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    Animal Services Officer - Phoenix, United States - Maricopa County

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    Description

    Posting Date

    06/14/24

    Application Deadline

    06/21/24

    Pay Range

    $ $30.50 hourly

    Salary offers are based on the candidate's equivalent experience and internal equity with other employees within the same job classification. This position is eligible for overtime compensation for all hours worked over 40 in the designated workweek.

    Job Type

    Unclassified

    Department

    Animal Care and Control

    About the Position

    Do you enjoy interacting with members of our community and their furry friends?

    As an Animal Services Officer, you will be responsible for the humane capture and intake of stray animals, educating community members on responsible pet ownership, and enforcing animal control laws and ordinances. We will look to you to enhance and maintain positive relationships with animal welfare, law enforcement, and other related personnel and agencies within Maricopa County.

    Every day is exciting when you work as an Animal Services Officer for Maricopa County

    About Us

    Maricopa County Animal Care & Control employees are committed to animal welfare and strengthening the human-animal bond in our community. We are always looking to add talented individuals to our team, either at our West or East Valley Animal Care Center. As one of the nation's largest open-admission shelters, we work with our community to serve the animals and people of Maricopa County. Our adoptions, shelters, clinics, and animal services officer teams learn first-hand about proper care for homeless and stray animals and work hard to help find them new homes.

    Proud to Offer

    • Work with a greater purpose
    • Tuition reimbursement
    • Opportunities for growth and development within Maricopa County
    • Low-cost, high-value healthcare for you and your qualifying dependents
    • Paid vacation, sick time, and parental leave
    • Extensive wellness program, including healthcare premium discounts
    • Employee discounts for goods and services
    • Maricopa County participates in the Arizona State Retirement System. This defined retirement benefit requires a 12.29% monthly contribution rate and includes a 100% employer match on Day 1
    • Learn more at Work With Us | Maricopa County, AZ

    We Require

    • One year of animal-related work experience handling and caring for dogs and cats in a kennel facility, veterinary clinic, or animal hospital
    • One year of public service experience (i.e., park ranger, community outreach, or code enforcement officer)
    • High school diploma or GED

    Note:Completion of at least 30-semester (45 quarter) hours of post-secondary education that includes a minimum of 12 units related to veterinary services, animal handling, animal control, or criminal justice may substitute for the required experience

    We Also Value

    • Bilingual skills in English/Spanish
    • Completion of NACA 1 or other national animal control training certification

    Job Contributions

    • Patrol assigned areas to ensure compliance with animal control regulations and respond to routine and emergency animal control calls
    • Enforce animal control laws and ordinances, ensure humane treatment of animals, and examine animal licenses and rabies vaccination documents
    • Issue verbal and written warnings, compliance notices, and summons to violators
    • Conduct competent in-depth investigations of complaints and reports of animal attacks, animal bites, animal nuisances, and serious animal-related violations
    • Serve as a resource for citizens, the veterinary community, and local authorities for questions pertaining to responsible pet ownership, rehoming pets, reclaiming pets, and other animal-related concerns through community outreach
    • Gather evidence for animal control cases, including photographs, tape recordings, and interviewing witnesses and maintain legal chain of custody for evidence, present evidence in court, and testify, as needed
    • Locate, catch, contain, transport, and impound stray animals, using a variety of safe and humane measures and complete animal intake information and log accurate data
    • Identify sick/diseased animals, take precautions to prevent the spread of disease to other animals or humans, recommend veterinarian care if needed, and administer first aid, medications, or other treatments
    • Work on intake ramp when needed by helping off load outside agencies and field trucks, then input data into the Chameleon software
    • Vaccinate dogs, kennel dogs, and maintain cleanliness on the ramp
    • Dispatch calls to officers and answer phones when assigned
    • Perform a daily safety pre- and post-use inspection of assigned vehicles and ensure maintenance, including keeping kennels sanitized, vehicles clean, checking oil and other fluids, and tire pressure
    • Help maintain the cleanliness of the facility by performing daily cleaning duties, including disinfecting equipment and animal amenities to prevent the spread of odor and disease
    • Complete daily duties at the animal shelter when assigned, such as feeding, watering, and caring for animals, and performing inventory checks on supplies and equipment

    Working Conditions

    • Animal shelter and field environment working in and outdoors, with exposure to extreme and varying temperatures, dogs and cats with unknown temperaments and behaviors, excessive noise, animal waste and fluids, deceased animals, cleaning chemicals, anesthetic gases, noxious odors, unsanitary conditions, chemicals, electricity, moving mechanical parts, fumes, dust, mists, gases, poor ventilation, and zoonotic diseases
    • Ability to work as early as 5 am and as late as 10 pm, as well as weekends and holidays
    • Ability to climb, crawl, kneel, squat, bend, stoop, stand, and walk on various surfaces, including slippery, uneven, and rough
    • Ability to exert over 100 lbs. occasionally, lbs. frequently, or up to 20-50 lbs. constantly
    • Valid Arizona driver's license, upon hire

    Selection Procedure

    • Only the most qualified candidates will be considered
    • Consideration will only be given to candidates who submit online applications
    • Candidates will be contacted primarily through email and their Workday online application profile
    • Must pass a pre-employment background and/or fingerprint investigation as required by statute or policy, including drug and alcohol testing requirements for positions designated as safety-sensitive

    Maricopa County is an equal opportunity employer.

    Apply Now



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