Animal Care Technician

The Seattle Animal Shelter (SAS) is seeking motivated and progressive Animal Care Technicians to work with shelter animals and their owners. If you are a compassionate team player who is dedicated to providing top-level care to shelter animals and empathetic customer service to our community members, this is the job for you As an Animal Care Technician (Animal Control Officer I), you will work in the shelter to provide daily cleaning, care, exercise, and enrichment to the animals in our care. You will work with community members to reunite them with their lost pets, adopt animals to their new homes, counsel pet owners, foster parents, and potential adopters, provide education and resources, take in stray and surrendered animals and much more. You will work hand in hand with a dedicated team of staff and volunteers to provide our shelter pets and our community with exceptional care, support, and resources. About Us SAS is a nationally recognized animal welfare organization that promotes public safety and animal welfare and protects animals from cruelty and neglect in the City of Seattle. SAS runs animal sheltering and adoption programs to reunite lost animals with their owners and places animals in forever homes. SAS hosts a spay and neuter clinic providing low-cost services and manages pet licensing for City residents. And SAS’ animal control field services staff enforce Seattle’s laws regarding animals, helping keep animals and people safe. FAS is a division of Finance and Administrative Services (FAS), the City of Seattle’s public-facing front door that assists with everything from paying utilities or reporting a pothole to requesting public information or even adopting a new pet. The 500-plus employees of FAS span across 10 divisions and work behind-the-scenes providing critical functions, like managing 120 City facilities—including police and fire stations—overseeing the City's neighborhood customer service centers and Customer Service Bureau and making sure minority-owned businesses can equitably compete for City contracts. Responsibilities Work onsite at Seattle Animal Shelter to provide high quality care to animals in the shelter system to maintain a healthy and humane environment for animals, employees, volunteers, and visitors. This includes, but is not limited to: Feeding, watering, walking, monitoring, and providing enrichment. Disinfecting shelter areas, animal areas, enclosures, and equipment. Following established animal care, cleaning, feeding and veterinary protocols. Work with animals who may be ill, injured, stressed and/or aggressive. Commit to an inclusive culture rooted in commitment to racial equity and community engagement. Provide compassionate, equitable and professional customer service, education, and support. Build collaborative, respectful relationships with colleagues, volunteers, and community members. Maintain composure and professionalism in stressful situations. Utilize trauma informed, fear free, least aversive-minimally invasive, humane and safe animal handling skills. Process animal intakes and outcomes. Detailed, accurate and consistent record keeping and data entry. Assist in humane euthanasia of animals. Must be able to consistently work weekends, holidays, and evenings. Minimum Qualifications One (1) year experience in care, handling, and treatment of animals. (Or a combination of education and/or training and/or experience which provides an equivalent background required to perform the work of the class.) The most successful candidates will possess the following Prior professional shelter or veterinary experience performing work comparable to this position is highly desired. Knowledge of proper animal husbandry. Experience in trauma informed, fear free, least aversive-minimally invasive, safe and humane animal handling techniques to reduce potential stress and hazards to both handlers and animals. Desire to work in a progressive, community-based environment that is committed to ongoing advancement and improvement in animal welfare. Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Multitasking skills in a fast paced and sometimes stressful environment. Experience with PetPoint. Bilingual or multilingual. Work Environment / Physical Requirements This position requires full-time onsite work. Must be able to stand, walk, bend, and stoop. Must be able to lift over 50 pounds. Licensing, Certification and other Requirements Current Washington State driver’s license. A Washington Euthanasia Technician Certification is required after hire. Training provided. Application Process Applications are reviewed after the posting closes. You must submit the following items to be considered for this position no later than 4:00pm Pacific Time on the scheduled closed date. Completed NEOGOV online application. Cover letter describing how your skills and experience align with the stated job responsibilities and qualifications. Current resume indicating relevant experience, knowledge, skills, and education. Your application may be rejected as incomplete if you do not include the relevant information in the application. Cover letters and/or resumes are not accepted in lieu of a completed application. Applications and/or Supplemental Questionnaires that state “see my resume” or “see my personnel file” are considered incomplete and will not be accepted. PLEASE NOTE: This job advertisement is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice. Background Check Applicants must successfully pass a background check, which will be conducted in accordance with Seattle’s Fair Chance Employment Ordinance, SMC 14.17. Applicants will be given a chance to explain or correct background information and provide verifiable information of good conduct and rehabilitation. Pre-Employment Physical Successful candidates will be required to pass a pre-employment physical. Why work at the City of Seattle The City of Seattle recognizes every City employee must play a role in ending institutional and structural racism. Our culture is the result of our behavior, our personal commitments, and the ways that we courageously share our perspectives and encourage others to do the same. To cultivate an antiracist culture, we seek employees who will engage in the Race and Social Justice Initiative by working to dismantle racist policies and procedures, unlearn the way things have always been done, and provide equitable processes and services. The City of Seattle offers a comprehensive benefits package including vacation, holiday, and sick leave as well as medical, dental, vision, life and long-term disability insurance for employees and their dependents. More information about employee benefits is available on the City’s website at https://www.seattle.gov/human-resources/benefits/employees-and-covered-family-members/most-employees-plans Who May Apply The City of Seattle values diverse perspectives and life experiences. Applicants will be considered regardless of race, color, creed, national origin, ancestry, sex, marital status, disability, religious or political affiliation, age, sexual orientation, medical condition, or pregnancy. The City of Seattle encourages people of all backgrounds to apply, including people of color, immigrants, refugees, women, LGBTQ, people with disabilities, veterans, and those with diverse life experiences. If you have questions regarding this bulletin or employment at Finance and Administrative Services, please send an email to Chantelle.Aguilar@seattle.gov. FAS promotes diversity and inclusion in employment. If accommodations are needed during the selection process, please contact us. Candidate Notification Many important notifications including interview or test invitations, result notices, and status updates will be sent electronically to the email address provided on the application. It is important that you provide a valid email address. Please add Chantelle.Aguilar@seattle.gov to your email address book and to the list of approved senders to prevent email notifications from being filtered as spam/junk/clutter mail. Candidates can also check for notifications by logging into governmentjobs.com and viewing their profile inbox, which saves a copy of all emailed notices. It is the applicant's responsibility to take the above steps to view correspondence. #J-18808-Ljbffr