Last fall, KLCC reported on problems many rural residents in west Eugene were having with delayed mail delivery . At the time, the U.S. Postal Service cited lack of adequate staffing. Now, they’re looking to hire two positions to support rural operations.

Janella Herron is a Seattle-based spokesperson with the USPS. Her postal career started as a rural carrier in Coos Bay, Oregon.

“I started out as an RCA, which is what they are hiring for in Eugene right now, that is a Rural Carrier Associate,” she said.

Herron said that entry level position is used to get into a rural career . The other opening is for an Assistant Rural Carrier or ARC. Both are part-time. Pay starts at $20.85 per hour.

An ARC often works weekends and holidays, but hours can also be quite flexible, Herron said.

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