Job Description Summary

Department - Pima Animal Care Center

Job Description

OPEN UNTIL FILLED

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 on 06/13/2025.   

Pima Animal Care Center is looking to hire its next Animal Care Field Officer. Pima County’s Animal Protection Services (APS) team completes roughly 26,000 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 aren’t 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 need. Availability 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 department’s 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