF86, as well as credit checks and drug testing.

PAY TRANSPARENCY POLICY STATEMENT:

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information