Animal Control Officer

Overview

As an Animal Control Officer, you’ll respond to animal-related concerns, promote public safety, and support humane animal care. You’ll investigate reports, apply relevant local ordinances and laws, and communicate clearly with residents, colleagues, and partner agencies.

Your impact: By responding promptly and handling animals safely, you help protect community members and improve outcomes for animals.

Duties

• Be available for work on a regular and predictable basis. Be productive and work in an effective and efficient manner. Comply with management's lawful directives and standards and learn current and new job responsibilities. Be physically and mentally fit and prepared to do the job when, where and how the employer needs it done.
• The following duties are normal for this position. These are not to be construed as exclusive or all­ inclusive. Other duties may be required and assigned.
• Enforces town ordinances and health codes relating to the registration and control of animals; issues citations for registration violations; cooperates with health officials and local hospitals by investigating reports of animal bites.
• Conducts routine patrols of Schererville for violations.
• Answers calls for service from citizens pertaining to animal complaints. Captures and impounds dangerous and stray animals.
• Provides on call service for emergencies.
• Provides unwanted animals for adoption and is responsible that all others are disposed of in a humane manner.
• Maintains records and files at the animal shelter of the animals housed there and logs all incidents concerning animal control.
• Compiles a variety of data regarding animal control duties and prepares daily reports of activities.
• Maintain contact with police supervisory personnel to assist in investigative activities, provide mutual assistance during emergency situations and provide general information about department activities.
• Conducts routine preventative vehicle maintenance (check oil, lights, tire, fuel, etc.) Maintains department equipment, supplies and facilities.

Minimum Training and Experience Required

High school diploma or equivalent and a valid Indiana driver's license

Physical and Mental Abilities Required

Language and Interpersonal Communication

Requires the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing with all police personnel, victims, complainants, witnesses, suspects, the media and the public.

Ability to exercise sound judgment in evaluating situations and in making decisions. Ability to follow verbal and written instructions.

Physical Requirements

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit, talk and hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand, use hands and fingers; handle or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and smell.
• Requires the ability to recognize and identify degrees of similarities or differences between characteristics of colors, shapes, sounds, and textures associated with job-related objects, materials and tasks.
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move more than 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include: close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and the ability to adjust focus.

Pay: From $16.24 per hour

Expected hours: 20.0 – 26.0 per week

Benefits:

• Paid time off

Work Location: In person