Job Description Summary

Job Description

Job Type: Classified

Job Classification: 5806 - Animal Care Field Officer

Salary Grade: 5

Pay Range
Hiring Range: $19.14 - $22.49 Per Hour
Full Range: $19.14 - $25.84 Per Hour

Range Explanation:

• Hiring Range is an estimate of where you can receive an offer. The actual salary offer will carefully consider a wide range of factors including your skills qualifications experience education licenses training and internal equity.

• Pay Range is the entire compensation range for the position.

The first review of applications will be on06/13/2025.

Pima Animal Care Center is looking to hire its next Animal Care Field Officer. Pima Countys Animal Protection Services (APS) team completes roughly 26000 calls for service annually. Calls for service include things like helping to rescue injured animals on roadways; assisting local law enforcement any time there is an animal involved; responding to complaints of dangerous or aggressive dogs; and addressing cases of neglect and hoarding where pets may be in immediate danger.

APS Officers arent just focused on punitive measures when enforcing laws in the community. They take a proactive approach to pet ownership by providing education and resources. Taking this approach allows us the opportunity to address the root cause of a problem and save punitive measures for the most egregious crimes.

Pima Animal Care Center is open seven (7) days a week. Current rotating schedules include 6 am-4 pm 11 am-9 pm and 8 pm-6 am. This position rotates schedules quarterly and is subject to change based on department to work all schedules is required.

Essential Functions:

As defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act this classification may include any of the following tasks knowledge skills and other characteristics. This list is ILLUSTRATIVE ONLY and is not a comprehensive listing of all functions and tasks performed by incumbents of this class. Work assignments may vary depending on the departments need and will be communicated to the applicant or incumbent by the supervisor.

• Enforces state city and county animal care laws and ordinances governing such issues as dangerous and vicious animals neglect cruelty excessive noise quarantines bite incidents and license and vaccination requirements;

• Patrols assigned areas to ensure compliance with animal care regulations and responds to routine and emergency animal care calls;

• Assesses reported or observed violations of animal care regulations makes determinations and takes required action such as issuing citations and complaints;

• Provides field services including capturing domestic and wild animals dispensing first aid treatment to animals examining injured and ill animals to select treatment disposition and removing animals from a variety of hazardous situations;

• Provides information and education to the public covering a range of animal care topics including laws and ordinance animal nutrition behavior injuries and common diseases;

• Operates and performs operator-level maintenance servicing and safety inspection of assigned vehicles;

• Operates and performs operator-level maintenance for chemical-immobilization and other animal care equipment such as snares ropes nets and traps in capturing animals;

• Testifies in court on cases pertaining to animal care issues;

• Assists federal state city and county commissioned law enforcement officers as required;

• Prepares manual and automated records and reports;

• Gathers evidence on animal care cases including photographs tape recordings and other information for presentation in court;

• Maintains legal chain-of-custody for evidentiary materials;

• May perform animal euthanasia as directed by qualified personnel;

• May prepare specimens for rabies analysis;

• May dispense medication to animals at direction of qualified personnel;

• May calculate and collect fees for animal quarantine impound and licensing services.

Minimum Qualifications:

High school diploma or General Education Development (G.E.D.) certificate.

Qualifying education and experience must be clearly documented in the Education and Work Experience sections of the application. Do not substitute a resume for your application or write see resume on your application.

Preferred Qualifications: (Be specific in describing your experience in your application. Ensure the descriptions provided illustrate your competencies specifically addressing the required and preferred qualifications.):

• Paid or volunteer experience working with animals.

• Education in/or experience with animal welfare including animal control sheltering and rescue.

• Education in/or experience with public safety.

• Education in/or professional experience in social work education community organizing or program development.

• Bilingual (English/Spanish).

Selection Procedure:

Pima County Human Resources Department reserves the right to admit to the selection process only those candidates that meet the minimum qualifications. All applications will be assessed based on an evaluation of the listed education and experience. Candidates meeting the minimum qualifications may be further evaluated/scored against any advertised Preferred Qualifications. The hiring authority will interview and select the successful candidate from a referral list provided by Human Resources. Additional assessments/testing may be required as part of the selection process.

Supplemental Information:

Licenses and Certificates: Valid driver license is required at time of application.ValidAZdriver license is required at time of appointment. The successful applicant will be subject to a 39-month DOT Motor Vehicle Record review to determine applicants suitability to operate county vehicles in accordance with Pima County administrative procedures. Failure to obtain and maintain the required licenses and certifications shall be grounds for termination. Any offer of employment resulting from this recruitment is contingent upon Fleet Services review and approval of the candidates driving record. Some positions require a valid Arizona Class D driver license at the time of application or appointment.

Special Notice: Within nine months of appointment employees must receive the full series of pre-exposure rabies immunizations. Medical inability to be immunized or previous immunization must be verified by the County Physician prior to employment. Recommended boosters are required for the duration of employment unless medically excused or physiologically unable to develop immunity. Some positions may require fluency in English and a second language as determined by the Department. Some positions may require satisfactory completion of a personal background investigation by the court or law enforcement agencies due to the need for access to County Attorney and Court facilities records and communication systems. The County requires pre-employment background checks. Successful candidates will receive a post-offer pre-employment background screening to include verification of work history education and criminal conviction history. A prior criminal conviction will not automatically disqualify a candidate from employment with the County.This position will require a post-job offer physical and drug screen.

Physical/Sensory Requirements: This position requires the ability to lift push and pull up to 100lbs. Additional physical and sensory abilities will be determined by position.

Working Conditions: Working conditions will be determined by position.

EEO Information: Pima County Government is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We are committed to an inclusive and diverse workforce and will not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race color religion national origin age disability gender sexual orientation kinship political interest or any other characteristic protected by law.