Kennel Manager

Join the mission to make life better for animals in Amory, MS, and beyond!

We’re looking for a knowledgeable, compassionate kennel manager to help lead our shelter team and ensure animals get the highest quality housing and care.

If you love animals and know shelter best practices, we’d love to meet you!

What You’ll Do

This is a new position for our small but mighty shelter. On average, we house about 70 animals at a time. Duties will include:

• Leading our passionate shelter team (up to six people at a time)
• Overseeing some day-to-day operations
• Ensuring the animals’ well-being
• Watching for and addressing illnesses
• Overseeing medication, vet transportation and kennel cleaning
• Training and assisting staff members on medical procedures, such as administering boosters, medication and tests
• Jumping in where needed — for example: cleaning/sanitizing; driving animals to and from vet, transports, surgeries
• Overseeing transports
• Supporting the shelter director in administrative duties as needed, and as time allows

Qualifications

Below is an ideal background, but if you don’t have all these things and are passionate about getting this job, tell us in a cover letter why we should pick you!

Shelter experience:

• Experience or training in shelter, rescue or veterinary work
• Knowledge of animal medicine — signs and symptoms of illness such as ringworm, scabies, tapeworm, roundworm, ear mites, upper respiratory diseases, kennel cough and parvo
• Knowledge of proper shelter protocol, including for parvo
• Ability to do canine and feline behavioral assessments, to differentiate between fear and aggression, and to handle feral and aggressive animals
• Experience with ShelterLuv

Other qualifications:

• Positive, passionate leader, teacher
• Good at working with the public
• Can work well in stressful situations and handle a fast-paced environment
• Can lift 50 pounds from floor to waist

Availability

Shelter hours are 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. We strongly prefer that candidates be available to occasionally swap out weekdays for weekend shifts. Must also be available outside business hours for transports and surgery drop-off and pick-ups.

Pay, Company Culture

This position starts at $15 per hour, with potential for raise to $20.

You’ll be joining a passionate team focused on one mission: helping animals. We have fun, work hard and help each other — with a growing community of dedicated volunteers.

Come join us!

About Amory Humane Society

Amory Humane Society provides housing and care to pets in need in Amory, Mississippi. A 501(c)(3) nonprofit with a strong reputation in the rescue community, Amory Humane Society practices no-kill policies, performs community outreach and education, and works to make life better for animals in Amory and beyond.

How to Apply

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Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $15.00 - $20.00 per hour

Expected hours: 40 per week

Benefits:

• Employee discount
• Paid time off

Day range:

• Holidays
• Monday to Friday
• Rotating weekends

Shift:

• 8 hour shift

Work setting:

• In-person
• Outdoor work

Application Question(s):

• Do you have friends, relatives or acquaintances working for the Amory Humane Society? If yes, who?
• Will you consent to a mandatory controlled-substance test?

Education:

• High school or equivalent (Preferred)

Ability to Relocate:

• Amory, MS 38821: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $15 - $20