Animal Shelter Attendant

About the role

Franklin County is seeking an Animal Shelter Attendant to support the daily operations of the shelter, provide hands-on care, and help create a safe, clean, and welcoming environment for animals awaiting their forever homes.

Responsibilities

• Cleans and maintains animal confinement area, cleans, and disinfects cages; feeds and waters confined animals; makes routine inspections of animals and their cages to monitor health, safety, cleanliness of cages, etc.
• Washes food and water bowls, shelter laundry, any shelter utensils and keeps facility sanitary.
• Encourages adoptions of sheltered animals; assists interested parties in claiming or adopting confined animals, processing required paperwork, collecting fees, and providing receipts, etc., as necessary.
• Provides customer service to visitors of the animal center looking for their lost pet or looking to adopt a pet.
• Ensures the safety and health of animals within the facility.
• Provides food and daily care for animals in the Animal Shelter
• Administers medication and vaccinations to animals in the Animal Shelter
• Maintains records of impounded animals
• Aids in the destruction of diseased, vicious, and unclaimed animals in a prescribed manner.
• Reports to the Animal Care Technicians any potential health or behavioral problems involving the animals in the Animal Shelter
• Maintains supply inventories.
• Performs and/or assists in euthanasia of un-adoptable or diseased animals, and decapitation of animals for the purpose of rabies testing.
• Performs necessary weekend, after hours work and holiday schedule work as needed.
• May be scheduled to rotate weekends with other staff members to feed animals and clean Animal Shelter.
• During a county disaster or emergency, employee will be scheduled to work shelters to care for pets and abandoned animals, animal rescue, etc.
• Performs related duties as required.

Qualifications

• Completion of high school and some experience with animals; requires knowledge of animal handling skills, animal behavior, and animal care; or equivalent combination of education, experience, and training.
• Desirable: Certification in animal euthanasia techniques and certification in vaccinating animals for rabies.

Benefits

Franklin County offers a competitive benefits package designed to encourage and support your health, well-being and productivity. Benefit options include medical and dental insurance; elective supplemental insurance options such as short-term disability, vision, and voluntary term life; local government retirement; 401(k) with a 4% employer contribution (no employee match required); generous paid leave that includes 13 county-observed paid holidays per year; an employee wellness program inclusive of a county sponsored gym and an employee assistance program. For more information about Franklin County benefit options please click here.