About This Role
Picking up and delivering mail, packages, and other items between various locations is the core of this role. The Courier travels on foot and uses company transportation, handling incoming and outgoing correspondence and ensuring timely deliveries.
Responsibilities
- Travel using a company vehicle to deliver letters, packages, and other correspondence to clients
- Handle and process incoming and outgoing mail, including documents, letters, packages, and boxes
- Weigh packages or letters to determine the necessary shipping method
- Record the dates and times of incoming and outgoing mail
- Receive messages or materials to be delivered, as well as recipient information such as names, addresses, phone numbers, and delivery instructions, communicated by phone or in person
- Verify that items have the correct address and are in suitable condition for processing
- Deliver and pick up mail from offices, and work with mail clerks and building staff to ensure timely mail delivery
- Operate various carts and trolleys in aisles, elevators, and other confined spaces
- Load vehicles with the specified products, ensuring they are loaded correctly and taking necessary precautions
- Use appropriate devices to maintain delivery and/or tracking records
- Operate computers and other equipment to direct items according to established routing plans
- Perform responsibilities as the company's needs evolve
Requirements
- Minimum education: High school diploma or equivalent
- Valid driver's license
- Valid health certificate
- Background check
- Physical ability and stamina for manual labor
- Physical ability to walk, sit, squat, bend, use hand tools, and perform moderate lifting (less than 50 lbs)
- Ability to drive a company vehicle and adapt to delivery routes
- Attention to detail
- Clear and assertive communication skills
- Teamwork skills
- Basic inventory management/control skills
- Punctuality and responsibility
- Proactive and service-oriented attitude
- Willingness to learn
- Fluency in reading and writing
- Basic computer skills
- Maintain client confidentiality and privacy
Nice to have:
- Experience handling correspondence, office work
Important Details
- Flexible schedule
- Work environment: company vehicle, office buildings, interaction with building clients and the public
About the Company
Fora is a nonprofit organization that promotes the inclusion of people with disabilities, creating meaningful employment opportunities in inclusive environments, transforming lives, and supporting their independence and development. Since 1996, it has connected people with disabilities to meaningful employment by partnering with organizations that value both performance and purpose. Fora is a multi-regional workforce model supporting operations in New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Its teams are integrated into daily operations, handling facilities maintenance, supporting administrative functions, managing mail, and much more, offering a wide range of services including facilities support, administrative operations, warehousing, and call center services.
