Animal Control Officer III - Neglect and Cruelty Investigator

Full Time
Gwinnett County, GA
Posted
Job description
Class Summary


The Neglect and Cruelty Investigator will be responsible for responding to Animal Welfare calls for service. This position will also serve in a lead capacity to include assigning work and training.

Essential Duties
  • Processing crime scenes
  • Documenting evidence
  • Issuing citations
  • Preparing court cases
  • Impounding animals involved in cases
  • Maintaining documentation (chain of custody, mass impound, and evidence logs)
  • Communicating with veterinary staff
  • Maintaining an organized filling system
Public Speaking Duties
  • Testifying in court
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 B23(3). The salary starts at $46,341.00 and will be dependent on qualifications.

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

Minimum Qualification s
  • High School Diploma, or G.E.D.
  • Three years of animal control experience
  • or, an equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential duties of the job such as those listed above
  • Valid driver's license
  • Defensive Driving Certificate
  • Pre-Exposure Rabies vaccine or current titer
  • Training
    • Control pole training
    • Asp Baton training
    • Basic Chemical Capture
    • Crematory training
    • Euthanasia training
    • State Inmate Supervisor training
Preferred Qualifications
  • Overnight On-call experience
  • Sworn in
  • Certificates
    • Fuel site certificate
    • Neglect certificate
    • NACA II certificate
  • Training
    • TNR training (Trap Neuter Return Community Cat Program)
    • Road operations training
For information related to position-specific essential duties

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

Additional Information
The Department of Community Services' Animal Welfare and Enforcement Division, a recognized leader in the state and region, whose mission is to continue to offer the greatest domestic animal care, education, safety, and services for the residents of Gwinnett; while striving to be the pinnacle of Animal Welfare agencies in not only in Georgia, but also the entire Southeast.

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About Gwinnett County
Welcome to Gwinnett County — one of America's fastest-growing counties for the past 20 years. Our dynamic and exciting county combines the best of big-city living with the comforts of the suburbs.

The county's population in 2000 was about 588,448 and we’ve only continued to grow since then, with the population expected to reach one million by the year 2022.

Gwinnett has many advantages, beginning with its location and road system. The county is just 45 minutes from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and 30 minutes from downtown Atlanta. Thanks to this location, 80 percent of the U.S. population is within a two-hour flight. Georgia Highway 316 has been extended to Athens, reducing travel time to the University of Georgia to 25 minutes. Gwinnett's infrastructure includes more than 2,750 miles of roadways to provide excellent mobility for our residents.

The County Administrator and County Attorney are appointed by the Board of Commissioners and serve at its pleasure. To implement the Board's policy directives, the County Administrator uses a management team consisting of members of his immediate staff and 14 department directors. The 14 departments that make up the executive side are Police Services, Fire and Emergency Services, Corrections, Communications, Support Services, Financial Services, Community Services, Human Resources, Information Technology Services, Law, Planning and Development, Water Resources, Child Advocacy & Juvenile Services, and Transportation. Each department is run by a director who is charged with managing operations in a manner which stresses the County’s values.

In addition to the executive side of County government, certain services are provided through Constitutional officers and independent elected officials. These external offices are created by the Georgia Constitution or through state law. In Gwinnett, they include the Sheriff, Tax Commissioner, District Attorney, Solicitor, Probate Court Judge, and Chief Magistrate.

Vision
Gwinnett is the preferred community where everyone thrives!

Mission
Gwinnett proudly supports our vibrantly connected community by delivering superior services.

Values

Integrity: We believe in being honest, building trust, and having strong moral principles.

Accountability: We believe in stewardship, transparency, and sustainability.

Equity: We believe in fairness and respect for all.

Inclusivity: We believe in engaging, embracing, and unifying our communities.

Innovation: We believe in continual adaptation of technology, process, and experience.

Hiring Process

Gwinnett County is an Equal Opportunity Employer. For more information regarding our hiring process, please click the links below:
  • Hiring Process
  • FAQs
Gwinnett County is committed to creating a diverse workforce. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we prohibit discrimination on the basis of genetic information (including sex), race, color, national origin (including ancestry), gender (identity and expression), sexual orientation, age, marital status, familial status (including pregnancy), disability, military or veteran status, religion, political affiliation, immigration status, homeless status, or any other category protected by law.

For questions about recruitment, or to request a reasonable accommodation during the application, interview, or testing process, please call Human Resources at 770-822-7915 or email Jobs@GwinnettCounty.com.


Our Benefits program is designed to support every aspect of our employees’ lives, from physical and emotional to social and financial.

Along with their salary, employees receive a variety of comprehensive benefits as part of their total compensation.

On average, our employees’ benefits are worth 48 percent of their base salary!

In other words, employees would spend nearly half of their pay to purchase these benefits on their own. For employees’ medical premium alone, the County contributes an average of 91 percent of the cost!


Health

  • Medical plans for active and retired employees
  • Dental and vision plans
  • Prescription drug plan

Wellness
  • Onsite Employee Wellness Center
  • 24/7 Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  • Immunizations
  • Wellness education and incentive programs
  • Annual wellness fair

Family and Career
  • Training and professional development opportunities
  • Family planning benefits
  • Four weeks of paid parental leave

Time
  • Annual/Sick Leave
  • 12 paid holidays per calendar year
  • 1 paid floating holiday per calendar year

Money
  • Flexible spending accounts for medical and dependent care
  • Health Reimbursement Arrangement (HRA) available
  • Health Savings Account (HSA) available
  • Retirement and Savings Plans
  • 401(a) Defined Contribution
  • 457 (b) Deferred Compensation
  • Longevity pay
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Financial education programs

Protection
  • Basic, optional, and dependent life insurance
  • Short-term and long-term disability
  • Critical illness and accident insurance
  • Hospital indemnity insurance
  • Identity theft protection

To learn more about the Benefits offered at Gwinnett County, click here.

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