Animal Control Officer II

Collier County strives to be an employer of choice, and many of our employees build long‑term careers with us. The salary listed in the job description reflects the full pay range for this position, from entry level through advanced career stages.

NEW EMPLOYEES ARE HIRED AT, OR NEAR THE ENTRY POINT SHOWN, DEPENDING ON QUALIFICATIONS AND RELEVANT EXPERIENCE.

Performs general/specialized work functions associated with providing effective and efficient animal control, protecting the health and welfare of citizens and animals, and enforcing state and local animal control ordinances.

• Supervises, directs, and evaluates assigned staff, processing employee concerns and problems, directing work, counseling, disciplining, and completing employee performance appraisals.
• Coordinates and assists with overseeing operations and activities of animal control officers; trains newly appointed officers.
• Organizes and prioritizes complaints and staff work assignments; ensures completion of assigned tasks in an effective and efficient manner.
• Enforces the provisions of federal, states, and local codes and ordinances providing for regulation, care, and registration of animals.
• Patrols county streets and responds to dispatched calls form citizens concerning animal control issues such as potential animal abuse, animal bites, stray/nuisance animals, wild/dangerous animals, and injured/dead animals.
• Organizes and prioritizes complaints; verifies vaccinations and licensing of animals; distributes and collects licenses form veterinarians.
• Attempts to keep the peace between complainants and animal owners; issues warnings and citations for violations of animal control laws and advises owners of their responsibilities; follows up as necessary.
• Tracks and traps/captures animals; assists with locating lost pets; may remove animals form roofs, trees, and under houses; impounds animals in violation of ordinances; assist with disaster animal response.
• Handles animals, retraining as appropriate; administers medical aid to injured animals; transports to animal shelter, veterinarian, or as otherwise directed; prepares and administers medications, vaccinations, and worming treatments.
• Assists in subduing feral animals; arranges quarantines with owners of animals for rabies observations; returns animals to owners after appropriate detainment or after having been found; decapitates and ships specimens to the state lab for rabies testing as necessary.
• Investigates, collects evidence, establishes files, prepare and type investigative reports and compiles animal control related cases; prepares for, attends, and testifies in courtroom hearings and juridical proceedings as necessary.
• Educates the public on responsibilities of pet ownership, animal care techniques and procedures, laws and ordinances, and pet adoption; handles public inquiries concerning animal services and pet adoptions.
• Receives and records call information in appropriate database; prioritizes requested field services and notifies animal control officers via two-way radio to respond to requests for service; ensures information in the appropriate database is complete and accurate.
• Provides callers with general information regarding animal-related laws and ordinances, zoonotic diseases and rabies quarantine procedures, and Division policies and procedures; attempts to resolve complaints or refers callers to appropriate division, County, or outside agency personnel or community resources when appropriate.
• Processes adoptions and impounded animals; identifies color, sex, breed of animals; scans animals for identification chips; places identification band on animal and cage card on cage; houses animals in proper area of kennel.
• Processes and maintains identification…