Cat Adoption Events Specialist

• Liaise with local businesses to develop ongoing partnership opportunities in collaboration with marketing and development.
• Find venues that can host events for our specialty populations and promote specialty and lifesaving programs by creating more exposure for these populations of cats at events.
• Work with the marketing team to promote all upcoming events monthly events and ensure schedule alignment.
• Build and manage a volunteer events team.
• Increase accessibility of adoption locations across Austin and surrounding areas.
• Work with programs to optimize opportunities at events: i.e. recruiting new fosters and promoting adoptions at various onsite APA! locations.
• Work with Marketing team to design advertising and marketing templates.
• Plan 6-8 events per month offering opportunities in N, E, S, and W Austin locations.
• Represent APA! in advertising and events.
• Perform other related duties as assigned

• Attend and participate in all required training sessions and meetings
• Maintain open and consistent communication with the Cat Adoption & Foster Success Manager.
• Partner with Volunteer, Foster, and Adoption teams to collaborate on events.
• Oversee events volunteer programs and manage volunteers interested in your department on an ongoing basis
• Able to react to change productively and perform other related duties as assigned
• Able to work evenings, weekends, and holidays as needed
• Able to work in a high volume, fast-paced, high-stress environment

• Must embody APA!'s core values of innovation, respect, drive, resourcefulness, and inclusion
• Commitment to APA!'s customer experience expectations
• Willing and committed to working well with volunteers and staff in all roles
• High school diploma or equivalent required
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Efficient and highly organized
• Can provide own transportation
• Social Media and marketing skills
• Excellent time management skills and ability to work successfully remotely or in an otherwise independent setting.
• Basic understanding of cat behaviors and medical needs.
• Excellent time management skills and ability to prioritize competing tasks appropriately, delegating as needed.
• Knowledge of and passion for the No Kill movement and its aims in Austin and throughout the region
• Support the mission of Austin Pets Alive! To help us rescue more at-risk cats by driving adoptions and opening up more foster homes
• Preferred: 1-2 years experience directly handling cats in a shelter, rescue, or clinic setting
• Preferred: 1-2 years of employee or volunteer management experience

PHYSICAL JOB REQUIREMENTS:

• Must be able to work around animals (including diseased, injured, and/or potentially aggressive animals), loud noises, chlorine or other chemicals, and inclement weather
• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer
• Must be able to focus in a loud and busy environment despite distractions
• Must be able to comfortably interact with cats of various health levels, including cats who may carry zoonotic diseases such as ringworm, scabies, intestinal parasites, etc.
• Able to be on your feet for multiple hours of the day
• Must be able to visually observe people and animals from up to 150 feet away
• Ability to hear normal speech at close contact and shouting up to 150 feet away
• Must be able to walk around shelter as needed - uneven ground, keeping a safe distance from dogs and handlers
• Will sit, stand, walk, talk, hear, stoop, bend, stretch, squat, kneel, grasp, grip, put fingers together firmly and reach above and below shoulder level, lift and/or carry up to 30 pounds and push and pull up to 50 pounds for situations of moving supplies and setting up for events; repetitively use hands to operate computers; flex the neck upward and downward; twist the neck and the waist.

LOCATIONS:

• Town Lake Animal Center (TLAC) Campus, located at 1156 West Cesar Chavez, Austin, Texas 78703
• APA! Cat Adoption Center at Tarrytown, 3108 Windsor Road Austin, TX 78703
• Some remote work and travel to offsite locations will be necessary

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• Standard office environment, with exposure to environmental conditions that include working with and near animals
• After-hours and weekend work as required to support the program’s needs
• Work is normally performed inside; some outside work is required
• Exposure to unpleasant odors and noises.
• Rapid pace with exposure to potential hazards including animal waste, disinfectants, and high levels of noise
• Potential for animal bites and scratches and diseases that can be transmitted from animals to people

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BENEFITS

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND ACCOMMODATIONS STATEMENT

Austin Pets Alive! is an equal employment opportunity employer and we value having staff who come from communities that are most impacted by the issues we engage on. We especially encourage people of color, LGBTQ people, women, transgender and gender non-conforming people, and people with disabilities to apply.

Austin Pets Alive! does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Austin Pets Alive! is committed to creating a dynamic work environment that values diversity and inclusion, respect and integrity, community focus, and innovation.