Animal Care Aide (Hourly)

City of Chula Vista; Chula Vista (CA); On-site; USD 21,000 - 30,000; Part time

Job summary

The City of Chula Vista is seeking a part-time Animal Care Aide to clean kennels, cat areas, receiving area, and perform basic care and feeding at the Animal Care Facility, helping maintain shelter facilities and grounds.

Hours range from 0–16 hours per week (up to 919 hours per fiscal year); positions are non-benefited and at-will. Prior animal-care experience and English reading/writing ability are desirable.

Qualifications

• Experience with animals in a care setting is desirable.
• Ability to read and write in English at a level adequate for job performance.

Responsibilities

• Clean kennels, catteries, various animal enclosures and receiving area.
• Provide basic animal care such as preparing food, feeding, and providing water.
• Disinfect and clean living quarters and other areas as assigned.
• Maintain shelter facilities and grounds and assist with related duties as assigned.

Job description

Position Summary: To clean kennels, catteries, receiving area, and other areas; perform basic care and feeding of animals at the Animal Care Facility; maintain shelter facilities and grounds; and to perform other related duties as assigned.

Description And Essential Functions

Position Summary: To clean kennels, catteries, receiving area, and other areas; perform basic care and feeding of animals at the Animal Care Facility; maintain shelter facilities and grounds; and to perform other related duties as assigned.

NOTE: This recruitment is for part-time, non-benefited positions limited to 919 hours of employment in a fiscal year (July 1 through June 30) with an average of less than 30 service hours per work week. Hours may vary between 0 - 16 hours per week, dependent upon the daily staffing needs of the department. Unclassified hourly employees are paid on an hourly basis and shall not be eligible for benefits nor be subject to Civil Services Rules. Although hourly employees are at-will, they are still subject to all other City policies and procedures.

Essential Functions

Functions may include, but are not limited to, the following: Clean kennels, catteries, various animal enclosures/cages and receiving area. Perform basic animal care duties such as preparing food, feeding, and providing water; cleaning and disinfecting kennel and cat cages; wash and sweep debris from living quarters and other areas as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

Any combination of education and/or experience and training that would likely provide the required knowledge and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the knowledge and abilities would be some experience working with animals in an animal care facility, veterinary hospital, dog groomer, pet store, or boarding kennel is highly desirable. Formal or informal education or training which ensures the ability to read and write in English at a level necessary for successful job performance.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities / Physical Demands and Working Conditions

Knowledge of: methods, materials, and equipment used in cleaning in and around the kennels, catteries, various animal enclosures/cages, and receiving area; safe work practices including the use of personal protective equipment; animal care, feeding and handling methods and techniques.

Ability to: perform basic cleaning of kennels, catteries, various animal enclosures/cages and receiving area; pick up fecal material and properly disinfect and clean areas; safely operate custodial equipment and use cleaning agents and materials with skill and efficiency; learn how to properly use personal protective equipment; properly handle and care for animals; clean and disinfect shelter enclosures, cages and other related operational equipment or areas; communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing; establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work; work with various cultural and ethnic groups in a tactful and effective manner.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

Work is regularly performed in an indoor/outdoor environment. Work is done in a variety of weather conditions. See in the normal vision range with or without correction to read labels on cleaning equipment, food and supplies; hear in the normal range, with or without correction. Continuously bend, stoop, crouch, kneel, climb, balance, stretch, and reach. Must be able to lift with assistance up to 30 lbs; see in the normal vision range with or without correction; hear in the normal range with or without correction.

WORKING CONDITIONS

Work is performed in both indoors and outdoors with exposure to varying weather conditions when in the kennel areas. Frequent exposure to loud animal noises, odors, pet dander, diseases and dangerous animals. Daily contact with a variety of domestic and wild animals that can result in exposure to potentially hazardous or volatile situations; may be exposed to cleaning chemicals used daily to disinfect kennel areas along with exposure to animal body fluids in caring for animal needs.

Additional Information

Recruitment No. 26531608H

RETIREMENT

Part-time/temporary employees participate in the Public Agency Retirement System (PARS). This is in lieu of PERS or Social Security (although employees do contribute to Medicare). The City and the Employee each contribute 3.75% of the employee's salary to the PARS.

SICK LEAVE

Part-time/temporary employees shall accrue sick leave pursuant to the Health Workplace, Health Family Act of 2014 (AB 1522).