Animal Care Tech

City of Leadville; Leadville (CO); On-site; USD 32,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

City of Leadville is seeking a Kennel Technician to support daily animal care, shelter operations, and community interactions at the Leadville shelter. Responsibilities include feeding, cleaning, intake and adoption processing, and assisting with medical visits as needed.

The role emphasizes enrichment for animals, accurate record-keeping, and collaboration with staff and volunteers to ensure the welfare of shelter animals.

Responsibilities

• Provide daily animal care, feeding, and sanitation to kennels.
• Assist with adoptions, surrenders, and client interactions at the shelter.
• Maintain records for intake, medical care, and adoption processes.
• Support enrichment activities and behavior monitoring for animals.
• Collaborate with veterinary staff, volunteers, and staff to ensure shelter safety.

Job description

The following duties are not intended to serve as a comprehensive list of all duties performed by this position. The duties below are intended to provide a representative summary of the major duties and responsibilities.

1. All previous Kennel Tech Essential Duties Cleaning, animal feeding, basic medications, laundry, dishes, animal shelter logs, processing new animals for intake, releasing animals, assisting community members with pet licenses, entering information into the animal reference number google sheet, taking payments, giving receipts, posting found, missing, and adoptable pets on Facebook, entering animals into the Petstablished software, completing foster inspections, responding to emails in the shelter’s general email inbox, taking animals to veterinarian visits.

2. Process Adoptions

3. Process Surrenders

Adoption Counseling

• Provide guidance and information to new and potential adopters

Mentoring of Fosters, Volunteers, and Community Service Members

• Maintain accurate and up-to-date records related to animal intake, adoption, medical care, etc

Create tailored enrichment plans

Create behavior support plans

Each shelter area is given a daily checklist that covers the routine tasks which need to be completed every day in that area.

It is not a comprehensive checklist.

Enrichment and Interaction

• Provide basic enrichment activities to animals, such as offering toys, treats, and short periods of socialization.
• Report any changes in behavior or health to Management.

Facility Maintenance

• Assist with general facility maintenance tasks as needed.
• Report any maintenance issues or repairs required in the kennel area to Management.

Team Collaboration

• Collaborate with other members of the animal care team, including veterinary staff, adoption counselors, and volunteers, to ensure the overall well-being of shelter animals.

Compliance with Protocols

• Adhere to established protocols for animal care, cleanliness, and disease prevention.
• Follow safety procedures and guidelines to ensure a secure working environment.

Training and Development

• Participate in training sessions to enhance skills in animal care, cleaning procedures, and safety protocols.
• Stay informed about best practices in animal sheltering and attend relevant workshops or seminars.

Work Email

• Check your work email once in the morning and once in the afternoon to view and respond to any and all relevant or time sensitive emails.

Shelter Tidiness

• Ensure the shelter areas are clean and tidy at all times. Clean and put away donations as needed. Clean used transport crates and put them away. Seasonal outdoor work as needed: snow shoveling and removal, pulling weeds, etc.

Perform related work and support for the city’s Animal Shelter as required and assigned.