Adoptions and Foster Coordinator

We are looking for someone who loves helping animals and has a positive, and energetic attitude to add to our Adoption Team! At Stray Rescue, we dedicate our time and career to helping animals that have been abused and neglected and place them in a loving home. We need you to help us give these animals a second lease on life. If this is something that you love doing, please email your resume for consideration.

Below are some of the duties of Adoption & Foster Coordinator:

Job Responsibilities:

-Provide loving care to all adoptable companion animals at Stray Rescue

-Must learn dog/cat characteristics and have the ability to educate all potential guardians on animal handling and behavior.

-You must have knowledge of all animals on premises and be able to introduce these animals to potential guardians utilizing specific animal history and information.

-Counseling potential adopters who are looking to adopt using adoption files and Stray Rescue policies and procedures.

-Work with other adoption department staff to ensure quality customer service and a high level of animal welfare is maintained.

-Review and screen potential pet adopters including introducing pets to potential adopters and observing their interactions during the visit.

-Educating adopters about their pet's needs, setting up appointments for visits and processing adoption applications.

-As most of our rescued companions are strays, you must be very comfortable with dogs and going into their kennels and take them out for a walk or for introduction to possible family.

-You will be required to work one weekend day a week and holidays as the adoption schedule demands.

-At any given day you may also transition from working in your desk to walking dogs, cleaning kennels, and work with dog trainers and/or veterinary technicians.

-You will work largely on customer service related tasks, so you should be very comfortable meeting and talking to people, to know them and their back ground and why they wanted to adopt a pet.

-You should also be skilled communicators and be comfortable working with the general public over the phone and in person; a large part of the job is public relations.

-As pet adoption counselors, you should take care to follow proper safety precautions when interacting with adoptable pets as some of them may tend to be very selective like us and you should monitor potential adopters to make sure they follow proper safety precautions as well as to minimize the chances for an accident.

-Other duties, special projects and programs that maybe assigned from time to time.

Qualifications Must be at least 21 years of age. Some animal handling experience preferred. Dog and cat familiarity highly desirable. Must possess professionalism, courtesy, tact, and sound judgment. Strong interpersonal skills and attention to details highly desirable. Must have good verbal and written communication skills. Able to work in both a team, as well as a self-directed environment. Able to properly handle, exercise and control large, and/or difficult dogs and cats. Able to safely lift 50 lbs. Must be able to work closely with animal dander/hair.

Physical Requirement of the Position Though work assignments may vary from day to day, this position typically requires: bending, stooping, twisting, crouching, carrying and/or pulling up to 50 lbs.; lifting and/or pushing up to 50 lbs.; reaching above, at and below shoulder level; standing and/or walking continuously; sitting rarely; typing rarely; writing frequently; talking and hearing continuously; and exposure to animal waste, water and disinfectant continuously. A more detailed analysis of the physical requirements is available during interview.

Work Conditions

90 % of this job is conducted indoors under normal office conditions and 10% outdoors. Stray Rescue of St. Louis is a smoke-free environment. Smoking is not permitted in any Stray Rescue building facilities or vehicle.

If you know anyone with similar qualifications, you are encouraged to inform them about this opportunity. Any suitable applicants can send their resumes now.

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