SHELTER ATTENDANT (ANIMAL SERVICES) 2023 - 02447

Salary : $28,828.80 - $43,076.80 Annually
Location : Fayetteville, AR
Job Type: Full Time
Job Number: 02447
Department: DEVELOPMENT SERVICES (620)
Opening Date: 11/28/2023
The City of Fayetteville is committed to attracting, engaging and rewarding a multi-generational workforce. By offering a total rewards package including competitive compensation and benefits plans and a purposeful work life, the City is an employer of choice focused on serving our community.
Essential Job Duties
The City of Fayetteville is committed to attracting, engaging and rewarding a multi-generational workforce. By offering a total rewards package including competitive compensation and benefits plans and a purposeful work life, the City is an employer of choice focused on serving our community.

1. Provide good customer service to both internal and external customers, maintain positive and effective working relationships with other City employees (especially members of his or her own team), and have regular and reliable attendance that is non-disruptive.
2. Clean, disinfect and maintain facility including; cages, walls and floors. Launder and disinfect bedding, toys, and towels in an efficient manner.
3. Feed and socialize animals; provide toys, beds and comforts of home.
4. Perform first view examinations of eyes, ears, paws, teeth, coat, weight and overall health, administer dog and cat vaccinations, flea and tick control and administer medications as directed by staff veterinarian.
5. Scan for and implant microchips.
6. Assist and hold animal during euthanasia.
7. Assist the public with adoptions and counsel potential adopters on training, behavior and pet care.
8. Educate the public about spaying and neutering and disease and illness prevention.
9. Handle feral cats and aggressive dogs.
10. Utilize safe handling practices and use of chemicals (bleach and disinfectant).
11. Ensure proper use and disposal of needles and syringes and safety equipment.
12. Properly restrain animals and assist in taking blood work.
13. Knowledge and use of computer in order to enter information on persons and animals, document behavior, medications and vaccines given.
14. Perform other duties as assigned.

Secondary Job Duties

1. Perform office duties by answering phone, dispatching officers to calls, intaking animals, processing applications and adoptions, issuing city licenses and rabies tags, when officers are unavailable.
2. Secondary duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

1. High school diploma or GED.
2. Must be 18 years of age or older.
3. Effectively communicate with others orally and in writing.
4. Must be proficient in the use of a personal computer and other related software programs. Must be able to effectively operate standard office equipment.
5. Must be available to work weekends and/or holidays as needed.
6. Must be proficient in the use of a washer/dryer, safety gloves, cat capture tools, tongs, needles/syringes, micro chip scanner, hoses and disinfectant sprayers.
7. While performing the functions of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. The employee regularly is required to stand, walk, and sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds
8. While performing the functions of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to wet/and or humid conditions, moving mechanical parts; fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals and outside weather conditions.

The City of Fayetteville is an equal employment opportunity employer.
Full Time, 40 or more hours per week, non uniformed employee. Eligible for all City benefits offered to full time non uniformed employees and all full time City accruals of paid leave. Please click this link for more details on City employee benefits:
www.fayetteville-ar.gov/654/Employee-Benefits-Information
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This position requires the applicant to be 18 years of age or older.Do you meet this requirement?

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This position requires a high school diploma or GED.Do you meet this requirement?

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This job requires the ability to work weekends and/or holidays as scheduled. Would you be able to meet this requirement?

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This job requires the ability to proficiently use a computer. Do you meet that requirement?

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This job requires the ability to operate standard office equipment (fax machine, phone, copier, etc.). Do you meet that requirement?

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Please describe your prior experience, if any, with handling domestic pets:
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This job requires the person to scan for and implant microchips. It also requires the person to properly restrain animals and assist in taking blood samples for medical tests.Would you be able to perform these duties?

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This position requires the person to assist with and hold animals during euthanasia. Would you be able to perform this job duty?

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This position requires the person to clean, disinfect and maintain the Animal Shelter facility including cages, walls and floors. In addition, the job duties include laundering and disinfecting animal bedding, animal toys, and towels.Would you be able to meet this requirement?

• Yes
• No

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This position requires good customer service. The person in this job will assist the public with adoptions and counsel potential adopters on training, behavior and pet care. The person will also educate the public about spaying and neutering and disease and illness prevention.Please describe any prior experience you have working in a customer service related job. Please include what you liked best about it and what you liked least about it:
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While performing the functions of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. The employee regularly is required to stand, walk, and sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. Would you be able to meet these requirements?

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This job requires the ability to regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.Would you be able to meet that requirement?

• Yes
• No

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While performing the functions of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to wet/and or humid conditions, moving mechanical parts; fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals and outside weather conditions.Would you be able to work in these conditions?

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• NO

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Please feel free to use the space below to describe any additional skills, education, or other traits you possess which you believe qualify you for this position.
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