JOB OPPORTUNITY: Animal Control Officer 1

AGENCY: MIAMI COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER

POSTING DATE: 3/31/2023- Until Filled

POSITION SUMMARY: Protects the health, safety, and welfare of animals in Miami County through monitoring and enforcing Ohio Animal Laws. Assists in maintaining the Miami County Animal Shelter through daily Animal Control Officer duties.

QUALIFICATIONS: Completion of four (4) years of high school or equivalent supplemented by more than one (1) years’ experience or training in the control and care of animals.

DUTIES: Under general direction, conducts door-to-door residential checks for valid dog licenses, observes, seizes, and impounds animals (e.g., lifts, loads, transports, and unloads animals), receives calls and complaints regarding stray, hostile, injured, or sick animals, communicates with the general public and with co-workers.

Interprets and implements animal control laws, observes violations and issues warnings and citations, presents testimony in court, investigates claims regarding damage to livestock and assists claimants in completing necessary documentation. Administers injections to animals, administers methods of euthanasia upon passing state certification class for injection of euthanasia by following approved methods and utilizing approved equipment.

Performs custodial tasks involving physical labor and use of equipment (e.g., scraper, hot water hose, squeegee, broom, disinfectant chemicals, etc.), lifts and moves feed bags, litter bags, animals, supplies, and equipment weighing up to fifty (50) pounds, assists other employees in lifting heavier weights, provides food and water to animals in the shelter.

Prepares accurate and concise reports, issues dog licenses, files and retrieves records, collects fees, answers questions from general public. Answers phones, performs other various clerical tasks.

Meets all job safety requirements and all applicable OSHA safety standards that pertain to essential functions.

Demonstrates regular, predictable, and punctual attendance.

These duties are illustrative only and employee may perform some or all of these duties or other job-related duties as assigned.

Maintains regular and predictable attendance.

These duties are illustrative only and you may perform some or all of these duties or other job-related duties as assigned.

HOURS

Monday – Sunday (mostly 8-4:30)

COMPENSATION

$15-$17 per hour DOQ

FLSA

Non-Exempt from Overtime

BENEFITS

Medical, Health Savings Account County Contribution, Dental, Vision, Life & AD&D Insurance, Flexible Spending Accounts for Health & Dependent Care, OPERS Retirement with Employer Contribution of 14% (Higher for Law Enforcement), Deferred Compensation Programs, Paid Vacation & Sick Time, Paid Holidays, Employee Assistance Program, Tuition Discounts, Fitness Center Discounts

UNSUAL WORKING CONDITIONS: Must regularly stand, walk, sit, drive, use hands to finger, handle, grab, restrain, or feel, reach with hands and arms, talk, and hear. Employee is required to run, jump, climb, balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, and must frequently lift and/or carry up to fifty (50) pounds on a regular basis and over one hundred (100) pounds on an occasional basis. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Must be able to work with and be around dangerous animals where there is risk of bite. Must be able to work in extreme weather conditions, including but not limited to exposure to hot, cold, wet, icy, humid or windy conditions.

The employee is exposed to, must negotiate, use, or work with or in the vicinity of noisy operations or activities, compressed gases (air powered tranquilizer gun), flammable and combustible liquids (paint thinner, gasoline), eye and face protection due to potential exposure to flying objects (dipping animals), medical and first aid (bites), portable fire extinguishers, handling material and supplies (includes mechanical handling equipment, the manner in which things are stored, and housekeeping), laundry machinery and/or operations, blood and other bodily fluids (animal blood), and hazardous chemicals (cleaners, disinfectant, bleach). The employee uses or works in proximity to the use of firearms, and has contact or exposure to potentially violent or emotionally distraught persons, potentially vicious animals, and hazardous driving conditions.

Employee will be required to work weekends, holidays, overtime, and on-call shifts on a rotation.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

TO APPLY: A Miami County employment application must be completed. Posting-specific applications are available online at http://miamicountyohio.gov/333/jobopportunitiesand can also be picked up in person between 7:30 am to 4:00 pm Monday through Friday at Miami County Human Resources Department located in the Courthouse at 215 West Main Street, First Floor, Troy, Ohio 45373.

The Miami County Board of Commissioners, including those agencies under other elected officials, is an equal opportunity employer and does not make employment decisions in a discriminatory manner based on race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disabilities that can be reasonably accommodated, or veteran status. The County complies with all applicable federal and state laws, rules, and regulations.

This policy prohibits both discrimination based on any of the above-listed protected characteristics, retaliation against a person who opposes or complains about prohibited conduct, or participates in any way in the complaint, investigation, or reasonable accommodation processes.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $15.00 - $17.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Holidays
• On call
• Overtime
• Weekend availability

Work Location: One location

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