Animal Care Field Officer

Pima County•Tucson, AZ

37d•$20

About The Position

Pima Animal Care Center is looking to add multiple Animal Protection Officers to their team. Our officers focus their attention on public safety while also offering education, resources, and support to pet owners when appropriate. Officers value both the pets and people in our community and exemplify this by working with pet owners to improve welfare conditions and safety measures. Pima Animal Care Center is open seven (7) days a week. Availability to work all schedules is required. Current rotating schedules include 6 am - 4 pm, 11 am - 9 pm, and 8 pm - 6 am.

Requirements

High school diploma or General Education Development (G.E.D.) certificate.
Valid driver license is required at time of application.
Valid AZ driver license is required at time of appointment.
Within nine months of appointment, employees must receive the full series of pre-exposure rabies immunizations. Medical inability to be immunized or previous immunization must be verified by the County Physician prior to employment.
This position will require a post-job offer physical and drug screen.
This position requires the ability to lift, push, and pull up to 100lbs.

Nice To Haves

Minimum six (6) months either paid or volunteer experience working with animals.
Minimum six (6) months experience in animal welfare, including animal control, sheltering, and rescue.
Minimum six (6) months of experience in public safety.
Minimum six (6) months experience in social work, education, community organizing, and/or program development.
Bilingual (English/Spanish).

Responsibilities

Enforces state, city and county animal care laws and ordinances governing such issues as dangerous and vicious animals, neglect, cruelty, excessive noise, quarantines, bite incidents, and license and vaccination requirements
Patrols assigned areas to ensure compliance with animal care regulations and responds to routine and emergency animal care calls
Assesses reported or observed violations of animal care regulations, makes determinations and takes required action, such as issuing citations and complaints
Provides field services including capturing domestic and wild animals, dispensing first aid treatment to animals, examining injured and ill animals to select treatment disposition and removing animals from a variety of hazardous situations
Provides information and education to the public covering a range of animal care topics including laws and ordinance, animal nutrition, behavior, injuries, and common diseases
Operates and performs operator-level maintenance, servicing and safety inspection of assigned vehicles
Operates and performs operator-level maintenance for chemical-immobilization and other animal care equipment, such as snares, ropes, nets, and traps in capturing animals
Testifies in court on cases pertaining to animal care issues
Assists federal, state, city and county commissioned law enforcement officers as required
Prepares manual and automated records and reports
Gathers evidence on animal care cases, including photographs, tape recordings, and other information for presentation in court
Maintains legal chain-of-custody for evidentiary materials
May perform animal euthanasia as directed by qualified personnel
May prepare specimens for rabies analysis
May dispense medication to animals at direction of qualified personnel
May calculate and collect fees for animal quarantine, impound and licensing services.