Animal Services Officer

Salary : $42,182.40 - $57,491.20 Annually
Location : Prairie Paws, 2222 W. Warrior Trail, Grand Prairie, TX
Job Type: Full Time
Job Number: 2025-00452
Department: Police
Division: Animal Shelter
Opening Date: 09/02/2026
Closing Date: 10/5/2026 5:00 PM Central


Job Summary
Do you love animals and want to make a difference in their lives? Do you have a passion for public service and community engagement? If so, you might be the perfect candidate for the position of Animal Services Officer!
We offer competitive salaries, comprehensive benefits, and opportunities for career growth and development. Our team is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace culture, where all employees feel valued and respected.


The purpose of this position is to enforce environmental, animal and housing codes for the City of Grand Prairie. This is accomplished by patrolling the City for animal violations, conducting inspections of properties; issuing citations and violations notices; supervising personnel; and completing administrative duties. Other duties include providing customer service to the public and other departments.

Essential Job Functions

• Conducts inspections by patrolling the City for animal violations; investigating neglect or other complaints; responding to citizen complaints; scheduling regular inspections; touring the building or property; noting violations of code; researching to locate owners, if necessary; notifying owners of results of inspections; and re-inspecting noncompliant locations.

• Issues citations and violations by compiling inspection reports; preparing cases for the BAAB Board or court; executing warrants; and ensuring clean up is completed or animals are cared for.
• Completes administrative duties by answering calls; providing information to the public and other departments as requested; compiling various reports; completing documents and forms; and maintaining records.
• Provides customer service to the public by developing and implementing community and school education programs; assisting other departments with community functions; and developing and implementing neighborhood incentives.
• Supervises personnel by observing and monitoring work tasks; functioning as a lead worker; and providing guidance, instruction and feedback.
• Performs departmental specific functions by attending animals in the animal shelter; picking up strays and dead animals; providing adoption services; conducting euthanasia services; dispatching service calls; ensuring properties are cleaned up; and ensuring repairs are made to buildings or facilities.

Minimum Qualifications

• Work requires knowledge of a specific vocational, administrative, or technical nature which may be obtained with six months/one year of advanced study or training past the high school equivalency. Junior college, vocational, business, technical or correspondence schools are likely sources. Appropriate certification may be awarded upon satisfactory completion of advanced study or training.

• Over two years of related experience.
• Valid Texas Class C Driver's License, Code Enforcement Officer License, Basic Animal Control Officer Certification, Certified Euthanasia Technician, Lead Visual Assessment Certification, Housing Quality Standards Certification
• Ability to read papers, periodicals, journals, manuals, dictionaries, thesauruses, and encyclopedias. Ordinarily, such education is obtained in high school up to college. However, it may be obtained from experience and self-study.
• Ability to deal with system of real numbers; practical application of fractions, percentages, ratios/proportions and measurement. Ordinarily, such education is obtained in high school up to college. However, it may be obtained from experience and self-study.
• Ability to write reports, prepare business letters, expositions, and summaries with proper format, punctuation, spelling, and grammar, using all parts of speech. Ordinarily, such education is obtained in high school up to college. However, it may be obtained from experience and self-study.
• Receives general direction: The employee normally performs the job by following established standard operating procedures and/or policies. The employee may choose the appropriate procedure or policy. Performance is reviewed periodically.
• No responsibility for the direction or supervision of others.
• Work requires analysis and judgement in accomplishing diversified duties. Requires the exercise of independent thinking within the limits of policies, standards, and precedents.
• Persuasion Very Frequent: More than 51% of work time.

The City offers a full range of benefits for full time employees, including, but not limited to the plans as defined in the Benefits Guide.
01


What is the highest level of Education obtained?

• Some high school, no diploma or GED
• High School Diploma/GED
• Some College, no degree
• Technical or Trade School (Did not complete)
• Technical or Trade School (Completed)
• Associate's Degree
• Bachelor's Degree
• Master's Degree
• Doctorate Degree

02


How many years of direct or related Enforcement Officer experience do you have?

• No experience
• 1 year to less than 2 years
• 2 years to less than 3 years
• 3 years to less than 4 years
• Over 4 years

03


In what area of enforcement do you have experience?

• No experience in enforcement
• Inspections
• Law enforcement (police/security officer, etc.)
• Investigations
• Issuing citations

04


How many years of customer service experience do you have?

• No experience
• Less than 1 year of experience
• 1 year to less than 2 years
• 2 years to less than 3 years
• Over 3 years of experience

05


Do you have experience handling live stock?

• No experience
• 6 months of experience
• 1 year under 2 years
• 2 years under 3 years
• 3 years under 4 years
• 4 years under 5 years

06


Do you have two years experience in a veterinary technician, kennel attendant or zookeeper?

• Yes
• No

07


Do you possess a Basic Animal Control Officer certification?

• Yes
• No
• In progress

08


Do you have a valid Texas driver's license?

• Yes
• No
• Other - Out of state driver's license

09


Have you ever had your driver's license suspended or revoked?

• Yes
• No

10


How many moving citations have your received in the past 24 months?

• 1 moving citation
• 2 moving citations
• 3 or more moving citations
• Never have received a moving citation

11


Have you used any of the following substances in the last 5 years?

• Amphetamines/Methamphetamines/Ice/Speed
• Cocaine
• Ecstasy/XTC
• GHB/Rohypnol
• Steroids
• None of the above

12


Have you used marijuana in the last year?

• Yes
• No

13


Have you ever used any of the following substances?

• LSD/Acid
• PCP/Angel Dust
• Heroin
• Crack or Cocaine
• Huffed Paint
• Steroids (not prescribed by physician)
• Other illicit/illegal drug or intoxicant
• None of the above

14


Have you ever manufactured, delivered, sold or distributed an illicit/illegal drug, controlled substance, dangerous drug or marijuana?

• Yes
• No

15


Have you ever been convicted, plead guilty to or received deferred adjudication for a Misdemeanor A or felony?

• Yes
• No

16


Have you ever been convicted, plead guilty to or received deferred adjudication for a Misdemeanor B in the last 10 years and/or do you currently have any charges pending against you?

• Yes
• No

17


Do you possess a Euthanasia Certification or have the ability to obtain within 120 days of employment? (All certifications must be listed on the certification portion of the application)

• Yes, I possess a Euthanasia Certification.
• No, I do not have one but will have the ability to obtain after hire date.
• In the process

Required Question