Relief Animal Care Worker

Application

Animal Services

Exempt | Location: Civic Center

Hourly Salary

$26.44

contact information

Arthur Palomar
213-978-1808
Animalservices.careers@lacity.org

job description

CITY OF LOS ANGELES

DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL SERVICES

Job Opportunity

PART-TIME RELIEF ANIMAL CARE WORKER (0703)

The Department of Animal Services is seeking highly motivated candidates who desire to be part of our team by providing quality care to animals in the City’s animal care centers.

DUTIES

Receives and cares for all types of domestic and wild animals; assists with transferring animals to other shelters; explains regulations regarding disposition of animals to the public; cares for dangerous and/or diseased and injured animals; and cleans cages, kennels, vehicles, buildings, yards, and equipment.
Must assist in humanely euthanizing animals due to disease, injury, or overcrowded conditions.
Assists in giving first aid and emergency medical treatment to diseased and injured animals and calls the Department Veterinary staff or an outside veterinarian when needed.
Requires contact with the public, volunteers, adoption partners, local veterinarians/clinic, internal staff, and staff in other departments.
Provides excellent customer service and animal care.

A Relief Animal Care Worker must be available for assignment to various shifts, weekends, and holidays, at any of the animal care centers located in Central Los Angeles, South Los Angeles, West Los Angeles, San Pedro, and the San Fernando Valley.

REQUIREMENTS

The requirements for Relief Animal Care Worker are:

Must be a high school graduate and at least 18 years of age; and
A valid California Driver’s License and proof of legal right to work in the U.S.

LICENSE

A valid California Driver’s License is required and must be maintained throughout employment.

SALARY

$26.44 hourly with no benefits

How to apply

APPLICATION PROCESS

If you are interested in applying for this position, please submit a current resume, a City Employment Application detailing your education, training and experience to animalservices.careers@lacity.org. The application form can be found here: https://per.lacity.org/Application.pdf

The period to submit your application is currently open and ends when sufficient applications are received.

For candidates seeking initial City employment, in accordance with Los Angeles City Ordinance 187134, information regarding COVID-19 vaccination requirements as conditions of employment may be found at:

https://clkrep.lacity.org/onlinedocs/2021/21-0921_ord_187134_8-24-21.pdf.

exempt employment

If employment is said to be exempt, it is meant that the employment is exempted from the civil service provisions of the City Charter. In order to receive a regular civil service appointment, employees must have successfully participated in a civil service examination, received a high enough score on the examination to be placed on and receive an appointment from an eligible list, and they must serve a probationary period. Exempt employees do not compete in a civil service examination, they are not placed on an eligible list and receive an appointment from that list, nor do they serve a probationary period. As a result, exempt employees do not have what is referred to as a “property interest” in their job. Exempt employees serve at the will of the appointing authority and can be terminated at any time without cause. Employees with a property interest in their job, i.e. civil service employees, cannot be deprived of their employment(discharged or suspended) without due process.

General Information About Exempt Employment

Exempt employees serve at the will of the appointing authority, and as such, they may be discharged, suspended or otherwise disciplined without cause. Exempt employees have no property interest in their employment, and any procedural benefit or other prerogative extended to them by their appointing authority is not intended to create and does not create any such property interest. No officer or employee of the City may make to any other officer or employee any representation of a property interest in employment which does not correspond to Charter provisions unless the City Council, by ordinance, permits such representation. No unauthorized representation can serve as the basis of an employee's reliance on, or expectation of, a property interest.

Employees Seeking To Become Civil Service Employees

There is no protective leave for an exempt employee appointed to a civil service position. Upon receiving a civil service appointment and passing probation, the former exempt employee will be subject to the Civil Service provisions described in Article X of the City Charter. Upon appointment, the civil service employee will begin to accrue displacement and layoff seniority on the first day of his/her civil service appointment and may file for promotional examinations for which s/he qualifies. A full or half-time exempt employee appointed to a full or half-time civil service position continues to: contribute to the Retirement System; accrue vacation time; accrue sick time; receive anniversary date salary increases; and, receive health and dental benefits identical to those received in the civil service position.

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