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Come join the Kansas Humane Society pack! We are looking for a Behavior Specialist that 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 PURPOSE
The primary purpose of a Behavior Specialist is to maintain and improve the mental and behavioral health of animals in KHS’s care. Behavior Team Members will develop and administer programs to provide mental care for animals in KHS’s care, work on behavioral improvement plans to help animals, especially those that would otherwise be unfit for adoption, and consult with adopters about animals with advanced behavioral concerns.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
Behavior Management: Become a leader in dog and cat behavior and handling. Be trained in and participate in canine playgroups, dog and cat training, and programs to assist fearful or aggressive cats and dogs. Work with team members to build behavior improvement plans for animals that come into KHS care who have other behavioral concerns that are currently preventing them from being a safe adoption candidate. Provide consults for the Admissions department regarding the adoptability of animal’s entering the shelter with advanced behavioral concerns. Provide consults to owners needing behavior help with animals they are considering for surrender. Provide consults to Adoptions team and adopters regarding animals with behavioral concerns and recommendations.
Customer Service: Provide and model timely, polite, and respectful internal and external customer service regardless of the circumstances. Must remain calm, flexible, and willing to see other perspectives. Provide recognition and support to both staff and volunteers for their individual contributions to KHS. Assure that every individual who enters the shelter is recognized and treated as a potential donor. Respond in a timely and professional manner to phone calls received on the Behavior phone line regarding questions about animals in our care, adopter behavior questions, and other assorted phone calls.
Volunteer Interaction: Assist in the training of volunteers for a variety of behavior and enrichment related programs such as KHS’s Canine Courage and Feline Fortitude. Assist in the training of volunteers for a variety of behavior and enrichment related programs. Assist the Foster Department in training and consultations for foster families as needed.
Shelter Flow: Continuously monitor animals and ensure efficient movement through shelter processes. Bring animals whom are no longer maintaining behavioral health to the attention of the Behavior & Enrichment supervisor or the Shelter Operations Officer.
Training: Participate in staff training and development opportunities as requested. Work with HR and Management to assist in animal behavior and handling training as needed for staff and volunteers.
Euthanasia: Train to become a Certified Euthanasia Technicians and work on a rotating basis to provide euthanasia when needed.
KHS Team Work: Be ready and willing to be cross-trained and assist all other members of your department. All KHS team members provide assistance to other departments as needed.
Safety: Comply with KHS Safety policies and procedures in order to maintain a healthy and safe environment.
Opening and Closing Duties: Set up behavior areas for all scheduled behavioral needs and assess shelter space limitations. Inventory and order supplies as needed for your area. Set up for playgroups. Assess the daily shelter needs and ensure animal flow through the shelter. Clean and sanitize all department areas though out the shelter ensuring we follow best practices in animal welfare.
KHS CORE VALUES
The Kansas Humane Society has HEART:
HAVE COMPASSION
EXEMPLIFY COMMITMENT
ACT WITH INTEGRITY
RESPECT ALL
THRIVE THROUGH COLLABORATION
QUALIFICATIONS
EDUCATION/CERTIFICATION: High School Diploma or Equivalent.
REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE: Must have the ability to exercise good judgment and make independent decisions with limited supervision. Should have the ability to cope with physically and emotionally demanding work.
EXPERIENCE REQUIRED: Previous animal handling experience with dogs and cats preferred.
SKILLS/ABILITIES: Independent decision making, able to work independently and in a group setting, flexibility, customer service. Respect for the human/animal bond. Ability to work with all types of animals including, but not limited to, dogs, cats, small domestic mammals, and birds.
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 may be required to squat repeatedly during the day.
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:
WORKING CONDITIONS
Will handle sick, injured, potentially aggressive, and deceased pets. Noise exposure varies and often includes loud barking and other animal vocalizations. Animal waste contact, smells, and visual exposure are prevalent. Exposure to industrial cleaning supplies will happen daily. Floors may be slippery and light may be dim or inadequate in some areas of the shelter. Subject to exposure to extreme hot/cold weather.
MENTAL ACTIVITIES AND REQUIREMENTS OF THIS POSITION
REASONING ABILITY: Ability to deal with a variety of variables under limited standardization.
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. Ability to communicate clearly.
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
$42k-50k (estimate)
03/28/2023
05/11/2024
kshumane.org
Wichita, KS
50 - 100
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