Job Requisition Id: 193729
Business Function: Delivery Agent or Letter Carrier
Primary City: Truro
Other Location(s):
Province: Nova Scotia
Employment Type: On Call Relief
Employment Status: Temporary
Language Requirement: English Essential
Number of Vacancies 4
Salary: $23.81
Job Closing Date (YYYY-MM-DD): 2025/09/04
Job Description
Canada Post is an exciting place to work! And you can be part of it!
We deliver billions of items to Canadians each year – you can be a big part of making this happen.
In this role, you may be called upon to do on-call delivery agent OR on-call postal clerk work:
On-call delivery agent (also known as a letter carrier). You’ll be the face of Canada Post in your community and make sure customers and businesses get the mail and parcels they’re waiting for.
On-call postal clerk- you will have the opportunity to work various shifts, including days, evenings, overnights and weekends. This temporary on-call position is an excellent opportunity to learn about the business of mail operations, as well as the great jobs available at Canada Post.
Job Responsibilities
As a Delivery Agent-What will you do?
You’ll start your day in the depot, sorting and preparing the day’s deliveries
You’ll load and drive a Canada Post postal vehicle
You’ll then spend most of your day outside, delivering mail and packages by foot or by vehicle to customers on your route
You’ll return to the depot to unload the day’s incoming mail and packages for later delivery
Job Responsibilities (continued)
As a Postal Clerk-What will you do?
You’ll work inside a sorting facility, sorting mail and packages
Work various shifts (may include evenings/nights and weekends)
Operation of material handling equipment
Receiving and accepting mail items
Sort, scan and sequence and batch mail items
Transfers and dispatching of parcels and packets
Perform other postal clerk duties as required
Completes reports and documentation
Qualifications
What must you have?
A valid Class 5 or Class G driver’s licence with a safe driving record for at least 3 years (driver's abstract required)
The physical ability to lift mail items weighing up to 22.7 kg (50 lb) and carry items weighing up to 15.9 kg (35 lb) regularly throughout the day
The ability to work in all types of weather
The availability to be on-call, possibly evenings and weekends
The ability to read, write and speak English and/or French
These help, too!
Experience in customer service
Experience making deliveries or working as a driver
Experience working in a production environment is an asset
In return, we offer:
Competitive pay
Extensive classroom and on-the-job training about your duties and safety on the job
Opportunities for permanent employment
Other Information
Today’s Canada Post - Canada Post is an e-commerce powerhouse, delivering billions of items every year. We help small businesses grow. We enrich lives in remote communities. We connect Canadians with each other and to the rest of the world. And we do all this by providing residential and business customers with the best possible delivery experience in the country.
We like to promote from within and can offer you a career rather than a job. While, like all of our delivery agents, you’ll start out on a temporary, on-call basis, you’ll have the opportunity to grow with us and obtain a permanent position … even try out new jobs in different areas of the company.
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.
