Animal Services Officer Lead Grade 21

The estimated salary range for this position is: $65551 $93756

The Montgomery County Office of Animal Services is responsible for providing animal related services to the citizens of Montgomery County MD from its headquarters located in Derwood MD.

The Office of Animal Services (OAS) is currently recruiting for a fulltimeLead Animal Services Officer (Lead ASO) who is passionate about animals and delivering a high standard of service to the community. The ideal candidate will have excellent oral and written communication skills and be detailed oriented. The candidate must have the ability to work independently and multitask. The candidate must have the ability to always remain professional especially when working with the public. The candidate must be knowledgeable of State and County laws and regulations pertaining to animal cruelty animal neglect (including domestic animals horses and livestock) wildlife and other animal related public safety or public nuisance issues.

To ensure a positive workplace and comply with Federal State and County laws the incumbent is responsible for completing various mandatory trainings within the first three to six months of hire.

Multilingual candidates are strongly desired but not required.

The Lead ASO is responsible for providing guidance and support to Animal Services Officers in the field. The Lead ASO reports to and acts on behalf of the Field Services Supervisors and serves as primary contact for the Emergency Communication Center. The Lead ASO administer directives and guides the actions of subordinates in enforcing State Local Laws and Ordinances for Montgomery County Office of Animal Services by leading personnel and daily operations to ensure the fulfillment of Animal Care & Control services for Montgomery County safeguarding life health property and liability for residents and stakeholders. The position provides training guidance resources and assists officers ensuring that the daytoday operations operate effectively and efficiently and ensuring that all laws are appropriately applied in a safe equitable and uniformed manner.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Coordinate plan lead and ensure efficient cost effective and customer focused animal control in the assigned area.
• Respond to animal/livability complaints and investigate cases for compliance with animal control ordinance codes and other applicable Maryland State Statues of petty misdemeanor misdemeanor gross misdemeanor and felony level violations.
• Coordinate and participate in executing and serving search warrants as required. Understand and utilize both proactive enforcement and communitybased enforcement theories in the application of field services.
• Interview and interrogate victims witnesses and suspects.
• Prioritize and manage field response to calls impacting public safety such as animal bites or otherwise aggressive animals. Lead assumes command in the absence of a Field Supervisor and provide direction to ASOs. Provide services for emergency and exigent situations that require immediate response to prevent harm which may include assisting other agencies.
• Prepare complete and accurate reports and other related legal documents and paperwork.
• Evaluate train assign and provide guidance to subordinates engaged in the enforcement of Animal Control laws and ordinances. Areas such as patrol report writing use of force mediation shelter policies and procedures proper animal care techniques and general investigation.
• Make recommendations on hiring discipline and commendation.
• Work with Field Supervisors to develop and revise department policies and procedures to optimize efficiencies consistencies and safety. Build effective teams for the delivery of animal care and control.
• Monitor and evaluate statistics by precinct and ward using the information to ensure effective deployment of resources for enforcement activities.
• Interpret laws ordinances and court decisions relating to enforcement activities.
• Act as a liaison with other Animal Control and Law Enforcement agencies and related organizations.
• Participate in emergency preparedness planning and assist with the development of emergency plans for field operations while coordinating with shelter operations.
• Perform other jobrelated duties as assigned.

Education:

Graduation from High School or High School Certificate of completion recognized in the State of Maryland AND

Coursework or training in animal health animal behavior and control.

Experience:

Four 4 years of paid experience enforcing animal care and control laws including the

investigation of violations and court prosecution for animal control/regulatory agency.

One 1 year of the experience must have been at the level of Animal Services Officer III

for animal control/regulatory agency; AND

One 1 year experience in leading and training others in accomplishing work assignments.

Equivalency:

An equivalent combination of training and experience which provides the required knowledge

skills and abilities.

License Requirement:

Possession and maintenance at all times of a valid Class C (or equivalent) drivers license from the applicants state of residence.

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IMPORTANT INFORMATION

The Office of Human Resources (OHR) reviews the minimum qualifications of all applicants irrespective of whether the candidate has previously been found to have met the minimum requirements for the job or been temporarily promoted to the same position. This evaluation is based solely on the information contained in the application/resume submitted for this specific position.

Montgomery County Government(MCG) is an equal opportunity employer committed to workforce diversity. Accordingly as it relates to employment opportunities the County will provide reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities in accordance with the law. Applicants requiring reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process should email OHR at. Individual determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made in accordance with all applicable laws.

MCG also provides hiring preference to certain categories of veterans and veterans/persons with a disability. For more information and to claim employment preference refer to the Careers webpage onHiring Preference.

All applicants will respond to a series of questions related to their education relevant experience knowledge skills and abilities required to minimally perform the job. The applicants responses in conjunction with their resume and all other information provided in the employment application process will be evaluated to determine the minimum qualifications and preferred criteria or interview preference status. Based on the results the highest qualified applicants will be placed on an Eligible List and may be considered for an interview. Employees meeting minimum qualifications who are the same grade will be placed on the Eligible List as a Lateral Transfer candidate and may be considered for an interview.

This will establish an Eligible List that may be used to fill both current and future vacancies.

If selected for consideration for this position you may be required to provide evidence that you possess the knowledge skills and abilities indicated on your resume.

Montgomery County Ethics Law: Except as provided by law or regulation the Countys Public Employees (which does not include employees of the Sheriffs office) are subject to the Countys ethics law including the requirements to obtain advanced approval of any outside employmentand the prohibitions on certain outside employment. The outside employment requirements of the ethics law can be found at19A12 of the County Code. Additional information about outside employment can be obtained from theEthics Commissionwebsite.