Animal Enforcement Officer

Overview

Enforces applicable City ordinances and State laws governing the licensing, adoption, impounding, and euthanasia of animals. Collects and transports animals to the animal shelter. Employee must wear required uniform and will be required to work rotating shifts including nights, weekends and holidays. This is a full time position.

Age requirement: 18 years of age or older.

High School Diploma or GED and any combination of training, education, and experience which demonstrates the ability to perform the functions of the position.

Must possess a valid state driver s license prior to employment.

* Continued employment is contingent upon all required licenses and certificates being maintained in active status without suspension or revocation.

• Patrols the City to investigate, locate, capture, and impound domestic animals.
• Responds to calls from the public concerning stray, nuisance, dangerous, injured, or dead domestic animals.
• Makes investigation reports.
• May make reports of animal bites and prepares reports for the appropriate health official.
• Quarantines animals when necessary.
• Explains animal control ordinances and policies to the public and concerned parties.
• May clean the animal shelter, as needed.
• Maintains records of animal impounding.
• Investigates complaints and cases of improper animal treatment.
• Euthanize animals in the prescribed manner, according to appropriate laws.
• Arranges for adoption of animals.
• May issue citations and document cases for prosecution of animal abuse and noncompliance.
• Testifies in court.
• Operates a vehicle and uses a variety of animal control equipment.
• Provides shelter support in answering telephone call, booking and redeeming animals, handling animal adoptions and vaccinating animals coming into the shelter.
• Respond to special emergency calls during nights and weekends.
• Provides exceptional customer service to internal and external customers.
• Complies with and promotes safe practices in agreement with the safety rules and procedures set forth in the Loss Control Program.
• Performs related work as required.
• Represents the City with respect, confidence, and trust that our colleagues and community place in us. Responsible for conducting ourselves with and using our value statement of PRIDE: being Professional, Responsible, being an employee of Integrity, being Dedicated and striving for Excellence with staff and the public.

• Department rules and procedures; statutes and ordinances relating to the assignment.

• Communicate in the English language with the public by phone or in person in a one-to-one setting.
• Work cooperatively with the public and other City employee s.
• Maintain the confidentiality of sensitive information.
• Comprehend and make inferences from material in the English language and learn job related material through observation and oral instructions.
• Operate a variety of standard office equipment.
• Learn the geography of the City of Bullhead City.
• Operate a computer using a keyboard or other devices.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essentials functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to handle and feel objects, tools, or controls; and reach with hands and arms.

The employee is frequently required to climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, walk, sit and talk or hear. Specific hearing abilities include ability to hear, hold conversation with others by telephone, in person, and over radio equipment. The employee is often required to lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee can be in an office and regularly works in a variety of weather conditions. The employee is required to work flexible shifts that include evenings, weekends and holidays. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet while in the office, and moderate to loud when in the field.