Animal Welfare Professionals

Are you interested in helping to increase live outcomes for animals brought to Chicago's only municipal shelter? As an Animal Placement Coordinator at Chicago Animal Care and Control, your work will increase the shelter's capacity to save lives. By collaborating with the rescue groups who partner with CACC (and recruiting more organizations to pull animals from the shelter), you will help to transfer animals out of the municipal shelter. You will also oversee CACC volunteers, who provide all enrichment, socialization, walks, training, and adoption showings at the shelter. In this role, you have the opportunity to make a direct impact on the shelter's live release rate and the animals' quality of life!

JOB ANNOUNCEMENT
Animal Placement Coordinator
Job Number: 389619
Chicago Animal Care and Control
Number of Positions: 1
Salary: $54,540.00

Under general supervision, plans, coordinates and administers programs, outreach activities and related initiatives to promote and increase opportunities for the adoption and transfer of animals sheltered at the City’s Animal Care and Control facility, and performs related duties as required.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES:
· Establishes and fosters partnerships with animal shelters, rescue groups, and humane societies to transfer animals to other facilities to improve adoption opportunities
· Meets with representatives of partner agencies to discuss the adoptability of specific types or breed of sheltered animals and coordinates the viewing and transfer of animals
· Works with placement partners in preparing and processing required paperwork (e.g. transfer or homeward bound applications) for the transfer of animals
· Maintains and updates animal inventory records to record and track the transfer and placement of animals to other agencies
· Plans and coordinates outreach activities such as animal adoption fairs at off-site locations to show case animals and advertise their availability for adoption
· Oversees off-site adoption fairs, working with volunteers in the transporting of animals, equipment and materials to sites, providing information and screening persons interested in adopting, approving adoption requests and preparing required paperwork
· Recruits volunteers for the Animal Care and Control Facility, preparing and posting informational materials on the department’s website regarding the volunteer program
· Provides orientation to volunteer recruits and works with management in providing training and assigning duties to volunteers
· Creates brochures and flyers to advertise events and updates the department's website with new program announcements, photographs of available animals, and special events
· Performs adoption counseling at the shelter, screens individuals wanting to adopt animals and reviews adoption paperwork to ensure animals are placed in suitable homes
· Drives department vehicles to transport animals and materials to off-site locations
· Confers with departmental staff in evaluating temperament of animals eligible for adoption or transfer

Additional duties may be required for this position.

Location: 2741 S. Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60608
Scheduled hours and days may vary, working weekends and evenings may be required

Qualifications
-Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Bachelor's Degree in Public Relations, Public or Business Administration, Animal Sciences, or a related field, plus one year of work experience in working with animals in an animal hospital, shelter, or related animal facility; or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience
-A valid State of Illinois driver's license is required
-Per city ordinance, all city of Chicago employees must live within city limits

SELECTION REQUIREMENTS
This position requires applicants to complete an interview. The interviewed candidate(s) possessing the qualifications best suited to fulfill the responsibilities of the position, based on the interview will be selected.

APPLY ONLINE at https://chicago.taleo.net/careersection/100/jobsearch.ftl

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The City of Chicago is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Military Friendly Employer.

City of Chicago Department of Human Resources
Brandon Johnson, Mayor Katie (Doyle) Deane, Acting Commissioner

*Applications for this position will be accepted until 11:59 pm CDT on 12/29/2023*

Closing Date
Friday, December 29, 2023