Applications are invited to fill the following vacant post in the Post and Telecommunications Department: Supervisor Main Stamp Vault (FMG/PA 1)
Salary range $3,501,526– $4,709,163 per annum.
Job Purpose
Under the direct supervision of the Director, Payroll and Departmental Revenue, the Supervisor Main Stamp Vault (FMG/PA1) ensures the proper dispatch, checking and recording of all postage stamps, postal orders and receipt issued to all Postmasters are accounted for within the period to which they relate.
Key Responsibilities
Technical/Professional:
Ensures that all Stamps and Postal Order dispatches are properly identified and entered in the correct period to which they relate by:
Maintaining record of all dispatches, as well as all routine or ongoing obligations;
Ensuring that all requisitions for each month are reviewed for all know cyclical Post Offices and that these are entered into Dispatch Cash Book;
Liaising with the Deputy Postmaster General 1 and Director Payroll and Departmental Revenue regarding any new stamp denomination acquisition or dispatch, which has or will give rise to a liability on the part of the Department;
Ensures that all requisitions, statements, etcetera, are properly checked for probity, propriety, regularity, authenticity, etcetera, before dispatch and recording in the Dispatch cash Book:
Training and guiding Officers in procedures for thoroughly checking requisitions, Dispatch Cash Book, stamps etcetera;
Rechecking in details a sample of requisitions checked and passed by Dispatch Clerk;
Ensures that all Postmasters requisitions are dispatched correctly, and as quickly as possible, and in accordance with the F.A.A Act, its Regulations and Instructions:
Consulting with the Deputy Postmaster General 1, the Director Payroll and Departmental Revenue, to establish the priority basis for determining requisitions for stamps to be dispatched;
Manages the Stamp Vault Unit, ensuring that it achieves its objective in an efficient, effective and economical manner:
Examining all incoming requisitions and correspondences submitted to the Unit and assigned to respective Dispatch Accounting Clerk (Officers) for detail, checking along with any note for their guidance;
Monitoring the rate of work of stamp Dispatch Accounting Clerks (Officers), ensuring that requisitions that are assigned for checking are processed within a reasonable time;
Assisting and guiding Dispatch Clerk (Officer) on technical issues or in resolving problems encountered.
Performs any other duties.
Required Knowledge, Skills and Competencies
Core:
Good oral and written communication skills
Teamwork and co-operation
Integrity
Good Customer and quality focus
Functional/Technical:
Good knowledge of accounting principles and practices
Knowledge of computer data entry
Knowledge of the FAA Act
Knowledge of Government procedures and policies
Ability to effectively balance accounts
Minimum Required Qualification and Experience
AAT Level 3; or
ACCA-CAT Level C/level 3; or
ACCA Level 1; or
NVQJ Level 4, Accounting; or
Diploma in Accounting from an accredited University or Community College; or
ASc. Degree in Business Studies/Management Studies/Business Administration from an accredited tertiary Institution; or
ASc. Degree in Accounting, MIND; or
Diploma in Government Accounting, MIND, Government Accounting levels 1, 2 &3; or
BSc. Degree in Accounting/Management Studies with Accounting or BBA Degree from an accredited University.
Special Conditions Associated with the Job:
Required to work long hours, after hours and on weekends and public holidays, when the need arises.
Applications accompanied by résumés should be submitted no later than Thursday June 26, 2025 to:
Director, Human Resource Management and Development Post and Telecommunications Department 6 – 10 South Camp Road Kingston
Email: ceooffice@jamaicapost.gov.jm
Please note that only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.