Contract Manager

Job description / Role

Responsibilities:
· Responds to stray animal calls within 15 minutes.
· Uses appropriate methods and techniques to capture stray animals.
· Conduct humane trapping activities for stray/wild animals.
· Assist Government with drugged baits, darting, or other tranquilizing methods with supervision from the Fort Irwin Veterinarian and Directorate of emergency Services personnel.
· Scan animals for microchips.
· Develops and maintains a daily log of all animals captured to include species, sex, estimated age, whether micro-chipped or not, date of capture, and final disposition.
· Submits copy of daily log of stray animal capture to CR, COR, and C no later than the 5th working day of each month.
· Takes captured animals to the Fort Irwin Veterinary Services clinic within two hours of capture.
· Post pictures/messages of stray animals on the Fort Irwin Animal Control Facility Facebook page.
· Upon identification of the animal owner, will draft a letter, in accordance with paragraph 6. e. of United States Army Garrison, Fort Irwin and National Training Center Policy #5, Control of and Care for Privately Owned Animals on Fort Irwin, for submittal to the CR. Submit letter no later than five (5) days after owner pick-up of stray animal and shall be submitted digitally in MS Word format.
· Helps operate, clean, and disinfect Animal Control Facility
· Conducts outreach to all personnel who bring pets onto the installation articulating pet owner responsibilities and proper care and management of their pets while on the installation.
· Cleans/disinfects stray animal control truck.
· Ensures all deliverables are met. Deliverables include quality control plan, stray animal survey subdivision map, quarterly stray animal survey work plan, stray animal survey report, stray animal monitoring report, stray animal capture log, stray animal owner contact log, control and care of privately owned animals, stray animal transfer log, stray animal public reporting procedures, care and treatment of pets news articles, verification of rabies vaccination/blood titer testing of employees, ACF facility cleaning log, and the monthly status report.

Non-Essential Duties:
· Other duties as assigned

Supervisory Responsibilities:
· All assigned personnel

Benefits:
Attractive Salary Package

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications:
(To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily)
· High School Diploma, required
· A minimum of three (3) years of experience in Animal Control Services or other related specialty, preferred
· A minimum of Three (3) years of experience in managing Federal contracts, preferred
· Valid Driver’s License, required

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
· Knowledge on methods/protocols established by California Department of Fish and Wildlife, San Bernardino County and the Army/Fort Irwin, preferred.
· Animal caretaker knowledge and skills, preferred.
· Animal control knowledge and skills, preferred.
· Must demonstrate excellent interpersonal, oral and written communication skills.
· Must be able to read, write, and speak English proficiently.
· Must be adept at anticipating and meeting the expectations associated with managing multiple priorities, expectations, programs, relationships.
· Must demonstrate a thorough working knowledge of Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
· Experience with managing the work of others
· Experience managing SCA contract employees, desirable

Diversity:
· Shows respect and sensitivity for cultural differences; Educates others on the value of diversity; Promotes a harassment-free environment; Builds a diverse workforce.

Ethics:
· Treats people with respect; Keeps commitments; Inspires the trust of others; Works with integrity and ethically; Upholds organizational values.

Physical Demands:
· The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
· While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to stand; climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.

Work Environment:
· The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.
· The employee will normally work in a temperature-controlled office environment, with frequent exposure to electronic office equipment.
· During visits to areas of operations, may be exposed to extreme cold or hot weather conditions. Is occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, and loud noise.

About the Company

Dragon Recruiting is a leading international staffing and recruitment company, head-quartered in London, with further offices all over the globe. Our clients range from numerous well known UK and international businesses. We also represent a wide range of less well known clients - helping them to find staff for their businesses around the world.

As an international recruitment agency, our clients benefit from a vast network of human resource specialists who attract, cultivate and connect organisations to talent in both global and local markets. Our unrivalled

scope of services and global reach allow us to share candidates and roles across borders. With greater coverage and tools, we can ensure our clients and candidates all get the best outcome for their recruitment needs.

With experience of over 3 decades we are recruiting more than 10,000 workers annually to and from the UK, USA and the Middle East and several other Asian countries. We specialize in the placement of candidates in permanent, contract, temporary and interim positions with clients around the world.