Shelter Attendant (Animal Services)

The City of Fayetteville is committed to attracting, engaging and rewarding a multi-generational workforce. By offering a total rewards package including competitive compensation and benefits plans and a purposeful work life, the City is an employer of choice focused on serving our community.

• Assist the public with adoptions and counsel potential adopters on training, behavior and pet care.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
• Perform first view examinations of eyes, ears, paws, teeth, coat, weight and overall health, administer dog and cat vaccinations, flea and tick control and administer medications as directed by staff veterinarian.
• Utilize safe handling practices and use of chemicals (bleach and disinfectant).
• Educate the public about spaying and neutering and disease and illness prevention.
• Ensure proper use and disposal of needles and syringes and safety equipment.
• Handle feral cats and aggressive dogs.
• Assist and hold animal during euthanasia.
• Provide good customer service to both internal and external customers, maintain positive and effective working relationships with other City employees (especially members of his or her own team), and have regular and reliable attendance that is non-disruptive.
• Clean, disinfect and maintain facility including; cages, walls and floors. Launder and disinfect bedding, toys, and towels in an efficient manner.
• Knowledge and use of computer in order to enter information on persons and animals, document behavior, medications and vaccines given.
• Scan for and implant microchips.
• Feed and socialize animals; provide toys, beds and comforts of home.
• Properly restrain animals and assist in taking blood work.

• Perform office duties by answering phone, dispatching officers to calls, intaking animals, processing applications and adoptions, issuing city licenses and rabies tags, when officers are unavailable.
• Secondary duties as assigned.

• Must be proficient in the use of a washer/dryer, safety gloves, cat capture tools, tongs, needles/syringes, micro chip scanner, hoses and disinfectant sprayers.
• High school diploma or GED.
• Effectively communicate with others orally and in writing.
• Must be 18 years of age or older.
• Must be available to work weekends and/or holidays as needed.
• While performing the functions of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. The employee regularly is required to stand, walk, and sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds
• Must be proficient in the use of a personal computer and other related software programs. Must be able to effectively operate standard office equipment.
• While performing the functions of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to wet/and or humid conditions, moving mechanical parts; fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals and outside weather conditions.

Full Time, 40 or more hours per week, non uniformed employee. Eligible for all City benefits offered to full time non uniformed employees and all full time City accruals of paid leave.