Pay Range: $18.00 - $21.76/hr. | $37,440- $45,253 annually

Job Posting Closing on: Monday, January 12, 2026 📅

Benefits for this position include: 11 Paid Holidays, Medical, Dental, Vision, Paid Time Off, Pension Plan, Professional Development Opportunities. Find Out More!

The City of Fort Worth is one of the fastest growing large cities in the U.S. Our employees serve the needs of over 1,000,000 residents, promoting our values of exceptional customer experience, mutual respect, embracing our diversity, continuous improvement, ethical behavior, and accountability. 🌆

A Shelter Technician position (Outbound Coordinator) is available with The City of Fort Worth Code Compliance department. This position will focus on assisting the shelter’s animal fostering program and transfer partner network. Our Animal Care and Control department has hundreds of dedicated volunteers, fosters and partners who help the staff and animals with various tasks. Our foster and transfer programs continue to grow and we are seeking an individual who can help us continue to strengthen and expand these programs.

The selected individual must be an effective communicator who is able to demonstrate diplomacy, conflict resolution, and problem-solving skills while working with a culturally and ethnically diverse staff, volunteer, and community base.

This is a full time position (40 hours per week) that requires the flexibility to work evenings, weekends, holidays, and overtime as needed.
In order to be considered you complete and pass the City’s Defensive Driving course.
This position may require you to travel to various locations.

The Shelter Technician position assigned to the City of Fort Worth’s Outbound Team’s job responsibilities include:

Recruit/Maintain, coordinate, and train fosters/transfer partners, ensuring they have a rewarding and positive experience
Manage animal and persons profiles in shelter management systems
Provide support to foster families in times of difficult situations and keep foster families updated on program policies and protocols
Handling high levels of time sensitive emails and phone calls
Driving City vehicles to transport animals from multiple locations as assigned
Monitoring animals for any medical/behavioral issues
Attending and hosting adoption events

Minimum Qualifications:

High School Diploma/ GED
Valid Texas driver’s license

Preferred Qualifications:

Two (2) years of increasingly responsible experience in animal care service program or related field
Six (6) months of experience in customer service or developing strong relationships within the community to foster a positive image
Bilingual skills
Knowledgeable in animal handling, animal health and animal behavior
Experience organizing and implementing special events and social networking

Candidate selected for hire must pass Pre-Employment Drug Screen, Physical and Criminal Background check.

Working Conditions and Physical Demands

Depending on assignment, positions in this class typically require touching, talking, hearing, seeing, grasping, standing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, reaching, walking, repetitive motions, climbing, balancing, pushing, pulling and lifting; depending on assignment. Incumbents may be exposed to moving mechanical parts, odors, dusts, poor ventilation

Heavy Work – Depending on assignment, positions in this class typically exerting up to 100 pounds of force occasionally, up to 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 20 pounds of force constantly having to move objects.

Conditions of Employment

The City of Fort Worth is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. It is the policy and practice of the City to recruit, hire, train and promote a diverse workforce without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, parental status, military service, or another non-merit factor.

The City of Fort Worth is committed to full compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to participate in the job application or interview process and to perform essential job functions.

Candidates who do not meet the Education requirement, may be considered if they have more relevant work experience than the position requires. Those selected for employment will be required to pass Pre-Employment checks depending on the position requirements. Those could include, but are not limited to: criminal background check, drug screen, education verification, etc. criminal convictions will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Employees are paid by direct deposit only.

Animal Shelter Technician