Animal Shelter Attendant - Temporary
City of Valdez•Valdez, AK
•Onsite
About The Position
Under direction of the Chief Animal Control Officer or Animal Control Officer, the temporary animal shelter attendant assists with animals, volunteers, visitors and storefront. This is a temporary, non-benefited position that will be scheduled to work weekends and other potential shifts - not to exceed 7.5 hours per day.
Requirements
- Candidates must be at least 16 years of age
- Good verbal and written communications skills
- Flexibility in scheduling
- Ability to work major holidays occasionally
- Works well with little supervision
- Basic computer skills, understanding of Microsoft Word and Excel, mastery of shelter software
- Cash handling and counting back change
- Basic knowledge of animal types, breeds, identification and care
Nice To Haves
- Previous experience working with animals is a plus
Responsibilities
- Preparing food, feeding, and watering animals
- Cleaning and disinfecting animal kennels, rooms, cages, bedding, food bowls, etc.
- Bathing animals
- Providing medical care for animals
- Sweeping and mopping floors
- Picking up fecal matter
- Showing animals to the public
- Walking dogs
- Overseeing visitors and volunteers
- Providing information to the public in a friendly manner
- Collect license, impound, adoption and housing fees
- Tending to the pet supply store by stocking inventory and ringing up transactions
- Entering information about animals and other items into the appropriate data base
- Keeping animal control officer(s), and other staff updated on any need for medical care of the animals
- Ability to operate the shelter by yourself
- Performing intakes and initial animal assessment
- Performing out processing of animals
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
