Animal Control Officer Assistant Temporary

This is an open recruitment for a part-time temporary Animal Control Officer Assistant in the Animal Control Division of the Hollister Police Department. Qualified candidates from the public and qualified career City employees are encouraged to apply. The Eligibility List established from this recruitment process may be used to fill future vacancies within the classification or similar classification.

DEFINITION
Under general supervision the Animal Control Officer Assistant assists in the Animal Shelter performing duties related to animal handling kennel operations cleaning feeding housing of animals shelter maintenance and assisting the public.

SUPERVISION EXERCISED
Exercises no supervision.

• Assists the Animal Control Officers in receiving adopting and redeeming animals. Clean cages house animals appropriately feed animals.
• Maintain clean and neat appearance of animal shelter.
• Assists in the maintenance of records of all animals.
• May be assigned shift schedules after hours and on weekends.
• Deals with the Public to include providing assistance regarding the care and keeping of animals and assists visitors in locating missing pets.
• Assist Animal Control Officers in euthanizing animals and disposing of animals.
• Assists in transporting animals to the City shelter and injured animals to designated Veterinarian Clinics for treatment.

Any combination equivalent to experience and training that would provide the required knowledge skills and abilities would be qualifying.

Requirements:

• Ability to perform all assigned duties in an Animal Control Facility.
• Ability to work shift schedules after hours and on weekends.
• Ability to perform general office duties; answer telephone calls; provide information and explain procedures.
• Ability to perform basic animal handling care habits and conduct behavior & disease identification.
• Ability to communicate clearly and concisely both orally and in writing.
• Possess and demonstrate effective interpersonal/interaction skills in order to successfully deal with the Public under difficult situations involving animal issues.
• Must possess a valid California Drivers License in order to operate a wide variety of city equipment and vehicles as directed.
• Ability to pass a background inspection to include fingerprint DMV check background drug screening and physical.

Applications must be submitted online through this applicant tracking system. All materials must be complete and clearly indicate the candidate meets the minimum qualifications. All statements made on the application resume and supplemental materials are subject to verification. False statements may be cause for immediate disqualification removal from eligibility list or discharge from employment.

Candidates presenting the most desirable combination of education experience and/or training as stated in this announcement will be invited to continue in the selection process.

The selection process may require any combination of the following: application appraisal written examination performance test and personal interview conducted by an outside oral panel and/or the Department.

The City of Hollister offers preference to qualified veterans during the candidate selection process. The City of Hollisters Veterans Preference Policy can be accessedhere. Applicants must claim Veterans preference in the agency-wide questions section and attach a copy of their DD214 to the application.

Following the examination process successful candidates are placed on an employment list.

Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action:
The City of Hollister does not discriminate on the basis of race color national origin ancestry sex religion sexual orientation age disability marital status political affiliation or any other non-merit factor. The City of Hollister encourages minorities and women to apply.The City of Hollister makes reasonable accommodations for the disabled. Individuals requiring any accommodation in order to participate in the selection process must inform the Human Resources Office via email atof such request. Requests for accommodation should include an explanation of the type and extent of accommodations needed to participate in the selection process.

*Temporary appointments are not to exceed 1000 hours per fiscal year.