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SalaryPosting Date
04/01/24 Application Deadline
04/04/24 Pay Range
$18.00 - $27.50 hourlySalary offers are based on the candidate's equivalent experience and internal equity with other employees within the same job classification. This position is eligible for overtime compensation for all hours worked over 40 in the designated workweek.
Job Type
Unclassified Department
Animal Care and Control About the Position
Are you a passionate animal advocate who wants to nurture the animals in our care? As one of the largest animal shelters in the nation, we need your support to make a difference!
We want you to be our next diligent Shelter Associate to provide daily care and support for our shelter animals. You’ll be an advocate for the animals in our care and promote the health, safety, and welfare of the people and animals of Maricopa County.
About Us
Maricopa County Animal Care & Control
employees are committed to animal welfare and strengthening the human-animal bond in our community. We are always looking to add talented individuals to our team, either at our West or East Valley Animal Care Center
. As one of the nation’s largest open-admission shelters, we work with our community to serve the animals and people of Maricopa County. Our adoptions, shelters, clinics, and animal services officer teams learn first-hand about proper care for homeless and stray animals and work hard to help find them new homes. Proud to Offer
- Tuition reimbursement
- Exceptional work-life balance
- Opportunities for growth and development within Maricopa County
- Low-cost, high-value healthcare for you and your qualifying dependents
- Paid vacation, sick time, and parental leave
- Extensive wellness program, including healthcare premium discounts
- Employee discounts for goods and services
- Maricopa County participates in the Arizona State Retirement System. This defined retirement benefit requires a 12.29% monthly contribution rate and includes a 100% employer match on Day 1
- Learn more atWork With Us | Maricopa County, AZ
We Require
- Six months of in-person customer service work experience
- High school diploma or GED
We Also Value
- Experience working with domestic animals in a veterinary hospital, animal control, humane society, or another animal facility
- Bilingual Spanish and English-speaking skills
Job Contributions
- Ensure shelter animals are properly housed and cared for, provide adequate food and water to shelter animals daily, and use positive reinforcement training methods
- Clean, disinfect, and maintain shelter apartments, kennels, cages, equipment, walkways, and general areas daily
- Cultivate positive relations, provide quality customer service, and promote our mission, services, programs, and events
- Participate in stress and disease reduction efforts through purposeful and compassionate low-stress handling and placement of animals
- Create and maintain necessary animal records and perform data entry
- Assist clients with the animal adoption process and facilitate client/animal interactions to ensure a safe and pleasant experience
- Receive animals into the shelter, scan for identification, enter information into the database, and take an identifying photograph
Working Conditions
- Fast-paced animal shelter environment with exposure to extreme and varying temperatures, dogs and cats with unknown temperaments and behaviors, excessive noise, wetness/humidity, respiratory hazards, noise, vibration, animal waste and fluids, deceased animals, cleaning chemicals, and zoonotic diseases
- Ability to work as early as 5 AM and late as 7 PM, including weekends and holidays
- Ability to lift, bend, stoop, stand, and walk on various surfaces, including slippery, uneven, and rough
- Ability to exert 10-20 pounds constantly, 10-25 pounds frequently, and 50-100 pounds occasionally
Selection Procedure
- Only the most qualified candidates will be considered
- Consideration will only be given to candidates who submit online applications
- Candidates will be contacted primarily through email and their Workday online application profile
- Must pass a pre-employment background and/or fingerprint investigation as required by statute or policy, including drug and alcohol testing requirements for positions designated as safety-sensitive
Maricopa County is an equal opportunity employer.
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