Kennel Attendant - Part Time

Salt Lake County•Salt Lake City, UT

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About The Position

Salt Lake County is hiring a part-time Kennel Attendant to perform basic animal care in an animal shelter. Duties include cleaning and maintaining kennels and other animal areas, laundry and dishes; feeding and monitoring animals; providing basic first aid and medications; and grooming as directed. The position also involves maintaining supplies, entering and retrieving animal and customer records, preparing reports, and assisting customers with animal-related matters, including adoptions, lost pets, licensing, impounds, relinquishments, fees, vaccinations and sterilization, and animal ordinances. Employees work in a shelter housing temperamental and dangerous animals and should expect regular contact with animals that may bite, kick, or scratch. The work also involves exposure to loud noises, unpleasant odors, chemicals, cleaning agents, soaps, potentially diseased animals, fur, pet dander, and zoonotic diseases. Physical duties include intermittently lifting, carrying, pushing, and pulling loads up to 50 pounds, standing or walking for more than four hours per day, and routinely bending and kneeling. Weekend and holiday work may be required as needed. The successful applicant must pass a pre-employment drug test and a fingerprint-based background check and enroll in the continuous RAP Back program. Random alcohol and drug testing may occur, as may post-accident or reasonable-suspicion testing.

Requirements

One year of experience in a customer service environment.
Receive a verified negative result on a mandatory drug test before starting.
Pass a required fingerprint-based background check and enroll in the continuous RAP Back program.
May be required to work weekends and holidays as needed.
Subject to random alcohol and drug testing and possible post-accident or reasonable-suspicion alcohol and drug testing.

Nice To Haves

Professional experience working with small domestic animals, livestock, and exotic animals.

Responsibilities

Clean, disinfect, and maintain kennels, cages, animal holding areas, the clinic, outside runs, laundry, and dishes.
Maintain and restock supplies.
Monitor animals for signs of illness or unusual behavior.
Provide basic first aid, administer medications, ensure animals have appropriate food and water, and groom as directed.
Enter and retrieve complex records about animals, owners, violations and citations, referrals, and general information using databases.
Prepare and update reports.
Assist customers with animal-related issues, including adoptions, lost pets, license renewals and sales, impounds, relinquishments, fee assessments, vaccination and sterilization, and animal ordinances.
Respond to irate, difficult, and distressed customers.
Refer calls or inquiries to a supervisor when appropriate.