Animal Care Supervisor
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Animal Care Supervisor
**Dubuque Regional Humane Society**
1 Positions
ID: 53798
Posted On 10/02/2024
**Job Overview**
**Title:** Animal Care Supervisor
**Reports to:** Director of Operations
**Hours:** Part-time or Full-time
**Status:** Non-exempt
**Summary**
The Animal Care Supervisor is responsible for advancing the mission of the Dubuque Regional Humane Society (DRHS) by fulfilling strategic initiatives, executing overall management and effective communication of animal and community services, and writing policies and procedures. Additionally, the Animal Care Supervisor ensures quality animal care, shelter cleanliness, and excellent community engagement in accordance with the established best practices.
**Essential Job Functions**
**Supervisory**
+ Oversee the day-to-day work of Animal Care team in collaboration with the Director of Operations
+ Ensure daily animal care is completed efficiently and effectively, monitoring task checklists.
+ Interview and hire candidates for open positions
+ Develop and execute the training processes
+ Provide performance evaluations
+ Communicate effectively with employees to identify successes and correct areas in need of improvement
+ Receive and address employee concerns.
+ Maintain a spirit of teamwork, collaboration, and respect
+ Ensure adequate staff coverage by completing the employee schedule for the Animal Care team. Approve overtime, time-off requests, and availability changes.
+ Ensure Animal Care team maintains an effective working relationship with volunteers, communicating, supporting, and engaging volunteers to foster a collaborative working environment.
+ Effectively communicate any changes or communications to the Animal Care Team and Community Care Team to ensure proper communication to the community and volunteers.
+ Aid in all areas of animal and community care including, but not limited to, adoptions, surrenders, euthanasia, vaccinations, and dog evaluations.
+ Supervise work study students and animal care interns.
+ Handle community member complaints when the Community Care Supervisor is unavailable.
**Shelter Operations**
+ Develop, implement, and monitor programs to maintain and improve the standards of humane animal care and community services.
+ Collaborate with Director of Operations, as appropriate, on matters concerning animal health and behavior.
+ Ensure there is adequate inventory of animal care and cleaning supplies.
+ Ensure Standard Operating Procedures and Policies are developed, applied and followed in collaboration with the Director of Operations.
+ Establish safety protocols. Monitor programs and services to ensure compliance with OSHA regulations. Monitor safety compliance of staff and take immediate action to
correct hazards in collaboration with the Director of Operations.
+ Collaborate with the Volunteer Coordinator to recruit volunteers for assistance throughout the shelter.
**Requirements**
+ Bachelor’s Degree in Animal Science, Business Management, or related coursework or equivalent combination of education and work experience.
+ Knowledge of animal healthcare and welfare.
+ Work collaboratively with diverse groups of people including volunteers, department supervisors, and staff.
+ Have steadfast belief in the mission, policies, and procedures of the DRHS.
+ Have strong organization, interpersonal, and multi-tasking skills. Able to prioritize and adhere to deadlines. Self-driven and goal oriented.
+ Be creative and resourceful. Able to coordinate resources to help fulfill responsibilities.
+ Be flexible and spontaneous, while being detail-oriented. Able and enthusiastic to share the mission and stories of the DRHS
Primary Contact
1705074803262
Mariah Wallace
Bookkeeper & HR Administrator,
Phone
Phone
Phone
Fax
hr@dbqhumane.org
Email
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**Job Details**
Categories
Location
Dubuque, IA
Shift
First Shift
Job Type
Employee
Full/Part
Full or Part Time
Pay/Salary
$14.00 / hour - $15.00 / hour
Benefits
Health Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Retirement Plan
Paid Vacation
Paid Sick Leave
Paid Holidays
Company ID
42553
Job REQ #
\# Positions
1
Start Date
20241002
End Date
20241102
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Dubuque Regional Humane Society
**About the Company**
The Dubuque Regional Humane Society is committed to building bonds between people and animals through adoptions, community outreach, humane education and cruelty prevention. Operating as a 501(c)3 non-profit, open admission, no-kill shelter, the DRHS provides critical medical and behavioral interventions, and compassionate care for more than 2,800 animals annually that are lost, abandoned, rehomed by guardians or rescued from neglect.
Our mission: the DRHS protects and promotes the well-being of all animals by fostering respect for their inherent dignity.
Our vision: The DRHS envisions a community where every pet has a permanent and loving home, companion animals are spayed or neutered and all animals are treated with respect and compassion.
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