Animal Logistics Technician

Looking to make a difference in the lives of pets and people? With an almost year-round beautiful blue sky and a scenic mountain backdrop, HSPPR is a nonprofit animal shelter serving El Paso, Pueblo, and Douglas Counties as well as the City of Centennial in the colorful State of Colorado. We employ a total of 200+ employees. We are an organization that celebrates and prioritizes diversity and inclusion. HSPPR welcomes you to apply for this exciting opportunity at our socially conscious organization.

The Animal Logistics Technician is responsible for performing all duties related to processing animals in the shelter; assessing the initial health and behavior of animals and monitors changes; assisting in the humane euthanasia process; working cohesively with coworkers, other departments, and volunteers; and assisting the public in a professional manner. The Animal Logistics Technician ensures an environment of compassionate and respectful animal and people care in accordance with HSPPR's mission, values, goals, and management philosophy.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

Daily Animal Care

• Serves as the Euthanasia Lead, performing humane euthanasia of animals, proper care and disposal of deceased animals.

• Completes intake and follow-up exams, including daily exam reviews, vaccine boosters, and health and weight checks. Responsible for identifying health and behavior concerns for animals and reporting findings to the veterinary and behavior teams accordingly.

• Works cohesively with multiple departments to assist in the movement of animals throughout the building.
• Participate in activities to improve the well-being of animals within the shelter.
• Periodically covers overnight on-call emergency animal transport.

Behavior

• Assess temperament of animals to provide a factual, nonbiased assessment of the animal's behavior.
• Makes appropriate routing decisions for animals based on health, behavior, and other considerations.
• Performs formal behavioral evaluations for dogs in accordance with the PCAT procedures.

Relationships

• Cultivates and maintains relationships with peers and volunteers.
• Supports staff and volunteers; provide quality services to clients, volunteers, and employees, recognizing their individual contributions to the success of our organization.

Communication

• Communicates effectively with staff and volunteers so pertinent parties are informed of Animal Logistics issues/information.
• Informs Animal Logistics Supervisor/Operations Manager of developments that may affect HSPPR or the department including department progress, media exposure, public image, client concerns, and personnel issues.

Fiscal Responsibility

• Properly maintains equipment used.
• Restocks all supply items daily. Report any need for ordering, maintenance, and inventory of supplies and equipment.
• Plans and organizes in anticipation of future needs.

Other:

• Commitment to the mission, values, goals and success of HSPPR.
• Appropriately documents observed animal behaviors utilizing objective language as required in relevant procedures and/or policies.
• Perform all other duties as assigned.

Supervisory Duties

None

Physical Demands

• The employee must regularly lift and/or move 25 or more pounds of moving weight and occasionally lift and/or move up to 40 or more pounds of moving weight.
• Occasionally required to climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, smell, talk, and hear.
• Occasionally required to sit, reach with hands and arms.
• Frequently required to stand and walk, expected to be on feet for extended periods of time.
• Must be able to use both hands and arms to grip, pull and push utilizing safety equipment such as, but not limited to catch poles, snappy snares, leashes, ropes, muzzles.
• Consistently exposed to animals in the workplace and animal allergens under conditions with limited alternatives available.
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision and depth perception.
• Must handle various animals of various sizes and temperaments.
• Potential exposure to zoonotic diseases.
• Regularly exposed to noise and potential exposure to hazardous weather conditions.
• Potential exposure to cleaning supplies and/or other substances containing toxic or caustic chemicals.
• Periodically drives for extended periods of time.

Schedule Requirements

• Required to be available as needed to meet the needs of the organization, weekends in addition to occasional evenings and holidays.

Education/Experience Necessary

• High School Diploma or GED preferred.
• Previous animal shelter, boarding kennel, zookeeping, or veterinary clinic experience desired.
• Euthanasia by Injections (EBI) certification required at time of hire or ability to obtain within 1 year.
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills.
• Knowledge of veterinary care/animal health desired.

The core values of the staff unite us and guide us to provide the best service to the animals in our care, our organization, and our community.

Core Values Statements-

• • Compassion: We believe that animals matter. We are committed to treating animals and people with kindness, respect, and compassion.

• • Stewardship: We are accountable and transparent in our actions and in the use of our resources to build trust in those we serve.

• • Integrity: We believe we can make the greatest impact by staying true to our mission, always doing what is best for the animals and people of our community, and by standing united in our decisions.

• • Excellence: We are passionate about our mission, and strive for excellence through continual learning, innovation, and the development of our board, staff and volunteers.

• • Collaboration: We seek strategic partnerships and alliances to advance the welfare and protection of animals and people.

• • Service: We exist to serve our communities and operate with this commitment to serve as front and center in all we do.