Clerical Specialist

Job Duties

• Process adoptions for shelter owned dogs.
• Aid customers in adopting a dog.
• Review adoption applications in accordance with the Shelter's guidelines.
• Balance the cash drawer daily, process cash, checks, and credit card transactions, and prepare receipts for payments.
• Sell dog licenses and collect fees.
• Type and prepare documents to support enforcement activities.
• Work with volunteers to provide excellent customer service, adoption services, and lost and found services to the public.
• Take lost and found reports in shelter buddy.
• Aid customers in finding lost dogs.
• Research information in shelter buddy, online, and via any available media to locate a lost dog's owner.
• Prepare and type certified letters to notify owners of impounding of their dog.
• Contact Franklin County Public Health and Columbus Public Health to notify which animals are quarantined and which animals need to be retrieved and transported to the Lab.
• Type and prepare documents to support enforcement activities.
• Enter and scan adoption and lost and found records into shelter buddy.
• Maintain and replenish station supplies.

Minimum Qualifications

• A high school diploma or equivalent with six (6) months of clerical experience; or any equivalent combination of training and experience.
• No special license or certification required.

Additional Requirements

• None required.

Employer

Franklin County Department of Human Resources

Agency

Department of Animal Care & Control