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About the Role

This position performs humane animal care duties to ensure animal safety and well-being, manages kennel space, and provides quality customer service by assisting the public with information regarding Animal Management & Welfare policies, programs, and procedures. This role requires working shifts including evenings, weekends, holidays, and during inclement weather, with potential for overtime. This position is considered weather essential personnel.

Responsibilities

Cleans, disinfects, and maintains shelter areas, including feeding, dishes, towels, and other peripheral equipment.
Feeds, waters, bathes, dips, and exercises animals.
Performs animal intake, claiming, and adoption activities.
Provides humane sheltering services in compliance with State minimum standards and Animal Management & Welfare policies.
Performs facility maintenance and repairs.
Safely and humanely handles animals of unknown health and temperament.
Monitors the physical condition of animals and advises the supervisor of ill or injured animals.
Assists in administering shots and other medications to animals as directed.
Assists in euthanizing animals and properly disposing of the remains.
Ensures the safety of animals and people in the shelter.
Performs animal inventories.
Prepares rabies specimens.
Assists in unloading trucks, stocking shelter areas, and storing materials and supplies.
Assists in the preparation, transport, and documentation of specimens for rabies testing.
Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

Requirements

Must have or be able to obtain pre-exposure rabies vaccinations within six (6) months of hire.
Valid TX Drivers License is preferred.
Animal services work experience is preferred.
Ability to safely handle animals, including those with unknown health and temperament.
Ability to work with frequent interruptions and changes in priorities.
Ability to establish and maintain effective communication and working relationships with other City employees and the public.
Ability to use and repair, on occasion, small equipment and tools.
The employee is required to exert up to 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
The employee is also required to climb, crawl, crouch, feel, finger, grasp, handle, pull, push, reach, speak, stand, stoop, talk, see, and walk.
Requires the ability to make rational decisions and perform repetitive motions.
Work is performed outside the majority of the day and is required to work in all weather conditions.

Skills

Good interpersonal skills, particularly in dealing with fellow employees and the general public.

Location

Amarillo, TX

Work Type

Full-time
Weather essential personnel

Experience Level

The City may consider all related education and/or experience in determining an applicant's minimum qualifications and starting salary.

Salary/Compensations

Starting Pay: $15.30 per hour

Benefits

Reasonable accommodation will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.
The City provides reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities on a case by case basis.

About the Company

The City of Amarillo is an Equal Opportunity employer and encourages applications from eligible and qualified persons regardless of race, color, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, age, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, familial status, disability, genetic information or protected veteran status, in compliance with applicable federal, state and local law.

Equal Opportunity

The City of Amarillo is an Equal Opportunity employer and encourages applications from eligible and qualified persons regardless of race, color, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, age, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, familial status, disability, genetic information or protected veteran status, in compliance with applicable federal, state and local law.
The City provides reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities on a case by case basis. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process, please contact the Human Resources Office at 806-378-4294.