Adoption Counselor

Position Reports To: Volunteer/Staff Supervisor

Position Description:

• Match shelter residents with loving, well-suited, lifelong guardians by, among other undertakings, getting to know our feline residents, interviewing potential adopters, and reviewing adoption applications.
• Proactively engage and provide outstanding customer service to all shelter visitors and potential adopters.
• Educate potential adopters about MEOWs adoption policies.
• Attend continuing education sessions offered through MEOW and relating to adoption counseling.
• Assist with other shelter-related tasks as necessary, requested, and/or able.

Qualifications:

• At least 18 years of age.
• Completion of MEOWs Volunteer Orientation and Cat Handling Training.
• Excellent customer service skills.
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
• A desire to change lives through education and match-making.

Benefits:

• Improving the lives of both members of the public and our feline residents by bringing them together.
• Joining a compassionate, dedicated, and diverse team of like-minded individuals.
• Honing interpersonal skills.
• Enjoying the company of innumerable cats and kittens.

Working Conditions:*

• Subject to cat bites and scratches.
• Exposure to chemicals (e.g., cleaning products) and prescribed drugs (e.g., topical medications).
• Exposure to zoonotic diseases.

Physical Demands:*

• Frequent standing, walking, bending, and stooping.
• Regular lifting to 15 pounds and occasional lifting of 10-35 pounds, with reasonable accommodations.

Commitment: One shift (3-5 hours) per week.

*Items listed are representative of those encountered when successfully performing the essential functions of this positionreasonable accommodations may be made for individuals with disabilities.