Department: General Services Department
Salary: $25.00 - $27.57 Commensurate with Experience
Welcome to the City of Charlotte
Charlotte is America’s Queen City, opening her arms to a diverse and inclusive community of residents, businesses and visitors alike. Here you will find a safe, family-oriented city where people work together to help everyone thrive. The mission of the City of Charlotte is to deliver quality public services and promote the safety, health, and quality of life for all residents.
Our guiding principles include:
Attracting and retaining a skilled and diverse workforce
Valuing teamwork, openness, accountability, productivity, and employee development
Providing all customers with courteous, responsive, accessible, and seamless quality services
Taking initiative to identify, analyze, and solve problems
Collaborating with stakeholders to make informed decisions
SUMMARY
This position, located within the Shelter Operations Division of Animal Care and Control, is responsible for the financial processing and related record-keeping associated with animal services. This includes the receipt and disbursement of monies for activities such as adoptions, reclaims, license sales, and the intake of stray and owner-released animals. Furthermore, the role requires effective communication with the public regarding these services and the ability to service as a primary adoption and intake counselor for the agency, including the physical handling of adoptable and stray animals.
Major Duties and Responsibilities:
- Process payments for animal-related services, such as adoptions, reclaims, licenses, citations, and permits.
- Maintain records of payments received and generate reports.
- Provide courteous and professional customer service.
- Address questions, problems, or requests from customers or staff.
- Complete general financial activities, such as processing invoices, collecting payments, and issuing receipts.
- Compile, copy, sort, and file records of office activities.
- Prepare injury reports for animal bites or other injuries.
- Contact officers or supervisors to dispatch animal control personnel to appropriate locations.
- Process strays and owner-released animals by generating computer records.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
- In addition to these specific duties, an animal control clerk may also be responsible for:
- Answering phones and providing information about animal control services.
- Helping to maintain the animal shelter, such as cleaning and feeding animals.
- Transporting animals to and from the shelter.
- Assisting with adoptions and reclaims.
- Promoting animal adoption and responsible pet ownership.
- Performs other duties as assigned
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
- Principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction
- Excellent communication skills
- Administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, and other office procedures and terminology
- Laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, and agency rules
- Principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems
- Must be familiar with the operations of computerized data entry terminals
- Must possess some knowledge of basic accounting principles, especially internal controls as related to safe handling of monies
- Record detailed documentation providing accurate and accessible audit trails
- Understand and follow through on both oral and written instructions
- Exercise good judgment and self-control during stressful situations and peak workload periods
Minimum Qualifications:
- High School Diploma or GED with three (3) years of relevant work experience in animal related or customer service related field.
CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT
The City’s Background Check Policy requires background checks to be conducted on final internal or external candidate(s) applying for any position with the City of Charlotte. The type of information that will be collected as part of a background check includes, but is not limited to: reference checks, social security verification, education verification, criminal conviction record check, and, if applicable, a credit history check, sex offender registry and motor vehicle records check.
Background checks must be in compliance with all federal and state statutes, such as the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). The checks must be consistent with the guidelines set forth by these laws requiring organizations to obtain a candidate’s written authorization before obtaining a criminal background report, motor vehicle records check or credit report; and to properly store and dispose of information derived from such reports.
Final candidates must pass a pre-employment drug-screening test and physical examination. During the selection process, candidates may be asked to take a skills test, and/or participate in other assessments.
The City of Charlotte is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, national origin, marital status, age, disability, sexual orientation, political affiliation or on the basis of actual or perceived gender as expressed through dress, appearance, or behavior.
Our culture is to serve the community honorably.
HOW TO APPLY
Apply online.
Federal law requires employers to provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. Please tell us if you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job.
You are welcome to visit the City of Charlotte Human Resources Department lobby, where self-service application kiosks are available. They are located in our office at 700 East 4th Street, Suite 200, Charlotte, NC 28202. We are open Monday through Friday, from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. (EST), excluding official City holidays.
For questions about your application or the hiring process, please email Careers@ci.charlotte.nc.us.
The City of Charlotte is committed to making our services and programs accessible to all. Upon request, auxiliary aids, written materials in alternate formats, language access, and other reasonable accommodations or modifications will be provided. To make a request, please fill out the Innovation & Technology ADA request form or call 704.336.4120.
BENEFITS
The City of Charlotte provides a comprehensive benefits package to eligible employees.
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The City of Charlotte is a drug and alcohol-free workplace.