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What this job is
A Postal Delivery Officer collects, sorts, and delivers mail and parcels to residential and business addresses across an assigned postal route in Australia. Working for Australia Post or contracted delivery services, they operate delivery vehicles, manage customer interactions, and ensure timely and accurate distribution of postal items according to delivery schedules and service standards.
Pay
A$1,503 a week
This is the median for full-time employees who are not managers and are paid at the adult rate, before tax and salary sacrifice. It is a guide to what the work pays, not a wage rate.
Source: ABS Survey of Employee Earnings and Hours, May 2025, customised report.
What this role asks for
- Adaptability and Flexibilitycore
- Attention to Detailcore
- Basic Arithmetic and Numerical Accuracycore
- Customer Needs Assessmentcore
- Customer Order Trackingcore
- Delivery Schedulingcore
- Dispatch Documentationcore
- Incident Reportingcore
- Policy and Procedure Adherencecore
- Time Management and Prioritisationcore
- Verbal Communicationcore
- Workload Self-Managementcore
- Act reliably
- Active Listening
- Complaint Handling
- Confidentiality and Privacy Compliance
- Cultural Awareness and Sensitivity
- Data Entry and Accuracy
- Multitasking
- Returns Processing
- Risk Identification