Job Details

Administrative Assistant

Division: Animal Control
Contact Name: Tammy Smoke, SHRM-CP, PHR
Contact Email: [email protected]
Contact Phone: 740-670-5148
Contact Fax: 740-670-5138
Date Posted: 11/18/2025
Application Form: Click Here
Position Location: Dog Leg Road, Newark, Ohio
Position Description:

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 general public; impounds, redeems, and adopts dogs; assigns pens to dogs impounded; collects license, adoption, and redemption fees; answers telephones; receives and responds to inquiries; completes complaint reports, and is to assist for dispatching dog related calls as needed.
  • Maintains and Operates all Social Media Shelter pages approved by the Chief Dog Warden.
  • Maintains office files of all clerical departmental documentation/records.
  • Assists Deputy Dog Warden in maintaining dog bite documentation.
  • Totals and balances daily receipts at the end of each shift.
  • Meets all job safety requirements and all applicable PERRP safety standards that pertain to the essential functions of the position and all agency safety procedures.
  • Remains informed of current developments and procedures pertinent to duties; may be required to attend seminars/training.

  

Brief Description:

Provides customer service and administrative/clerical support for the Office of the Licking County Dog Warden.

Job Prerequisites:

Minimum Qualifications:

High school diploma or general education (GED); and one (1) to three (3) years’ related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Additional Qualifications (Agency/Dept. Qualifications):

Must be dependable, loyal, honest. Must be organizational and a team worker. Must possess good communication skills and teamwork.

Application Procedure:

Application Procedures: Employees within the current department wishing to apply for the posted vacancy shall submit a letter of interest. A letter of interest shall include a resume and a cover letter indicating qualifications in detail. All other applicants must submit a completed application, resume and cover letter. Please submit to the Human Resources Department, 20 South Second Street, 3rd. Floor, Newark, Ohio 43055 between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. daily. Applications can be obtained in person in the Human Resources Department or printed from the website at www.lickingcounty.gov.

Compensation:

Salary:        $17.00 per hour      

About UFA:

Licking County is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Job Type: Part Time
Pay Type: Hourly
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