Assistant Chief Dog Warden

Duties:

• Demonstrates regular and predictable attendance.
• Promotes and maintains positive and effective working relationships and promotes good public relationships as a representative of Licking County Government.
• Assists the Chief Dog Warden to ensure assignments are complete, provides training and evaluates employee performance; receives and resolves employee issues according to established guidelines; approves timesheets and leave requests. Interviews and hires candidates for employment. Actively involved in employee relations. Ensures employees within the Office of the Licking County Dog Warden comply with all laws.
• Recommends and assists with corrective action/discipline to the Dog Warden as necessary.
• Ensures reconciliation of license sales, adoptions, etc., against receipts and logs; prepares daily cash for deposit with Auditors/Treasurers Office on regular/daily basis; makes daily cash deposits in the absence of the Dog Warden. audits daily cash receipts (pay-ins) on a weekly/monthly basis.
• Assists in developing, administering and monitoring internal policies and procedures.
• Oversees proper housing and daily care of dogs in the shelter.
• Determines impound times, euthanasia and disposal of dogs per the ORC; Euthanize dogs.
• Assists the Chief Dog Warden with coordinating and overseeing the spay & neuter program, policy compliance of Volunteer/Community Service personnel program.
• Assists Chief Dog Warden in maintaining accurate, detailed department records to include pet adoptions, licenses, vaccinations, equipment inventory, etc.; Prepares a variety of reports (e.g., statistics, progress, budget, etc.)
• Monitors mileage and maintenance on all vehicles.
• Issues citations and files criminal complaints for violations of the ORC; Prepares documents and statements of charges to present in a court of law, appears and testifies in a court of law.
• Prepares and monitors all fiscal expenditures (accounts receivable, accounts payable, inventory, payroll, travel expense, purchasing, etc.); Coordinates grant applications to seek funding for canine protection and canine/animal education, sheltering and control.
• Handles public relations to include media inquiries and education in the absence of the Chief Dog Warden.