Looking to make a difference in the lives of pets and people? With an almost year-round beautiful blue sky and a scenic mountain backdrop, HSPPR is a nonprofit animal shelter serving El Paso, Pueblo, and Douglas Counties as well as the City of Centennial in the colorful State of Colorado. We employ a total of 200 employees. We are an organization that celebrates and prioritizes diversity and inclusion. HSPPR welcomes you to apply for this exciting opportunity at our socially conscious organization.
* THIS JOB POSTING WILL CLOSE ON WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26, 2024 *
Job Summary
The Transfer Coordinator oversees and organizes incoming and outgoing transfers for the Pueblo (PUB) campus including routinely assessing shelter space and resources when transferring animals; maintaining internal communications across departments and campuses about transfer animals; building and developing relationships with external organizations that either benefit from alternative placement options for animals or specialize in accepting animals in need of alternative placement. The Transfer Coordinator ensures an environment of compassionate and respectful animal and people care in accordance with HSPPR's mission, values, goals, and management philosophy.
Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Oversees the coordination, implementation, and logistics of HSPPR's transport-related functions, including but not limited to reviewing and selecting animal candidates submitted for internal or external alternative placement options due to medical, behavior, or space reasons; determining if there are appropriate placement options; maintaining a transport calendar; following shelter illnesses and disease transmission prevention protocols; maintains cleanliness of animal transport kennels.
• Develops and maintains Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) accordingly. Conducts transports in accordance with the Pet Facilities Animal Care Facilities Act (PACFA) rules and regulations.
• Organizes regular professional servicing of the animal transfer vehicle to maintain functionality.
• Monitors and ensures that volunteers are adhering to high quality standards of animal care, handling, and sanitation and performance is consistent with protocols.
• Provides appropriate training and guidance to transport volunteers, including ongoing assistance, coaching and moral support.
• Maintain appropriate recordkeeping of animals daily, including location, current status, and placement decision.
• Schedules and conducts release for cats participating in HSPPR's Shelter, Neuter, Return, program.

Relationships

• Maintains and cultivates relationships with source shelters and receiving organizations.
• Works directly with the Logistics, Operations, Veterinary Services, and Animal Law Enforcement Management teams, to determine appropriate behavior and medical candidates for transfer, both current and potential.
• Works to anticipate and resolve conflict and promote open communication between volunteers, staff, and management. Solicits volunteer and employee input regarding their work and workplace.
• Supports staff and volunteers; provide quality services to clients, volunteers, and employees recognizing their individual contributions to the success of our organization.

Other

• Commitment to the mission, values, goals, and success of HSPPR.
• Appropriately documents observed animal behaviors utilizing objective language as required in relevant procedures and/or policies.
• Perform all other duties as assigned.

Supervisory Duties

• None

Physical Demands

• Regularly sit at computer station, often in a shared office environment.
• The employee must regularly lift and/or move 25 or more pounds of moving weight and occasionally lift and/or move up to 40 or more pounds of moving weight.
• Occasionally required to climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, and smell.
• Regularly required to sit, reach with hands and arms, talk, hear, and is frequently required to stand and walk. May be expected to be on feet for extended periods of time.
• Must be able to use both hands and arms to grip, pull and push utilizing safety equipment such as, but not limited to catch poles, snappy snares, leashes, ropes, muzzles.
• Consistently exposed to animals in the workplace and animal allergens under conditions with limited alternatives available.
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision and depth perception.
• Must handle various animals of various sizes, may include aggressive animals and potential exposure to zoonotic diseases.
• Regularly exposed to noise and potential exposure to hazardous weather conditions.
• Potential exposure to cleaning supplies and/or other substances containing toxic or caustic chemicals.

Schedule Requirements

• Schedule may include weekend and holiday work.

Education/Experience Necessary

• Ability to effectively read, write, interpret, communicate, perform basic problem solving, and perform basic math as commonly expected from completion of a High School Diploma or Equivalent Education.
• Experience working in an animal welfare organization preferred; animal handling experience a plus.
• Experience working with volunteers or previous experience as a volunteer preferred.
• Possess excellent communication and organizational skills. Must be detail oriented.
• Excellent interpersonal and team building skills.
• Positive attitude and professional demeanor.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office software, data entry and reporting.

The core values of the staff unite us and guide us to provide the best service to the animals in our care, our organization, and our community.
Core Values Statements-

• • Compassion: We believe that animals matter. We are committed to treating animals and people with kindness, respect, and compassion.

• • Stewardship: We are accountable and transparent in our actions and in the use of our resources to build trust in those we serve.

• • Integrity: We believe we can make the greatest impact by staying true to our mission, always doing what is best for the animals and people of our community, and by standing united in our decisions.

• • Excellence: We are passionate about our mission, and strive for excellence through continual learning, innovation, and the development of our board, staff and volunteers.

• • Collaboration: We seek strategic partnerships and alliances to advance the welfare and protection of animals and people.

• • Service: We exist to serve our communities and operate with this commitment to serve as front and center in all we do.