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Come join the Kansas Humane Society pack! We are looking for an Adoption Counselor who loves being an important part of an animal's life.
***KHS is a qualified employer for the Public Loan Service Forgiveness program.***
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Position SummaryPerceive all who enter KHS as a potential donor and provide welcoming, high quality customer service regardless of the circumstances. Utilize a conversational open-ended dialog to counsel potential adopters on the selection/needs of their pet. Assist adopters through the pre-adoption process, animal visiting, and adoption completion processes.
Job ResponsibilitiesCustomer Service:
Program Implementation:
Adopter Education:
KHS CORE VALUES
The Kansas Humane Society has HEART:
HAVE COMPASSION
EXEMPLIFY COMMITMENT
ACT WITH INTEGRITY
RESPECT ALL
THRIVE THROUGH COLLABORATION
Qualifications
PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES AND REQUIREMENTS OF THIS POSITION
TALKING:
Ability to speak effectively and communicate clearly,
AVERAGE HEARING:
Able to hear average conversations
REPETITIVE MOTION:
The employee is regularly required to type, stand, sit, kneel, and squat.
FINGER DEXTERITY:
The employee is regularly required to use hands to type.
AVERAGE VISION:
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
PHYSICAL STRENGTH:
Physical restraining of small and large animals 5lb to 100lb (on occasion)
Pulled/jolted/jumped on by small and large animals 5lb to 100lb (on occasion)
Lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling, throwing of 5lb to 100lb (on occasion) Stooping to pick up items
Frequent verbal communication required
Frequent repetitive motion and lifting up to 30lbs above shoulder height
Must be able to use both hands for repetitive actions; firm grasp, fine manipulation and typing (8 hours daily)
Standing, walking, mopping, kneeling on hands and knees, crouching, crawling
WORKING CONDITIONS
Must be able to handle challenging customers calmly and respectfully on a daily basis. Must be comfortable handling dogs, cats, various small mammals, and birds on a daily basis. Noise exposure varies, and often includes barking and other animal vocalizations. Animal waste contact, smells, and visual exposure are prevalent. Exposure to industrial cleaning supplies.
MENTAL ACTIVITIES AND REQUIREMENTS OF THIS POSITION
REASONING ABILITY:
Provide excellent customer service, flexibility, good conflict resolution skills, make decision independently, must have respect for the human/animal bond. Ability to deal with a variety of variables under only limited standardization.
Required to manage awkward, emotional, and sometimes hostile customers for the best customer service possible.
MATHEMATICS ABILITY:
Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure using whole numbers and common fractions.
LANGUAGE ABILITY:
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret documents.
INTENT AND FUNCTION OF JOB DESCRIPTIONS
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All descriptions have been reviewed to ensure that only essential functions and basic duties have been included. Peripheral tasks, only incidentally related to each position, have been excluded. Requirements, skills, and abilities included have been determined to be the minimal standards required to successfully perform the positions. In no instance, however, should the duties, responsibilities, and requirements delineated be interpreted as all-inclusive. Additional functions and requirements may be assigned by supervisors as deemed appropriate.
In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, it is possible that requirements may be modified to reasonably accommodate disabled individuals. However, no accommodations will be made which may pose serious health or safety risks to the employee or others or which impose undue hardships on the organization.
Job descriptions are not intended as and do not create employment contracts. The organization maintains its status as an at-will employer. Employees can be terminated for any reason not prohibited by law.
Full Time
$36k-44k (estimate)
04/14/2023
06/23/2024
kshumane.org
Wichita, KS
50 - 100
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