Animal Services Assistant - Variable Hour Not Benefit Eligible

JOB LOCATION

15750 E 32nd Ave Aurora, Colorado 80011-1518

City of Aurora, Colorado

It is an exciting time to work for the City of Aurora, we're growing and looking for dedicated and collaborative individuals to join our team of talented and valued employees. Excellent organizations have a set of principles, or core values, that are used to implement their mission and vision. Those values represent the touchstone for the organization, guiding the decisions of the individuals and the organization. At the City of Aurora, we demonstrate our excellence by modeling the CORE 4 Values of: Integrity, Respect, Professionalism, and Customer Service, and we welcome all who share these values to apply.
 
Why Work for Aurora?

• Make a difference in the lives of real people every day
• Diverse community
• Competitive total compensation package
• Well-Funded General Employees Retirement Plan
• Light rail station minutes away
• On-site fitness center and overall employee well-being programs Internal educational programs to assist with career advancement
• Access to innovation workspaces

PRIMARY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

Salary to be commensurate with experience

The hiring range for this position is $19.08- $23.85/hourly

This is classified as VHNE (Variable Hour Non-Benefit Employee), where the selected candidate will work less than 29 hours per week. This position does not provide medical benefits. This position earns sick leave in accordance with the Healthy Families and Workplace Act. 

** This job announcement is for collecting candidate applications for current and future Animal Services Assistants. Applicants will be contacted only when a position need is identified, and their qualifications match the position's needs. ** 

OVERVIEW OF POSITION / DEPARTMENT 

The City of Aurora is seeking a skilled Animal Services Assistant to provide humane care and treatment for sheltered animals. This position will be cleaning and maintaining kennel facilities while helping patrons. 

PRIMARY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES  

• Provides humane care, treatment and safe handling of animals in the shelter including feeding, cleaning, grooming and enrichment 

• Degrease all interior and exterior kennel walls 

• Sweep and mop all floors daily 

• Empty all trash cans each day 

• Wash and sanitize all food containers, water buckets and litter boxes 

• Deep clean and sanitize every kennel once it is empty including bedding 

• Wash, dry, fold and put away all laundry daily 

• Dust and cleans all pipes and vents in kennel area 

• Intake animals left in the night drop kennels and sanitizes kennel once empty 

• Intakes animals brought in by the public to include photographing, vaccinating, weighing, data entry and kenneling 

• Performs an initial physical exam to look for injuries or illness and reports to veterinary services, if found 

• Traces microchips and tags for owner contact information on stray animals

• Assists with kenneling and movement of animals and updates animal records to reflect movement or change in status 

• Educate prospective adopters in adoption of suitable pet: reviews and completes adoption paperwork and conducts dog-dog meet and greets 

• Processes animals for release to their owners including verifying ownership, that the animal is cleared to be released to owner and providing owner with all me