Description

Come join the Kansas Humane Society pack! We are looking for a Intake Specialist who loves being an important part of an animal's life. 

***KHS is a qualified employer for the Public Loan Service Forgiveness program.***

We offer:

• Opportunity for two pay increases per year!
• Generous paid time off
• 10 paid holidays per year
• Paid time when closed for Inclement Weather
• Comprehensive low deductible health, pharmacy and dental plans
• Vision insurance plan
• SIMPLE IRA Retirement Plan with a generous company match
• Pre-tax spending accounts for health care and childcare expenses
• Discounted YMCA membership
• Discounts on adoptions, retail store items, basic veterinary services and medicine, and pet food
• Employee Assistance Program

POSITION PURPOSE

The Intake Specialist – WAS position works in tandem with the Kansas Humane Society’s Intake Department and with Animal Control Officers at Wichita Animal Services (WAS), under the guidance of the Intake Supervisor, to assist in providing vaccines whenever possible to all stray animals brought into WAS before they are placed in a kennel. The goal of this position is to help build immunity within animals brought into the shelter environment to mitigate the spread of disease. The Intake Specialist – WAS position will also enter all animals and vaccines into PetPoint to ensure all animal information is accurately recorded.

This role provides support to ensure that the KHS intake process is efficient and effective with animal intake procedures and proactively manages the flow of animals into KHS from WAS through proactive vaccination and data entry to cut down the time for full intake/transfer assessments. This role works with the Intake WAS Team Lead and serves as the liaison between KHS and WAS staff.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Animal Intake: Work with WAS staff at the intake desk to assist them in ensuring all companion animals are vaccinated timely, ideally before they are placed in a kennel. Follow protocol to evaluate the health, age, physical, and behavioral condition, of all animals needing placement. Review animal history for all factors that could influence an animal’s outcome and ensure information is entered into KHS system (PetPoint) following WAS intake. Assist WAS ACOs to administer vaccinations, assist/perform drawing of blood samples, and perform lab work. Follow protocol to notate and update records based on animal assessment and complete the requirements to prepare the animal for processing in KHS systems.  Complete a daily walkthrough at WAS to ensure any animals that came in overnight or after hours are vaccinated before WAS opens to the public each day. Note any medical or behavioral concerns and maintain communication with KHS clinic and behavior teams.

Euthanasia: Be willing to hold and restrain animals for euthanasia as needed to help with KHS Certified Euthanasia Technician support as needed. Speak to your supervisor directly if you are interested in training and becoming a CET to help with the process of humane euthanasia.

Facilities Management: Make sure your department and area within WAS is clean and sanitized throughout the day, restock and place orders for more vaccines as needed in conjunction with the Intake WAS Team Lead and KHS Clinic Team. Assist your team with opening and closing duties.  Follow best practices in shelter medicine to limit disease spread in the shelter.

Training: Participate in staff training and development opportunities as requested. Participate in special events, projects, and cross training programs as needed.

Safety: Comply with KHS Safety policies and procedures in order to maintain a healthy and safe environment.

KHS Teamwork: Be ready and willing to be cross-trained and assist all other members of your department. All KHS team members provide assistance to other departments as needed.

Customer Service: Provide and model timely, polite, and respectful internal and external customer service, regardless of the circumstances. Provide compassion and understanding with members of the public needing to surrender their pets. Remain calm, flexible, and willing to see other perspectives. Provide recognition and support to both staff and volunteers for their individual contributions to KHS. Assure that every individual who enters the shelter is recognized and treated as a potential supporter. Respond in a timely and professional manner to phone calls received on the Intake phone line regarding questions about animals in our care, scheduling intake appointments, and helping owners find alternatives to pet surrender.

Opening and Closing Duties: Set up rooms for all scheduled intakes and assess shelter space limitation and standards. Inventory and order supplies as needed for your area. Set up for intakes for animals at WAS and KHS. Assess the daily shelter needs and ensure animal flow through the shelter. Clean and sanitize all department areas though out the shelter ensuring we follow best practices in animal welfare.

KHS CORE VALUES

The Kansas Humane Society has HEART:

HAVE COMPASSION

• We have empathy and understanding for the community and pets we serve, our teammates and our partners in animal welfare

EXEMPLIFY COMMITMENT

• We show our dedication in our work ethic and willingness to learn and grow.

ACT WITH INTEGRITY

• We prioritize integrity in all our actions.

RESPECT ALL

• We treat all animals and people with respect.

THRIVE THROUGH COLLABORATION

• We are better together, united in our service to pets and their people.

Qualifications

WORKING CONDITIONS

Will handle sick, injured, potentially aggressive, and deceased pets. Noise exposure varies and often includes loud barking and other animal vocalizations. Animal waste contact, smells, and visual exposure are prevalent. Exposure to industrial cleaning supplies will happen daily. Floors may be slippery and light may be dim or inadequate in some areas of the shelter. Subject to exposure to extreme hot/cold weather.

MENTAL ACTIVITIES AND REQUIREMENTS OF THIS POSITION

REASONING ABILITY: Ability to deal with a variety of variables under limited standardization.

MATHEMATICS ABILITY: Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure using whole numbers and common fractions.

LANGUAGE ABILITY: Ability to read, analyze, and interpret documents. Ability to communicate clearly.

INTENT AND FUNCTION OF JOB DESCRIPTIONS

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All descriptions have been reviewed to ensure that only essential functions and basic duties have been included. Peripheral tasks, only incidentally related to each position, have been excluded. Requirements, skills, and abilities included have been determined to be the minimal standards required to successfully perform the positions. In no instance, however, should the duties, responsibilities, and requirements delineated be interpreted as all-inclusive. Additional functions and requirements may be assigned by supervisors as deemed appropriate.

In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, it is possible that requirements may be modified to reasonably accommodate disabled individuals. However, no accommodations will be made which may pose serious health or safety risks to the employee or others or which impose undue hardships on the organization.

Job descriptions are not intended as and do not create employment contracts. The organization maintains its status as an at-will employer. Employees can be terminated for any reason not prohibited by law.

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