The Amarillo Police Department is seeking an Animal Care Worker to ensure the safety and well-being of animals in their care, manage kennel space, and provide customer service regarding animal management policies. The role requires working various shifts, including evenings and weekends, and involves physical tasks such as feeding, cleaning, and handling animals
Job Summary
This position performs all aspects of humane animal care duties to ensure animal safety and well-being, manages kennel space, and provides quality customer service.
Essential responsibilities include cleaning, feeding, bathing, exercising animals, performing intake, claiming and adoption activities, and monitoring physical conditions.
This position will be required to work shifts including evenings, weekends, holidays, and during inclement weather as well as overtime as necessary by the department.
Matching Summary
Match Score: 75
The Amarillo Police Department is seeking an Animal Care Worker to ensure the safety and well-being of animals in their care, manage kennel space, and provide customer service regarding animal management policies. The role requires working various shifts, including evenings and weekends, and involves physical tasks such as feeding, cleaning, and handling animals.
Salary
Starting Pay: $15.00 per hour
Skills & Requirements
Must-have
Humane animal care
Shelter maintenance and cleaning
Animal intake and adoption
Safe and humane animal handling
Monitoring animal health
Work evenings, weekends, holidays
Nice-to-have
Customer service skills
Interpersonal skills
Ability to work with interruptions
Key Requirements
Pre-exposure rabies vaccinations within six (6) months of hire
Ability to safely handle animals of unknown health and temperament
Ability to work with frequent interruptions and changes in priorities
Ability to establish and maintain effective communication and working relationships
Ability to use and repair small equipment and tools