Day Field Coordinator

Full Job Description

Job Description
This Day Field Coordinator is responsible for supervising staff and overseeing day-to-day activities associated with the enforcement of animal ordinances, public relations, and care of animals.

Essential Duties

• Prioritizing and assigning work, ensuring compliance with policies and procedures, and maintaining a healthy and safe working environment
• Conducting performance evaluations and staff training; as well as, making hiring, termination, and disciplinary recommendations
• Preparing, approving, and maintaining incident reports, records, and activity logs of action taken
• Overseeing the care, feeding, and disposal of animals following governing ordinances and federal and state laws
• Managing basic animal care and control of contagious diseases within the facility
• Completing and submitting paperwork while acting as a liaison for payroll, human resources, workers compensation and purchasing for the division
• Ensuring all accidents are reported to the staff and appropriate forms are completed This includes all reports to the Georgia Department of Agriculture, Georgia Department of Human Health and Georgia Department of Natural Resources
• Performing inspections of the facility, equipment, vehicles, and workstations for cleanliness, service, and proper usage
• Acting as the liaison between the public, government, and business sectors when dealing with animal-related problems, and providing educational programs
• Acting as the field training officer and completing and maintaining all necessary training documents for new road officers
• Issuing citations and written warnings to violators
  

Public Speaking Duties

• Acting as a liaison between public, government and business sectors when dealing with animal related problems and in providing educational programs.

Other Job Requirements/Information

• This job is a safety sensitive position that will require a pre-employment drug test and subsequent random drug and alcohol testing.
• This job may require on-call rotation and emergency after hours, weekends, and/or holidays.

Grade
The grade for this position is 101. Salary will be dependent on education and experience.

Effective 4/11/2023, this position is eligible for the Employee Referral Program.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business administration, veterinary science, animal science, or a similar field
• Two years of animal welfare or control, veterinary science, or animal science experience
  • An equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential duties of the job such as those listed above will also be considered.
• Valid driver's license
• The following training/certifications are required to be completed within 6 months of employment:
  • First Aid and CPR Certification

Preferred Qualifications in addition to the above minimum qualifications

• Three years of progressive lead experience in animal welfare or control
• The following training/certifications:
  • First Aid and CPR Certification
  • ASP Baton Training
  • Basic Chemical Capture Training
  • Neglect & Cruelty Training
  • Rabies Training
  • Crematory Training
  • Euthanasia Training
  • Defensive Driving Certificate
  • Pre-exposure Rabies Vaccine or current titer

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Note: The class specifications listed on this website are not the official class specifications for Gwinnett County and are subject to change.

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