Animal Caretaker

City of Springdale, AR; Springdale (AR); On-site; USD 17,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

City of Springdale, AR is seeking an Animal Care Assistant to provide general care and maintenance of animals, perform intake and adoption duties, and assist the public with questions about animal matching and services. You will also manage daily reports, process transactions at the register, and help maintain a clean facility.

The role requires high school diploma or GED and 7-11 months of related experience or training, with proficiency in basic computer use and common office equipment.

Qualifications

• Provide general care for animals.
• Assist with intake and adoptions and complete paperwork.
• Answer phone and assist the public.
• Operate register and run daily reports.
• Clean and disinfect animal cages.
• Feed, water and provide general care.
• Handle wild/vicious animals as needed.
• Pass criminal background check.

Responsibilities

• Attend to animal care duties and ensure safe handling of animals.
• Maintain cleanliness and sanitation of kennels and facilities.
• Provide information to the public about animals and adoption options.
• Support team in maintaining accurate records and daily operations.

Skills

Customer service

Communication skills

Reliability and attendance

Observation skills

Education

High school diploma or GED

Tools

Animal traps

Catch poles

Hoses

Mops and scrub brushes

Job description

The incumbent is responsible to provide general care and maintenance of animals, perform intake and adoption functions, assist public, answer phone, operate register, close out and run daily reports.

• Provide good customer service to both internal and external customers; maintain positive and effective working relationships with other City employees (especially members of their own team), and have regular and reliable attendance that is non-disruptive.
• Clean and disinfect animal cages.
• Care for special needs animals.
• Feed, water and provide general care to animals.
• Access animals, handle wild/vicious animals, bag dead animal bodies as needed.
• Bottle feed and provide general care for orphaned or abandoned domestic and wild babies.
• Assist public with questions about what animal is right for them, usage of live animal traps, etc.
• Perform animal intake and adoptions, ensure all paperwork is complete and entered onto computer system.
• Perform vaccinations, bathing, grooming and other care of animals.
• Close register, run daily reports and answer phone.
• Perform general cleaning of the facilities to include; sweeping, mopping, dishes and taking out trash.
• Work with the public on all levels.
• Perform other duties as required or assigned.

• High school diploma or GED and 7-11 months of related experience and/or training.
• Must be proficient in the use of a personal computer, standard office equipment, animal traps, catch poles, hoses, mops and scrub brushes.
• Ability to utilize both internal and external resources to obtain information and data necessary to carry out routine assignments and special projects.
• Must have ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with management and staff.
• Must possess the ability to communicate effectively both orally and written often under adverse conditions.
• Possess good judgment, good powers of observation and memory.

Must successfully pass criminal background check, including but not limited to convictions, guilty pleas, or no contest pleas to violent offenses, theft offenses, and offenses against children.