Animal Caretaker

City-of-Springdale,-A; Springdale (AR); On-site; USD 26,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

The City of Springdale is seeking an Animal Care Technician responsible for general care and daily operations at the animal shelter. This role involves intake, adoptions, animal welfare, and public assistance in person and by phone.

You will feed, groom, disinfect enclosures, reinforce safety protocols, handle various animal types, and support the team with daily reporting and administrative tasks. The position requires reliability and teamwork.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED and 7–11 months of related experience.
• Proficiency with basic computer and office equipment.
• Ability to work with the public and handle animals safely.

Responsibilities

• Care for animals and maintain cages, feed, water, and clean.
• Assist intake and adoptions and complete paperwork.
• Answer public inquiries and operate daily reports and phone line.
• Perform cleaning and general upkeep of the facilities.

Skills

Customer service

Communication

Teamwork

Computer literacy

Education

High school diploma or GED

Tools

Computer skills

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.