Plans, coordinates, and supervises the activities of Animal Care Specialist I.

Oversees Animal Care Specialist daily assignments; directs Animal Care Specialist to maintain high visibility within the shelter environment, maintains clean facilities, ensures the safety of the staff, public, and animals; establishes and maintains positive visitor and staff relations within the shelter environment.
Supervises, directs, and evaluates assigned staff, processing employee concerns and problems, directing work, counseling, disciplining, and completing employee performance appraisals.
Schedules Animal Care Specialists for training and seminars; prepares work schedules based on animal population, visitor trends, and staff availability; reviews and provides activity logs daily to monitor staff’s performance.
Research products needed for work activities; requests purchase orders; maintains an inventory of tools, supplies, and equipment; makes budget recommendations based upon an assessment of section needs and historical expenses; monitors expenses and inventory.
Supervises the care and feeding of all shelter animals including preparation and implementation of work schedules to accomplish the necessary tasks; supervises, participates in, and trains staff in all aspects of shelter animal care, including the care and feeding of large and small livestock.
Influences the development of safety standards and ensures that the standards are followed.
Supervises and performs animal intake evaluations, vaccinations, fecal and blood testing, feeding, shelter cleaning, bathing, and animal behavioral assessment, working with animals that may be unpredictable and/or vicious; determines whether animals are suitable for adoption based upon the application of standards, and individual judgment; supervises and performs the selection of animals for adoption including rescue work and special needs assessment; counsel prospective adopters; make entries into the animal tracking system and ensures that all paper and electronic records are accurate and timely.
Supervises and performs the selection of animals for euthanasia and the euthanasia process; ensures accompanying documentation and computer entries are correct and available; ensures inventory of scheduled and non-scheduled drugs is accurate, documented, and always secured.
Supervises cremation services and the cremation process, including interaction with bereaved pet owners; ensures associated paperwork and paper and computer records are accurate.
Researches and resolves visitor inquiries/complaints; educates the public in animal care matters both on and off-site; assists the public in finding lost animals.

ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS

Cleans, prunes, and mulches grounds; paints common areas; repairs cages.
Receives periodic animal food shipments and distributes them throughout the shelter.
Drives vehicles and trailers to transport livestock in a variety of on and off-road settings.
Performs other related duties as required.

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• Three (3) years of related experience.
• Fingerprinting required.

• Must possess and maintain state certification in Euthanasia Injection or obtain it within six (6) months from the date of hire.
• Must possess and maintain a valid Florida Driver’s License with any applicable endorsement(s) to drive a County vehicle as provided in CMA 5805.

• Salary offers above the minimum pay grade may be considered based on qualifications.
• Essential Employees may be required to work during an undeclared or declared emergency. The County’s Administrative Office will determine who will be required to work on an incident-by-incident basis.
• This job posting is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of responsibilities, skills, or working conditions associated with the position.