Postal Clerk - Retail and Operations (Pictou, NS, CA)

Job Requisition Id: 201532 
Business Function: Delivery Operations 
Primary City: Pictou 
Other Location(s):  
Province: Nova Scotia 
Employment Type: On Call Relief 
Employment Status:  Temporary 
Language Requirement: English Essential 
Number of Vacancies 3 
Salary: $23.81
Job Closing Date (YYYY-MM-DD): 2026/06/30

Job Description

Experience the dynamic mail operations and retail environment only Canada Post can offer. As a self-starter with a flexible schedule, you will have the opportunity to work a variety of shifts including, days, evenings, overnights and weekends. This temporary on-call position is a great opportunity to learn about the business of mail operations, as well as the great jobs available at Canada Post.

Please note that some offices rotate their staff and a temporary Postal Clerk might be called to work in positions to serve the public at a counter, conduct financial transactions and perform other related duties as required.

Job Responsibilities

The successful candidate will:

• Perform a variety of sales/customer service activities to ensure complete customer satisfaction
• Operate a computer point of sale system
• Maintain floor displays
• Conduct merchandizing and inventory control
• Maintain a high level of postal products, services and delivery knowledge
• Process financial transactions (cash, cheques, debit & credit card payments)
• Receive, sort, sequence and batch mail items

Job Responsibilities (continued)

• Operate mail processing equipment (clearing jams, remove mail from sorting machines, etc.) where applicable
• Transport mail between floors/sections using rolling or motorized equipment, where applicable
• Operate a computer to key in data, when applicable
• Review mail items for address accuracy, proper postage, etc.
• Be required to stand in one place for up to 3.5 hours at a time
• Exercise physical effort in the handling of mail items weighting up to 22.7 kilograms (50 lbs) and carrying mail items weighing up to 15.9 kilograms (35 lbs) and bending, reaching, lifting, carrying, etc.

Qualifications

• Experience in customer service in a retail environment
• Sales experience is an asset
• Experience working in a production environment is an asset

Other Information

Shifts would be offered to cover both Pictou and Stellarton offices anytime Monday-Friday typically between the hours of 6:30am-17:15pm (unless otherwise extended). 

You would be required to work shifts in both the Depot (sorting mail/parcels) and the Retail Post office (customer service/retail counter).

Canada Post’s values and behaviours 

Our Values - Trust , Respect and Deliver represent our fundamental promise to ourselves, our expectations of one and another and our shared duty to our country. 

Our behaviours – Make the call, Know the destination, Deliver for others, Ignite our pride; embody our values, bringing them to life and guiding our actions. 

We’re committed to living these values and practicing these behaviours every day. Learn more about the values and behaviours by visiting the Canada Post website .