Animal Control Officer
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List items:
- Respond to animal/livability complaints and preliminary investigative cases for compliance with animal control ordinance codes and other applicable Minnesota State Statues of petty misdemeanor, misdemeanor, gross misdemeanor and felony level violations.
- Understand and utilize both proactive enforcement and community-based enforcement theories in the application of field services.
- Enforce the Minneapolis City Ordinances by issuing warnings and citations.
- Interpret laws, ordinances, and court decisions relating to enforcement activities.
- Interview victims, suspects of animal cruelty and crimes, witnesses and members of the general public as it relates to any given animal control case.
- Prepare complete and accurate reports and other related paperwork.
- Recover and assume custody of lost, abandoned and recovered animals.
- Assist MPD with stolen animal cases.
- Assist in the execution of search warrants and assist other agencies as requested.
- Handle and control and impound dangerous, injured and ill animals including animals with zoonotic diseases that are potentially fatal including and not limited to the Rabies virus.
- Represent the City of Minneapolis with a focus on public education regarding responsible pet ownership and available resources through field calls for service, regular patrols, and community events.
- Execute the mission and vision of MACC.
- Operate various computer terminals to enter and retrieve essential and general information.
- Provide 24/7 emergency response following the restricted protocol policy and procedure.
- Testify in hearings including but not limited to civil custody hearings, administrative citation hearings and criminal court hearings.
- Proactive Patrol for violations and community outreach and engagement.
- Impound aggressive, injured and sick wildlife.
- Euthanize wildlife as appropriate per MACC policy and procedure with the exception of lethal injection.
- Transport for rehabilitation on a case-by-case basis.
- Assist shelter and veterinary staff as needed with veterinary services including feeding of the impounded animals, the administration of preliminary vaccinations to dogs and cats upon intake when applicable and other animal care services
- Assist cleaning the shelter including but not limited to all communal staff areas, animal kennels and cages and the MACC fleet garage/bay area.
- Requirements: The "Working Conditions:" maybe part of Requirements? Actually "Working Conditions:" is a description of conditions, could be part of Requirements or maybe separate. But we have sections: Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule.
We need to map content.
"Required Qualifications" section includes Minimum Education, Minimum Experience, Equivalency, Licenses/Certifications, Position-specific Certifications, Preferred Qualifications, Desirable Qualifications (language, cultural competency). That's qualifications.
"Knowledge, Skills And Abilities" section is skills.
"Selection Process" etc is boilerplate? It's about process, but we are told to remove application instructions, legal/EEO etc. Selection process maybe considered boilerplate? The instruction: "Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions." Selection process is not exactly those but could be considered procedural. However we might keep it? The instruction says to include sections only when posting has real specific content. Selection process is specific but maybe considered application instructions? It says "Applications will be reviewed in groups on an on-going basis as described in the Selection Process section below." That's about hiring process. Might be considered application instructions. Safer to omit selection process, background check, drug testing, medical exam, union representation, eligible list statement, interview selection as they are procedural. The instruction says remove application instructions. So we should omit those.
Thus we keep: About the role, Responsibilities, Required Qualifications (maybe as Qualifications), Knowledge, Skills And Abilities (as Skills). Also maybe Working Conditions could be part of Requirements? But we have a Requirements section; we could put Minimum Education/Experience etc under Qualifications, and Working Conditions under Requirements? Actually typical job postings: Requirements = minimum qualifications; Qualifications = preferred; Skills = KSAs. But we can decide.
We have "Required Qualifications" with Minimum Education, Experience, Equivalency, Licenses/Certifications, Position-specific Certifications. Then "Preferred Qualifications" (NACA certification). Then "Desirable Qualifications" (language, cultural competency). So we can combine all under Qualifications section.
We also have "Working Conditions:" which describes physical demands, hazards. That could be part of Requirements (maybe as "Working Conditions" but we don't have a specific heading for that; we could include under Requirements as a list). The instruction: Use
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. Responsibilities: list items as above. Requirements: we need to include Minimum Education, Minimum Experience, Equivalency, Licenses/Certifications, Position-specific Certifications, and Working Conditions. We could format as
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Minimum Education: Associate degree in Veterinary Technology, Criminal Justice, Law Enforcement or equivalent.
Minimum Experience: Two years of related experience. Two or more years of animal handling is desired.
Equivalency: An equivalent combination of education and experience closely related to the duties of the position MAY be considered.
Licenses/Certifications: Valid driver’s license - Possess and maintain a valid driver's license for the duration of employment in this position.
Position-specific Certifications: Ability to obtain and maintain the following certifications in order to perform essential functions of employment. On-the-job training and certification will be provided. ASP Baton Certification, OC Spray Certification and Wildlife euthanasia training within twelve (12) months of hire. National Crime Information Center (NCIC) certification through the FBI within six (6) months of hire.
Working Conditions: This position requires handling and restraining of vicious or potentially dangerous and/or deadly animals including dogs, cats, reptiles, hoof stock and multiple species of wildlife, etc. The position is exposed to physical threats which include unpredictable, hostile, and potentially armed individuals. The position may be exposed to zoonotic diseases and parasitic zoonoses such as rabies, tularemia, salmonellosis (and other illness causing bacteria), West Nile virus, brucellosis, Lyme disease, histoplasmosis (and other similar fungal diseases), hantavirus and others. The position is also subject to long periods of exposure to inclement weather, driving, garbed in PPE, lifting and/or carrying heavy loads, crawling, climbing, running, bending, etc.
We could also include "Work Location: This position currently works on-site only." but that's schedule.
Qualifications: Preferred Qualifications: National Animal Care and Control (NACA) Certification or equivalent Nationally Certified Animal Control Officer.
Desirable Qualifications -- Language: Bilingual skills in Spanish, Somali, Amharic, Oromo, Hmong, Vietnamese and/or Lao.
Desirable Qualifications -- Cultural competency: Ability to relate and work effectively with people from diverse cultural, economic and ethnic backgrounds.
We could combine as list items.
Skills: Knowledge, Skills And Abilities section: a long paragraph with many items separated by periods. We need to convert to list? The instruction: Use
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- each item. However we need to preserve all substantive information; we can break into bullet points. Let's parse the KSAs: "Considerable knowledge of and ability to understand and apply statutes, ordinances, applicable regulations, and other legal authorities and procedures of department/division. Considerable knowledge of principles and practices of animal control work and code enforcement. Considerable knowledge of occupational hazards including zoonotic diseases and managing personal and public safety. Considerable knowledge of computer operations and software used by Minneapolis Animal Care & Control, including but not limited to Microsoft software, email, Xcel spreadsheets, Chameleon Database and CAD dispatching system. Considerable knowledge of and the ability to facilitate the group problem-solving process, recognizing positive results, mitigate conflict and achieve satisfactory outcomes. Considerable knowledge of the Minnesota Department of Health rabies protocol and the rabies compendium and guidelines. Good knowledge of the geography of the city of Minneapolis and the ability to read a map. Good interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills with an ability to effectively listen, speak, write and interact in a tactful and persuasive manner. Good customer service skills and an understanding of the departments associated standards. Good knowledge
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Minimum Education: Associate degree in Veterinary Technology, Criminal Justice, Law Enforcement or equivalent.
Minimum Experience: Two years of related experience. Two or more years of animal handling is desired.
Equivalency: An equivalent combination of education and experience closely related to the duties of the position MAY be considered.
Licenses/Certifications: Valid driver’s license - Possess and maintain a valid driver's license for the duration of employment in this position.
Position-specific Certifications: Ability to obtain and maintain the following certifications in order to perform essential functions of employment. On-the-job training and certification will be provided. ASP Baton Certification, OC Spray Certification and Wildlife euthanasia training within twelve (12) months of hire. National Crime Information Center (NCIC) certification through the FBI within six (6) months of hire.
Working Conditions: This position requires handling and restraining of vicious or potentially dangerous and/or deadly animals including dogs, cats, reptiles, hoof stock and multiple species of wildlife, etc. The position is exposed to physical threats which include unpredictable, hostile, and potentially armed individuals. The position may be exposed to zoonotic diseases and parasitic zoonoses such as rabies, tularemia, salmonellosis (and other illness causing bacteria), West Nile virus, brucellosis, Lyme disease, histoplasmosis (and other similar fungal diseases), hantavirus and others. The position is also subject to long periods of exposure to inclement weather, driving, garbed in PPE, lifting and/or carrying heavy loads, crawling, climbing, running, bending, etc.
We could also include "Work Location: This position currently works on-site only." but that's schedule.
Qualifications: Preferred Qualifications: National Animal Care and Control (NACA) Certification or equivalent Nationally Certified Animal Control Officer.
Desirable Qualifications -- Language: Bilingual skills in Spanish, Somali, Amharic, Oromo, Hmong, Vietnamese and/or Lao.
Desirable Qualifications -- Cultural competency: Ability to relate and work effectively with people from diverse cultural, economic and ethnic backgrounds.
We could combine as list items.
Skills: Knowledge, Skills And Abilities section: a long paragraph with many items separated by periods. We need to convert to list? The instruction: Use
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Use