Animal Services Officer

Are you passionate about animal welfare? Chatham County Animal Services is seeking a dedicated Animal Services Officer to enforce animal control laws, respond to emergencies, and provide compassionate care to animals in need.

Under the supervision of the Animal Services Supervisor, you 

• Enforce animal service laws and regulations and respond to citizen calls and complaints regarding animal service issues. 
• Patrol an assigned area to capture and impound stray, nuisance, and dangerous animals. 
• Respond to dispatched calls/emergencies and investigate complaints of stray, sick, injured, nuisance, or dangerous animals. 
• Capture sick or injured animals whose owners are unknown and transport them to the veterinarian. 
• Use your knowledge of investigative techniques and resources to recognize signs of disease, abuse, or extreme distress in animals and notice details relevant to establishing the facts of a case. 
• Use chemicals and cleaning solutions for quarantine and sanitation practices. 
• Prepare and maintain case reports on all animals, issue summonses to court on animal-related issues, and serve subpoenas for violations of Federal, State, and/or County animal control laws, codes, and ordinances.
• May testify and present evidence in court cases or hearings. 
• Will be trained according to health department guidelines to humanely euthanize unwanted, sick, or badly injured animals and dispose of deceased animals. 
• Must be available to work evenings, weekends, and holidays because Animal Services is open seven (7) days per week. Daily hours may vary. 
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• High School Diploma or GED, and 
• At least two (2) years of experience working with animals in an animal shelter or veterinary clinic; or 
• Any equivalent combination of experience and training. 
• Must possess the National Animal Control Association certification or be able to obtain certification within two (2) years of employment. 
• Must be able to become skilled in the procedure of administering intravenous, intra-peritoneal, and intra-cardiac injections when administering euthanasia drugs, along with the skill to reasonably estimate an animal’s weight when administering the injections. 
• Must possess and maintain a valid driver’s license.