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Animal Services Officer

Pay Grade: \$34,320 - \$54,932.80 or \$16.50 26.41 per hour

SUMMARY

The Animal Services Officer serves the city residents by educating and enforcing

laws/ordinances/resolutions pertaining to animals. Also ensures the humane disposal

of animals when necessary. Position is deemed essential personnel and safety

sensitive.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each of the

following Essential Duties satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to

enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties of the

position:

Shall respond to all calls involving an animal.

Operates a City vehicle to patrol the City; maintains a vehicle in a clean and

sanitary manner.

Answers questions and provides information to the public regarding animal laws,

ordinances, and procedures.

Investigates alleged violations of animal laws and ordinances; interviews

suspected violators and witnesses and gathers appropriate physical evidence;

obtains and serves seizure warrants.

Issues citations and warnings to violators; testifies in court as required.

Captures, restrains, and handles a variety of animals by using available

equipment; transports captured animals to Animal Services Center.

Investigates animal bites, prepares detailed reports, and quarantines biting

animals for rabies hold.

Tranquilizes and euthanizes animals by injections; maintains accurate euthanasia

records.

Disposes of dangerous, injured, and dead animals found within the City limits.

Maintains files of each investigation; maintains record cards for each animal

impounded.

Document all calls responded to in Shelter Management.

Assists in adoption fairs and educational programs for local organizations.

Will be required to work and serve on-call outside of normal business hours,

including nights, weekends, and/or holidays as needed by the department.

Performs other duties as necessary or assigned.

This job description and the enumerated Essential Duties are intended to provide

general guidelines for job expectations and the employees ability to perform the

position described. This is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all functions,

responsibilities, skills and abilities. Additional functions and requirements may be

assigned or assumed by the incumbent as necessary to fulfill the requirements of the

position.

ENVIRONMENT & PHYSICAL ACTIVITY

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to loud. The employee

frequently works outside in adverse weather conditions, and in an office environment

with exposure to fumes, dust, toxic or caustic chemicals. The position requires regularly

driving a motorized vehicle.

The position involves writing, keyboarding, speaking, listening, lifting, carrying, seeing

(such as close, color and peripheral vision, depth perception and adjusted focus), sitting,

pulling, walking, standing, squatting, kneeling, and reaching.

The incumbent for this position may operate any or all the following: telephone, copy

and fax machines, scanner and image systems, computer terminal, personal computer,

printers, or other equipment as directed.

While performing the functions of this job, the employee is continuously required to

talk or hear; frequently required to walk, sit, reach with hands and arms; and frequently

required to stand, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must

occasionally lift and/or move more than 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by

this job include close vision, and color vision.

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an

employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. The physical

demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee

to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations

may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.