Job: Full/Part Time Kennel Technician

Job Description

Job Type: Full time, Part time, Hourly

Wage: $17-$22/hr.

Location: Leadville, CO.

Job Description:

The Kennel Technician (tech) is a crucial member of the animal care team responsible for maintaining a clean and healthy environment for shelter animals. This position expands on the responsibilities of the Kennel Tech I position. The new responsibilities include processing new animals for intake, releasing animals, assisting community members with pet licenses, entering information into the animal reference number google sheet, taking payments, and giving receipts. Kennel Technicians play a key role in supporting the overall well-being of the animals in the shelter’s care. They are responsible for any and all animal related care and cleaning. They are directly responsible for the cleanliness of the animal kennels and the shelter as a whole.

Essential Duties: The following duties are not intended to serve as a comprehensive list of all duties performed by this position. The duties below are intended to provide a representative summary of the major duties and responsibilities.

1. Animal Care and Kennel Cleaning

○ Cleaning, animal feeding, basic medications, laundry, dishes, animal shelter logs, etc

2. Process Shelter Intakes and Releases

○ Properly process and document animal intakes into the shelter via the intake log, complete the intake checklist for all animals, properly complete the release form for each animal

3. Payments and Receipts

○ Process checks, credit card, and cash transactions

○ Provide receipts after all transactions

4. Pet Licenses

○ Properly license community cats and dogs, enter licenses into the license spreadsheet

5. Animal Reference Number Spreadsheet

○ Document animals into the animal reference number spreadsheet

Additional Duties:

1. Complete Daily Checklist

○ Each shelter area is given a daily checklist that covers the routine tasks which need to be completed every day in that area

○ It is not a comprehensive checklist

2. Enrichment and Interaction

○ Provide basic enrichment activities to animals, such as offering toys, treats, and short periods of socialization.

○ Report any changes in behavior or health to Management.

3. Facility Maintenance

○ Assist with general facility maintenance tasks as needed.

○ Report any maintenance issues or repairs required in the kennel area to Management.

4. Team Collaboration

○ Collaborate with other members of the animal care team, including veterinary staff, adoption counselors, and volunteers, to ensure the overall well-being of shelter animals.

5. Compliance with Protocols

○ Adhere to established protocols for animal care, cleanliness, and disease prevention.

○ Follow safety procedures and guidelines to ensure a secure working environment.

6. Training and Development

○ Participate in training sessions to enhance skills in animal care, cleaning procedures, and safety protocols.

○ Stay informed about best practices in animal sheltering and attend relevant workshops or seminars.

7. Work Email

○ Check your work email once in the morning and once in the afternoon to view and respond to any and all relevant or time sensitive emails.

8. Shelter Tidiness

○ Ensure the shelter areas are clean and tidy at all times. Clean and put away donations as needed. Clean used transport crates and put them away.

○ Seasonal outdoor work as needed: snow shoveling and removal, pulling weeds, etc

9. Perform related work and support for the city’s Animal Shelter as required and assigned.

Supervision Exercised: No supervisory responsibilities.

Independence of Action: Work is performed in accordance with legal requirements, standard practices and methods requiring initiative to complete recurring assignments independently and judgment to determine which of many methods are applicable in any given situation.

Communication/Working Relationships: Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to effectively communicate and interact with all levels of the staff and the general public in a positive and cooperative manner.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to establish effective working relationships with 

Qualifications:

Minimum Education: A high school diploma and or an Associate's degree is preferred but is not required.

Language Skills: Ability to read, write and speak English fluently. Ability to respond to employees, customers, regulatory agencies or authorities, or members of the local business community. Bi-lingual Spanish speaking skills are preferred.

Physical Demands and Work Environment: 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. The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position. The position is primarily administrative in nature, working indoors, completing tasks such as reading and reviewing reports, papers and other documents, typing, filing, writing reports, correspondence and other documents. This portion of the job will require sitting, walking, bending, kneeling, standing, hearing, speaking and lifting boxes up to 20 pounds occasionally. Specific vision abilities required by this position include close, distance, and the ability to adjust focus.

Compensation:  The Kennel Technician, is a full/part time position and requires a minimum of 19 - 36 hours a week including possible attendance at public meetings (including evenings). The pay range is $17 – 21 per hour.

The job description does not constitute an employment agreement between the employer and employee and is subject to change by the employer as the needs of the employer and requirements of the job change.  

**Disclaimer: The duties and responsibilities described above are not a comprehensive list and additional tasks may be assigned to the employee, time to time; the scope of the job may change as necessitated by business demands. Click “View Application” below for more detail on this specific job.