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CITY OF WEATHERFORD, TEXAS JOB OPPORTUNITY ANNOUNCEMENT POSTING DATE: April 9, 2021
JOB ANNOUNCEMENT NO. 2361/04/09/2021 POSITION TITLE: ANIMAL SERVICES MANAGER SALARY: $60,652.80 to $66,892.80 (DOQ)
Who we are needing on our team: Want to use your management skills and work around animals? Do you also want to be involved with the care of animals in our community? This career position is for you. You are a seasoned manager, willing to take on difficult situations by thinking outside the box. You are a self-directed, organized, and articulate person. You pride yourself on customer service skills and can demonstrate these skills to a team. You enjoy all the responsibilities of management including skills in accuracy, disciplinary actions, safety responsibilities, training, and appropriate team building. You enjoy resolving complaints in a friendly and timely manner, and effectively demonstrate this skill to team members. You are a master of public communications and enjoy speaking to groups about your passion for animals. You have considerable knowledge of municipal animal shelter and control operations. You create and maintain positive, resilient workplace cultures where you address issued head on; you have success in forging and maintaining positive, productive, and collaborative relationships with stakeholder groups and the community. You enjoy preparing, administering, and monitoring an annual budget.
Who you will be working with: You will be working with a very strong team of goal-oriented individuals who all have a passion for serving the community through the Animal Shelter and Animal Control. You will be reporting to the Assistant Director of Municipal and Community Services.
The first hurdle: We are hoping you have all of these important assets. If you don’t, please tell us how close you come. Ideally, you have a Bachelor’s Degree in a related field of study and a minimum of four years of management experience, including budgetary and staff supervision in animal shelter, humane society, or similar field, preferably in a municipal shelter. Previous experience in these areas works for us, as well. Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite, including Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.; ability to compose and write reports, letters, correspondence, memos, policies, and presentations. You must have a valid Texas driver’s license and your driving record must meet or surpass our guidelines as set by the City. You must have a clear criminal history. You must have or be able to obtain your Basic Animal Control Certification within six months of employment. You must have or be able to obtain your Euthanasia Certification issued by the Texas Department of Health within six months of employment.
The City of Weatherford – Who we are: We are a strong, progressive community of 30,000 citizens. We oversee the Weatherford Parker County Animal Shelter and provide animal services to 910 square miles of Parker County, taking in between 6,000 and 6,500 living animals a year. We enjoy our small town feel with our big city ideas and amenities like our state-of-the-art Medical and Surgical Center where we are partnering with Weatherford College to teach an Associate’s Degree in Applied Science in Veterinary Technology from our shelter, as well as other city amenities like our mountain bike trails, disc golf, an allinclusive park for kids, our lake, access to over nineteen parks, and our hike and bike trail system that is over twenty miles long. We are committed to our customers and take pride in our Strong Community philosophy, such as proactively working with the community and region to foster safe, healthy, and caring relationships between people and animals in our community. Our purpose is to improve the bonds between humans and their animals through effective outreach and customer service. Our city embraces our heritage along with a progressive future, with our monumental courthouse in the square, cutting horses, the annual Peach Festival, our amazing outdoor concerts, quality schools, a great medical center, an unsurpassed Fourth of July celebration, and many exciting family events. The biggest part of Weatherford is that we are growing, creating our future, and having fun doing it.