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Welcome to the new USPS Careers Site. Currently only Mail Handler Assistant, Postal Support Employee & City Carrier Assistant jobs are being processed on this site. To apply to any other USPS job, visit usps.com/careers/.

Job Overview

In this role you deliver and collect mail on foot or by vehicle in a city area. You also maintain good relations with customers and have a general familiarity with postal laws, regulations, and products for your area. As a CCA you provide a critical service to your community by ensuring mail delivery during weekdays, weekends and holidays with opportunities for career promotion. CCAs may be eligible for certain benefits including paid leave and health insurance. This position is ideal for candidates that enjoy staying active outdoors with occasional customer service interactions.

Job duties include:

  • Sort, lift and push moderate to heavy loads of mail and packages to prepare for delivery
  • Deliver mail along your assigned route
  • Pick up or collect mail from customers
  • Collect postage due for charge on delivery or other services
  • Work indoors and outdoors in all weather: rain, snow, cold and heat

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CALIFORNIA - CITY CARRIER ASSISTANT (HOLIDAY TERM) SBC-GOLETA BR - 2025-10-17

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Location

Facility

GOLETA
130 S PATTERSON AVE
SANTA BARBARA, California 93111

Is This the Right Job for Me?

  • Job Attributes: Outdoors

  • Job Attributes: May Work Evenings, Weekends and Holidays

  • Job Attributes: Standing and Walking for Extended Periods

  • Job Attributes: Some Heavy Lifting

  • Job Attributes: Driving

  • Job Attributes: Interacts with Customers

Salary

Salary
$20.73/hr

Background Investigation

The Inspection Service criminal background check is conducted using United States information resources only (e.g., FBI fingerprint check, state and county checks). A criminal background check involves a 10-year inquiry for any location where the individual has resided, worked or gone to school within the United States or its territories. As a result of this limitation, the criminal background checks of individuals who have not resided in the United States or its territories for the preceding 10-years may not be considered complete. The Inspection Service may be able to process inquiries for U.S. Citizens only, but only if their time spent out of the country was spent as: a trailing spouse or dependent of someone working for the U.S. government (military or civilian), a missionary, a student attending school in a foreign country, a Peace corps participant, or as an employee of a U.S.-based employer/company. If the Inspection Service is unable to perform a complete background check because of residency outside the United States, such individuals will be ineligible for Postal employment. 
Postal Service employment is conditional upon your meeting medical suitability, general eligibility and suitability, and background check requirements. Therefore, if you receive a job offer, note that it will be conditional upon you meeting these requirements, even if you are allowed to begin working first.

Benefits

Benefit Information
This is a non-career position. Limited benefits include paid time off at the rate of 1 hour for every 20 paid hours.