Overview
Adoption and Animal Care Specialist Jobs in Scottsdale, USA at Maricopa County
Pay Range
Anticipated Hiring Range: $20.25 – $26.38 hourly
Full Pay Range: $20.25 – $32.50 hourly
Salary offers are based on the candidate’s equivalent experience and internal equity with other employees within the same job classification. The position is eligible for overtime compensation for all hours worked over 40 in the designated workweek.
Posting Date
07/28/26
Final date to receive applications
07/31/26
Job Type
Unclassified
Department
Animal Care and Control
About The Position
Are you passionate about connecting adopters with pets, caring for animals, and providing excellent experiences for people and pets?
As an Adoption and Animal Care Specialist, you will play a critical role in matching animals with customers looking to adopt while providing daily cleaning and care at our Pet Smart Everyday Adoption Center (EAC). You will conduct animal meet-and-greets and facilitate a conversational adoption approach through open dialogue. You will be essential in promoting our animals by ensuring that their bios and photos are updated regularly.
As one of our champions, you will lead efforts to identify customers’ needs and assist them through the adoption process. This position requires the employee to be in the office and customer-facing for all hours worked.
What better way to contribute to our mission than to be on the front line, bringing together the people and pets of Maricopa County!
About Us
Maricopa County Animal Care & Control employees are committed to animal welfare and strengthening the human-animal bond in our community, and we are always looking to add talented individuals to our team. As one of the nation’s largest open-admission shelters, we work with our community to serve the animals and people of Maricopa County. Our adoptions, shelter, clinic, and animal services officer teams learn firsthand about the proper care of homeless and stray animals and work hard to help find them new homes.
Proud
to Offer
- Work with a greater purpose
- Tuition reimbursement
- Exceptional work-life balance
- Opportunities for growth and development within Maricopa County
- Low-cost, high-value healthcare for you and your qualifying dependents
- Child care benefits, including access to our on-site center Maricopa County Kids Club, dedicated to serving Maricopa County families
- Paid vacation, sick time, and parental leave
- Extensive wellness program, including an incentive
- Enrollment in the Arizona State Retirement System, a defined retirement benefit requiring a 11.98% per paycheck contribution rate that includes a 100% employer match on Day 1
- Want to learn more about the County’s Qualifying and Compensation Philosophy? Follow this link to learn more! Work With Us | Maricopa County, AZ
We Require
- Two years of experience in a retail or similar customer service role
- Six months of experience handling animals
- High school diploma or GED
- A combination of post-secondary education and/or job-related experience may substitute for the minimum qualifications on a year-for-year basis
Other Requirements
- Must be flexible and able to work all shifts, which include starting as early as 6 am and finishing as late as 9 pm, working weekends and holidays, determined by the needs of the Department
- Must complete animal handling training within three months of employment.
We Also Value
- Animal adoption experience in an animal welfare-type environment
- Experience with processing financial transactions
- Bilingual skills in English/Spanish
Job Contributions
- Conduct daily kennel cleaning, laundry, dishes, feeding, and welfare rounds. Maintain the cleanliness of the EAC, including front and back of the house areas
- Conduct animal adoption meet-and-greets and review information and adoption materials with potential adopters
- Perform accurate data entry, including adoption processing, fee collection, entering animal, person, and medical information, and creating and updating animal bios and photos
- Maintain an EAC floor presence and actively engage with the general public and Pet Smart employees to facilitate matchmaking and a positive customer experience
- Demonstrate excellent verbal and written skills, including clear and effective communication with others (staff, public, volunteers)…
Title: Adoption and Animal Care Specialist
Company: Maricopa County
Location: Scottsdale, USA
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