Job description
Major Duties and Responsibilities
- Interviews, hires, trains, assigns, supervises, evaluates, and disciplines personnel; addresses complaints and resolves problems.
- Prepares revisions to codes to improve the efficiency of operations in regards to animal control laws.
- Serves as liaison between the division and the Animal Control Advisory Board, the City Council, the Mayor, the City Manager, the Department of Health, the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Natural Resources, non-profit animal agencies, and other special interest groups.
- Plans long-range goals, objectives, organizational structure, and overall direction for the division.
- Develops, communicates, and monitors policies, procedures, and standards for the division.
- Formulates objectives, provides guidance, and facilitates the automation of office procedures, activities, and records.
- Develops and recommends annual operating budget; monitors and administers approved budget.
- Manages the purchasing and inventory control of equipment, supplies, and other materials.
- Develops strategies to increase revenues.
- Develops and utilizes cost containment methods.
- Oversees the collection and accounting of all revenue generated by the division; participates in the request for proposal process for the provision of contractual services.
- Writes detailed or technical reports of all findings, conclusions, and recommendations based on analysis and interpretation of data.
- Signs official documents; drafts, reviews, or prepares legal instruments in preparation for amending various local ordinances.
- Provides information to local and national media, government officials, the general public, schools, civic clubs, and other organizations.
- Attends and conducts meetings and public hearings.
- Ensures the correct interpretation of all local ordinances and state and federal laws governing animal control.
- Oversees the operation of the Animal Control Center.
- Responds to citizens' complaints; monitors the use and control of drugs at the Animal Control Center.
- Provides guidance to staff concerning unusual circumstances related to holding time, adoption, and euthanasia.
- Ensures that the Animal Control Center adheres to state laws.
- Performs other related duties as assigned.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Knowledge of the principles and practices of animal control management.
- Knowledge of the principles and practices of budgetary development management.
- Knowledge of the principles of records management.
- Knowledge of standard business arithmetic.
- Skill in developing and implementing policies and procedures.
- Skill in problem-solving and decision-making.
- Skill in management and supervision.
- Skill in operating standard office equipment.
- Skill in oral and written communication.
Minimum Educational and Training Requirements
A Bachelor Degree in Business Administration or related field is required. Experience sufficient to thoroughly understand the work of subordinate positions and to be able to answer questions and resolve problems, usually associated with one to three years of experience or service. Possession of or ability to readily obtain a valid driver's license issued by -the State of Georgia for the type of vehicle or equipment operated.
Physical Requirements
The work is typically performed while intermittently sitting, standing, bending, crouching, or stooping. The employee frequently lifts light and heavy objects, uses tools or equipment requiring a high degree of dexterity, and must be able to distinguish between shades of color. Additionally, the following physical abilities are required:
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Balancing – maintain equilibrium to prevent falling while walking, standing, or crouching. -
Climbing – ascending, descending ladders, stairs, ramps, requires body agility.
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Crawling – moving about on hands, knees, or hands, feet.
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Crouching – bending body forward by bending leg, spine.
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Feeling – perceiving attributes of objects by touch with skin, fingertips.
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Grasping – applying pressure to object with fingers, palm.
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Handling – picking, holding, or working with whole hand.
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Hearing 1 – perceiving sounds at normal speaking levels, receive information.
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Hearing 2 – receive detailed information, make discrimination in sound.
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Kneeling – bending legs at knee to come to rest at knees.
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Lifting – raising objects from lower to higher position, moving objects side to side, using upper extremities, back.
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Manual Dexterity – picking, pinching, typing, working with fingers rather than hand.
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Mental Acuity – ability to make rational decisions through sound logic, deductive reasoning.
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Pulling - use upper extremities to exert force, haul or tug.
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Pushing – use upper extremities to press against objects with force, or thrust forward, downward, outward.
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Reaching – extending hands or arms in any direction.
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Repetitive Motion – substantial movements of wrists, hands, fingers.
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Speaking – expressing ideas with spoken word, convey detailed, important instructions accurately, concisely.
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Standing – for sustained periods of time.
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Stooping – bending body downward, forward at waist, with full motion of lower extremities and back.
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Talking 1- expressing ideas by spoken word
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Talking 2 – shouting to be heard above ambient noise.
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Visual Acuity 1 - prepare, analyze data, transcribing, computer terminal, extensive reading.
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Visual Acuity 2 - color, depth perception, field of vision.
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Visual Acuity 3 - determine accuracy, neatness, observe facilities/structures.
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Visual Acuity 4 - operate motor vehicles/heavy equipment.
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Visual Acuity 4 - operate motor vehicles/heavy equipment.
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Visual Acuity 5 -close acuity for inspection of small defects, machines, use measurement devices, or fabricate parts.
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Walking - on foot to accomplish tasks, long distances, or site to site.
The work is typically performed outdoors. The employee is exposed to noise, dust, dirt, grease, irritating chemicals, contagious or infectious diseases, and inclement weather conditions. Work requires the use of protective devices such as masks, goggles, or gloves.
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