Animal Shelter Manager

Multnomah County Animal Services

Job Description

Multnomah County Animal Services is currently looking for an Operations Manager for our shelter in Troutdale, Oregon, serving the Portland Metropolitan area and rural East Multnomah County.

Position Summary
As the Operations Manager, you will support Animal Services’ mission while keeping pace in an active and demanding environment that requires a high degree of multitasking and the ability to adapt to changing priorities. You will be responsible for partnering with the Animal Services Director in strategic and operational leadership at the Multnomah County Animal Services shelter, including the program areas of Field Services, Client Services, Animal Care, and, Animal Health.. You will directly supervise non-represented professional staff, and be responsible for observing, understanding and evaluating shelter processes and procedures, budget, and personnel management. You will provide operational oversight through setting and achieving meaningful and realistic goals, problem solving quickly and decisively, as well as developing systems and processes that maximize organization effectiveness. You’ll embrace the opportunity to interact with people from cultural backgrounds different from your own.

Qualifications
We will consider any combination of relevant work experience, volunteering, education, and transferable skills as qualifying unless an item or section is labeled required. Please be clear and specific about how your background is relevant. For details about how we typically screen applications, review our overview of the selection process page.

A bachelor's degree in Business or Public Administration, Behavioral or Social Sciences, or any degree demonstrating the capacity for the knowledge and skills; and four years professional-level evaluative, analytical and planning work
OR

Any combination of experience and education equivalent to seven years professional-level evaluative, analytical and planning work
Preferred Qualifications/Transferable Skills*
You do not need to have the following preferred qualifications/transferable skills to qualify. However, keep in mind we may consider some or all of the following when identifying the most qualified candidates. Please clearly explain on your application how you meet any of the following preferred qualifications/transferable skills.

Knowledge of Animal Welfare best practices and proven ability to put into practice
Experience leading and implementing organizational development and change management initiatives, preferably with a focus on equitable outcomes both internally and externally
Demonstrated experience in ability to work in an intensely collaborative, team-oriented environment
Proven organizational skills and effective written and verbal communication
Proficient in Google Suites software; experience in shelter software database is a plus
Demonstrated experience in managing multiple complex or large programs
Experience directly supervising managers and other management-level staff, as well as familiarity of a unionized environment
Knowledge of procurement, budget management and fiscal oversight

This is a full time job