What are the responsibilities and job description for the Animal Shelter Assistant position at City of Killeen, TX?
Salary : $15.28 Hourly
Location : Animal Shelter - Killeen, TX
Job Type : Full-time
Department : City Manager
Division : Animal Services
Opening Date : 01 / 24 / 2025
Closing Date : 2 / 7 / 2025 11 : 59 PM Central
FLSA : Non-Exempt
Job Description
Performs clerical work, facility cleaning and maintenance duties, and provides care, food, and water for animals. Also enforces animal and rabies control regulations.
Essential Duties
CORE COMPETENCIES :
- Conducts searches for appropriate data retrieval within department files and records.
- Cleans and sanitizes animal areas, in compliance with established cleaning standards and practices.
- Provides food, water, care, and treatment for minor injuries to sick, impounded, and surrendered animals.
- Assists with emergency situations within the animal shelter.
- Responds to citizen inquiries concerning the animal shelter's programs and policies.
- Provides accurate summaries related to calls dispatched.
- Updates and maintains files to assist with the documentation and reporting requirements of the facility.
- Dispenses information, prepares reports, and forms, and receives and posts fee payments for customers.
- Facilitates questions regarding animal laws, care and disposal of animals, and other matters pertaining to the animal shelter.
- Assists with impoundment, adoption, and redemption of animals.
- Initiates and completes required forms pertaining to animal bites, surrendered animal intake, impounded animals, and animal adoption.
- Assists citizens in the adoption process, providing information and knowledge as it relates to the animals being considered.
- Updates and maintains files to assist with the documentation requirements of the facility.
- Maintain departmental equipment, supplies and facilities.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Required Minimum Qualifications
Education and Experience :
Special Requirements :
Supplemental Information
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities :
Tools and equipment used
To include, but not limited to personal computer, calculator, dispatch radio, telephone, typewriter, fax machine, duplicating equipment, animal restraint and capture equipment, motor vehicles, and first aid equipment.
Appropriate safety equipment as required.
Physical Demands
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.
Employee must be able to physically control animals by utilizing restraint and capture equipment, if necessary.
Frequent physical movement, agility, dexterity, and stamina is required. Demands some physical strength associated with handling animals.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to stand and walk; use hands to finger, handle, feel or operate objects, tools, or controls, and reach with hands and arms. The employee is frequently required to sit, climb, or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, and talk and hear.
The employee must occasionally lift and / or move more than 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
Work Environment
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee works in both outside weather conditions and normal office conditions. Employee may be subject to animal bites, vicious, and / or aggressive animals and communicable diseases from animals.
Extreme care is required when approaching and handling animals (possibly hazardous). The employee is also exposed to chemicals used in disinfecting facilities.
The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet in the office and moderate to loud in the animal kennel areas.
At City of Killeen, we are committed to your health and well-being. We are proud to provide you and your family with valuable and significant benefits.
We all work together to make City of Killeen a success, and our teamwork extends to your benefits. Your health and well-being are important to us, so we provide benefit options to make your and your family's lives better. Together, let's invest in you.
The City of Killeen offers the following Benefits to full time employees :
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Do you have a high school diploma or GED?
Are you state certified as an Animal Control Officer and Euthanasia Technician?
How many years of experience do you have handling and caring of animals, law and / or code enforcement do you have?
How many years of customer service experience do you have?
How many years of experience in an animal shelter environment do you have?
Do you currently possess a valid driver license?
How many years of experience do you have in shelter medicine with a high volume spay / neuter experience?
Can you work a rotating schedule, to include weekends and occasionally holidays?
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