Senior Animal Care Specialist bei Williamson County, TX

• Assists with delegation and monitoring of animal care tasks

• Leads, trains, and provides feedback on daily tasks of Animal Care Specialists, Volunteers and Community Service workers, and assists as needed

• Assists with delegation and monitoring of Animal Care Specialists tasks, and provides disciplinary actions under guidance of the Operations Manager 

• Oversees the general maintenance and cleanliness of the facility and ensuring laundry and feeding utensils are properly cleaned and sanitized

• Supplies food, water, toys, clean bedding, socialization time, and routine enrichment care

• Offers assistance to potential adopters with the animals, answering questions, transporting animals to and from kennel areas, and assessing likelihood of matches for adoptions

• Performs customer service duties related to the intake and processing of animals for impoundment, adoptions and redemption

• Administers routine well-being checks of all animals, documenting any concerns and communicating to Operations Manager for follow-up

• Assists medical staff with medical workups and vaccinations of animals

• Socializes fractious animals to help them become adoptable, and assist with behavior modification plans as written by the Animal Behavior Coordinator

• Restocks cleaning and animal care supplies throughout the facility as needed

• Utilizes shelter software to record and communicate information about animals, including up-to-date medical and behavior histories

• Helps identify animals that are candidates for outside rescue organizations or foster care

• Transports animals to other facilities, as needed

• Makes animal care decisions in absence of Animal Care Supervisor

• Follows all safety measures and policies, including proper animal restraints and reading animal behavioral cues, and promptly reports any safety incidents to leadership

• Performs special duties, and oversees special projects, as assigned

ORGANIZATION RELATIONSHIPS

• Reports directly to – Animal Care Supervisor

• Direct Reports – No

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• Position involves prolonged standing, walking, twisting, bending, stooping, kneeling, reaching, pushing, pulling, and other fine motor repetitive motions

• Position requires grasping, repetitive hand movement, and fine motor coordination

• Position involves lifting and carrying of animals and equipment weighing up to fifty (50) pounds, or up to one hundred (100) pounds with assistance, and exertion of up to twenty-five (25) pounds of force to move objects

• Position involves hearing and/or seeing alert cues regarding animal and staff security

• Position involves maintaining composure in a high-stress environment

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS

• Work tasks are conducted indoors and outdoors

• May work outside in inclement weather, including extreme heat, cold and wet conditions

• Frequent handling of animals, including contact with waste and blood

• Exposure to unpleasant smells and a noisy and wet environment associated with a shelter

• Frequent exposure animals that are agitated or injured that may attempt to bite or scratch

• Position involves working in a high-volume, fast-paced environment

• Position involves working with distressed individuals

• High school diploma/degree and one (1) year of experience working with animals in an animal hospital, shelter, or related animal facility; OR an equivalent combination of education and experience

• Demonstrated customer service and communication skills

• Demonstrated experience in a lead, training, or supervisory capacity

• Working knowledge of computers and phone/iPad software and applications such as Microsoft Teams/instant messaging (IM), email, FaceTime, PetPoint, etc.

LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS

Required within thirty (30) days of employment

• Valid driver’s license

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS 

• Two (2) years of experience working with animals in an animal hospital, shelter, or related animal facility

• One (1) year of animal welfare experience

• Knowledge of dog and cat body language cues

• Euthanasia certification

• Basic Animal Control certification

• Bilingual (Spanish)

EMPLOYMENT TESTING 

Employment is contingent on passing any post-offer pre-employment screening as listed below:

• Criminal background check: Yes

• Motor Vehicle Record check: Yes

• Drug screening: Yes

• Physical exam: No

• Psychological exam: No

• Additional: N/A