Animal Care Tech

City of Leadville•Leadville, CO

About The Position

The Animal Care Tech supports the city’s Animal Shelter by caring for animals, maintaining clean and orderly shelter areas, and assisting with intake, adoption, surrender, and day-to-day shelter operations. The role includes duties previously assigned to Kennel Techs, such as cleaning, feeding, administering basic medications, maintaining shelter records, processing animals, assisting community members, handling payments, posting pet listings, using shelter software, completing foster inspections, responding to email, and transporting animals to veterinary visits. The position also supports adopters, fosters, volunteers, and community service members; provides adoption counseling; and creates tailored enrichment and behavior support plans. The Animal Care Tech works with shelter staff and volunteers to promote animal well-being, follows care and safety protocols, participates in training, and performs assigned facility upkeep and seasonal outdoor work.

Responsibilities

Perform prior Kennel Tech duties, including cleaning, feeding animals, administering basic medications, doing laundry and dishes, and maintaining animal shelter logs.
Process new animal intakes and releases, and enter animals into Petstablished and the animal reference number Google sheet.
Assist community members with pet licenses; take payments and provide receipts.
Post found, missing, and adoptable pets on Facebook.
Complete foster inspections and respond to messages in the shelter’s general email inbox.
Transport animals to veterinary visits.
Process adoptions and surrenders.
Provide guidance and information to new and prospective adopters through adoption counseling.
Mentor fosters, volunteers, and community service members.
Maintain accurate, up-to-date records related to animal intake, adoption, and medical care.
Create tailored enrichment plans and behavior support plans.
Complete daily area checklist tasks and provide animals with basic enrichment, including toys, treats, and short periods of socialization.
Report changes in animal behavior or health to Management.
Assist with general facility maintenance and report kennel-area maintenance issues or needed repairs to Management.
Collaborate with animal care staff, veterinary staff, adoption counselors, and volunteers to support shelter animals’ well-being.
Follow established animal care, cleanliness, disease-prevention, and workplace safety protocols.
Participate in training and stay informed about animal sheltering best practices, including through relevant workshops or seminars.
Check work email once in the morning and once in the afternoon and respond to relevant or time-sensitive messages.
Keep shelter areas clean and tidy; clean and put away donations and used transport crates.
Perform seasonal outdoor work as needed, such as snow shoveling, snow removal, and pulling weeds.
Perform related work and provide support for the city’s Animal Shelter as assigned.