Animal Shelter Caretaker

Title: Animal Shelter Caretaker

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Current Employment Opportunities | Flathead County, MT

Title: Animal Shelter Caretaker

Job Summary: Under the supervision of the division director, performs a variety of manual tasks related to the feeding, grooming, and exercising of cats and dogs and the cleaning and general sanitary requirements of the Animal Shelter and the animal cages/pens.

Essential Functions (Major Duties or Responsibilities): These duties are the essential functions and are not all-inclusive of all duties that the incumbent performs.

• Clean, feed, exercise, provide enrichment, basic health care, and shelter hygiene for all incoming animals.
• Communicate animal health and welfare concerns to appropriate supervisor and/or shelter veterinarian.
• Administer appropriate pharmaceuticals prescribed by veterinarian and/or in accordance with standard operating procedures.
• Cross reference lost/found reports against incoming animals.
• Enter all records of intake and ongoing care procedures into the shelter’s database. Assist with preparing and posting informational kennel cards for each animal.
• Maintain high degree of customer service at all times. Offer compassionate counseling for individuals surrendering a pet or pets, while accurately documenting pertinent information in accordance with written protocols.
• Assist administration staff members with greeting customers, answering the telephone, processing dog licenses, processing receipts and adoption paperwork for outgoing animals, and issue paperwork that accompanies animals being released following impoundment.
• Provide direction, training, and guidance to community service workers and volunteers in the care and maintenance of cats, dogs, and the facility.
• Perform daily janitorial duties and light building maintenance when requested.
• Participates in regular and special training programs to gain new ideas and information leading to greater efficiency and effectiveness, performance and delivery of services.

Non-Essential Functions:

• Perform other duties as assigned including but not limited to attending staff or safety meetings, providing backup for other staff, participating in training, etc.

Physical Demands and Working Conditions:

• The employee works inside and out in all aspects of weather and temperature.
• Lift and carry up to 50 pounds.
• The employee is constantly required to use hands to handle or feel objects.
• Frequently required to sit, stand, walk, talk, write, listen and read.
• The employee may infrequently be required to climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl and reach with hands and arms.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision and depth perception.
• The noise level of the building is usually moderate; however, employee is occasionally subjected to loud equipment/animal noise.

Supervision Exercised: The primary function of this job is not in a supervisory capacity.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

The job requires knowledge of:

• Basic methods of caring for and feeding domestic cats and dogs.
• Basic clerical tasks and computer use.
• Animal Control ordinances and shelter policies.

The job requires skills and abilities to:

• Learn and accurately apply shelter policies.
• Learn to identify different breeds of animals.
• Follow directions provided orally and in writing.
• Work in and around sights and odors normally found in an animal shelter on a sustained basis.
• Regularly inspect animal areas.
• Regularly feed, water, groom, exercise and otherwise care for cats and dogs.
• Clean and sanitize animal cages/pens effectively.
• Understanding domestic animal behavior.
• Work with the public in a friendly, pleasant, and courteous manner.
• Establish and maintain and effective working relationship with co-workers.
• Perform basic clerical tasks including computer use and data entry.
• Print or write legibly to accurately record information.

Education and Experience: Candidates for this position typically have a high school diploma or GED and work experience in an animal-related field. This job requires general concern for the care and welfare of domestic cats and dogs. Must be willing and able to take pre-exposure rabies vaccinations.

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Current Employment Opportunities | Flathead County, MT

Title: Animal Shelter Caretaker

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $17.06 per hour

Expected hours: 40 per week

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Shift:

• Day shift

Work setting:

• In-person

Shift availability:

• Day Shift (Preferred)

Work Location: In person