Mailroom Clerk

**Company** : IWK Health**:
**Req ID**:160066
**Department/Program**:Mail Room, Facilities & Environmental Services
**Location**: Halifax
**Type of Employment**:Permanent Hourly FT (100% FTE) x 1 position(s)
**Start Date**: ASAP
**Union Status**: NSGEU Off&Cler, Admin Professionals Bargaining Unit
**Compensation**: $17.9075**:

- **$19.3699 /hour
**Closing Date**: August 4, 2023 (Applications are accepted until 23:59 Atlantic Time)

IWK Health is a respected academic health sciences centre located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, providing tertiary and primary care for two million children, youth, adults and families each year across the Atlantic region. We have a team of approximately 4000 employees, physicians, volunteers and learners at sites across Nova Scotia. People build careers with IWK Health with our focus on training and mentorship opportunities. We recognize each other’s talent and celebrate our successes. We collaborate in modern facilities or virtually from home, align our work to our values, and enjoy access to enhanced benefits and wellness programs. We are proud to support our patients, families and communities and are grateful for the generous donor support we receive.

**The Opportunity**:
Reporting to the Operations Manager, Supply & Distribution. The Mailroom clerk's responsibilities include but are not limited to the:

- Processes and delivers mail efficiently and within a 24-hour turnaround time.
- Provides clerical support required for departmental operation.
- Sorts incoming correspondence from Canada Post, courier deliveries & local couriers for delivery to Health Centre on a daily basis.
- Delivers sorted mail to departments.
- Picks up correspondence for delivery to internal/external sites.
- Determines delivery methods for external mailings & processes mail using automated equipment.
- Prepares information on accounts receivable for monthly billings.
- Other miscellaneous duties as assigned.

**Hours of Work**:
35 hours bi-weekly

**Your Qualifications**:

- Successful completion of Grade 12 or equivalent.
- Familiar with Health Centre layout including location of all facility departments.
- Knowledge of mailing routines/procedures required by Canada Post services.
- Familiar with the operation of high speed/high volume postage equipment having remote postage meter resetting capability.
- Must possess excellent organizational skills.
- Team player with demonstrated initiative and excellent interpersonal skills.
- Must be flexible to meet workload demands.
- Attentive to detail.
- Previous Experience in a similar role would be an asset.
- Competencies in other languages considered an asset.

Thank you for your interest in IWK Health.

Please note that we only contact applicants selected for interview/testing. If we invite you to participate in an assessment process (such as an interview or testing) you have the right to request accommodation. Please discuss your needs when invited to the assessment process.

This is a Admin Professionals bargaining unit position. Preference is given to bargaining unit employees for unionized positions. Successful applicants changing unions, bargaining units or employment status, are advised to seek clarification regarding their seniority, benefits, and vacation entitlement and/or usage, prior to accepting the position.

An offer of employment is conditional upon the completion and satisfactory results of all applicable background checks and confirmation of credentials. Additionally, as per Nova Scotia’s COVID-19 Vaccine mandate, any offer of employment will be conditional upon submitting proof of full vaccination status. Medical exceptions or any other kind of requested exception based upon the Health Centre’s obligations pursuant to the Nova Scotia Human Rights Code will be considered on a case-by-case basis

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