Animal Enrichment Coordinator

Overview

Are you looking for a position with a work/life balance? Do you want four weeks off during your first year of employment? Do you want low and no-cost health insurance options? If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, you need to complete your application now. Work for the city you love!!!

Animal Care and Protective Services is actively seeking an Animal Enrichment Coordinator. Did you know as a City of Jacksonville employee, you would also have twelve paid holidays and a personal leave day? In addition to health insurance, dental, vision, life insurance and flexible spending plans are available. City of Jacksonville employees are also eligible for Federal Student Loan Forgiveness after ten years of public service and on-time payments.

This is technical work in the identification of behavior problems, evaluation of concerning behaviors and creation, implementation and execution of behavior modification and training protocol. Work requires knowledge of techniques, methods and procedures used in behavior training using specialized skills or equipment, which are acquired through training and applicable on-the-job experience. Contacts with others require skills in understanding and/or influencing people and are important in providing client services, including requesting or providing information, taking a behavior history, asking questions, or obtaining clarification.

Skills of persuasiveness, assertiveness, and sensitivity to others’ point of view are often required to influence behavior, change an opinion, or turn a situation around. The work is semi-routine in that tasks are covered by procedures or precedents, but some latitude is permitted to consider the most appropriate method, technique, or procedure to follow. The work is patterned involving similar situations and generally requiring only the choice of the correct procedure.

Operates standard office equipment such as a personal computer, two-way radio, euthanasia equipment, and animal restraint equipment. Operates a motor vehicle. Work is performed in an animal shelter environment, where there are some risks and hazards due to handling of vicious, ill, infectious, and potentially rabid animals, and exposure to offensive odors, chemicals, and other airborne nuisances but the hazards are known, somewhat predictable and mostly controllable.

Works also in the transportation of animals to and from offsite locations. The physical demands consist mainly of standing, walking, sitting and sometimes lifting objects weighing more than 50 pounds. The work is performed under general supervision where the work assignments are varied and, although subject to standard practices and procedures, the worker is permitted some latitude to set own priorities subject to supervisor's approval.

• Monitors and assesses behavioral requests within 48 hours.
• Oversees daily enrichment and leads daily play groups.
• Documents results and updates status and/or holds and memo information based on results.
• Works with animals and creates behavior modification protocols unique to each animal’s noted challenges.
• Documents activities in shelter software program.
• Assists with public requests for behavior assistance.
• Provides training for volunteers and staff.
• Meets with adopters as needed to provide counseling and education on behavior training protocols and strategies.
• Assists with the planning of activities for and at adoption events.
• Coordinates volunteer dog handlers specifically working in behavior and modification programs.
• Maintains up-to-date knowledge of animal sheltering best practices for enrichments and animal behavior and recommends programming changes to keep innovative programs moving forward.
• Reports to work location during emergency circumstances such as actual and anticipated natural and man-made disasters.
• Performs euthanasia as taught by the FACA (Florida Animal Control Association) approved class and in compliance with the ACPS euthanasia protocol.
• Operates standard office equipment such as personal computer using word, spreadsheet, database and other related software, two-way radio, euthanasia equipment, and animal restraint equipment.
• Operates a motor…