Description Weld County Sheriff's Office is seeking an Animal Control Officer. Animal/Code Enforcement Officer is an entry level position that enforces Weld County Ordinances pertaining to failure to control animals, littering, and excessive noise. Officers respond to animal, littering, noise and dumping complaints; capture and transport animals; search through debris for evidence; investigate ordinance violations; issue citations for animal, noise, and littering violations; document facts in writing; provide court testimony; work closely with other officers, the public, the Humane Society, and the Office of Emergency management.

10 hour shifts generally 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.

$24.18 - $30.63 per hour plus benefits (see benefits tab).

As an applicant for this position, you should be aware of Senate Bill 19-085, the Equal Pay for Equal Work Act. The act requires employers to announce the pay range for job openings. This range encompasses the nine pay steps available should you receive the position and demonstrate satisfactory performance over time.

This position is non-exempt from the minimum wage and overtime requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities The following job duties are established to outline the basic duties and responsibilities of the above captioned position. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.

Respond to and investigate citizen calls for service, daily, to provide public service and to enforce animal, noise, and littering related ordinances, and state laws and regulations in a fair, impartial, and legally defensible manner to maintain public safety.

Safely operate a motor vehicle.

Handle and/or transport domestic, and sometimes vicious, animals; primarily canines, but frequently includes felines, livestock, and wild animals

Operate a tranquilizing dart gun to control wild, vicious, or otherwise uncontrollable animals.

Operate catch poles and animal traps.

Exercise independent judgment and discretion within legal and departmental guidelines to achieve desired results.

Write reports and provide necessary information to successfully prosecute animal, noise and littering ordinance violations.

Converse Communicate with and listen to victims, citizens, witnesses, and others to obtain accurate objective information to successfully disposition citizen calls for service.

Qualifications REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

High School Diploma or GED equivalent

Ability to communicate effectively in verbal and written English, and to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, procedure, and operating manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.

Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Ability to operate telephones; computer terminal, keyboard, photocopier, and scanning instrumentation; tranquilizer gun; two-way radios; and job-related equipment, such as animal traps and catch poles.