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Application Administrator - Job Description

This job requires computer and internet access and skills needed to direct AABR applications to reviewers.

This is a very time sensitive, thankless job as we have so many dogs waiting to come in & homes looking to adopt. We need a person who daily can start the applications on the review process.

Website design and application specialist - Job Description

This job requires computer skills needed to upgrade our website. Projects include creating an online database to assist in  matching applicants with available dogs, creating a email/mailing list, automating volunteer assignments, etc..

Skills Required: currently looking for someone with PHP programming expertise.

Other skills: ASP, CGI and Perl, Flash, Java, JavaScript, PHP

These are long term projects, and require individuals who have advanced website programming skills, can work well with and solicit input from volunteers, and stick to a project through completion. 

Website Updater - Job Description

This job requires computer skills needed to update our website, and ancillary websites that we participate and post AABR dogs on.

Reference Checker Job Description

This job involves being emailed 1 vet reference and 3 personal on applications that are going through the application review & interview process. You would call the applicant's vet & usually personal references & ask a few basic (& scripted) questions about the applicant & pets.

Skills Required: 

This is a very time sensitive job as we have so many dogs waiting to come in & homes looking to adopt. We need people who can complete the calls & fill out a brief form for each call within 2 days of receiving the references. The volume varies depending on how many applications we have in your area come in, but normally I would estimate it would be 5 applications a week per person on busy times, depending on what area you are in. We are not reimbursing the phone calls, but since we are a 501c3 non-profit corporation you can check with your accountant to see if you can write it off on your taxes as a donation.

Home Visit Interviewer Job Description

This job involves setting up visits and visiting the homes of  applicants in your area that are going through the application review & interview process. You would call the applicant, go to  their home and using a set of guidelines provided by AABR, ask a few basic (& scripted) questions about the applicant & other pets, compare the actual home environment against the application, and use judgment to determine whether a dog should be placed in the home..

Skills Required: 

This is a very time sensitive job as we have so many dogs waiting to come in & homes looking to adopt. We need people who can complete the visits & fill out a brief form for each visit within 1 to 5 days of receiving the request. The volume varies depending on how many applications we have in your area come in. We are not reimbursing the gas and mileage, but since we are a 501c3 non-profit corporation you can check with your accountant to see if you can write it off on your taxes as a donation.

Post Adoption Follow-up

This job involves being emailed adoption info and calling adoption homes asking a few basic (& scripted) questions about the post adoption environment.

Skills Required: 

This is a very time sensitive job as we would like to catch any potential problems before they start. We need people who can complete the calls & fill out a brief form for each call within 2 days of receiving the references. The volume varies depending on how many adoptions we have.  We are not reimbursing the phone calls, but since we are a 501c3 non-profit corporation you can check with your accountant to see if you can write it off follow-up phone calls on your taxes as a donation.

Correspondent Job Description

This job involves sending forms, letters, and emails to applicants, donors, sponsors, etc.. You would do so using a set of guidelines provided by AABR.

Skills Required: 

This is a somewhat time sensitive job. We need people who can volunteer an hour or two a week and who have computer skills and access to the internet.

Transporter Job Description

This job involves transporting dogs from one location to another.  Usually the transport is from a shelter or kennel to a foster location or an interim location to be passed on to another transport volunteer, until the dog reaches it's final destination.

TRANSPORT REMINDERS

1. PLEASE DO NOT BRING CHILDREN OR YOUR OWN DOGS. IF YOU MUST BRING A CHILD, THE DOG MUST BE CRATED

2. DO NOT HAVE A LOOSE DOG IN YOUR VEHICLE, PLEASE CRATE OR TETHER THE DOG OUT OF REACH OF ALL PEOPLE, OR USE A BARRIER

3. ONE OR BOTH DOGS IN MULTIPLE DOG TRANSPORTS MUST BE CRATED, PLEASE KEEP THAT IN MIND WHEN VOLUNTEERING

4. KEEP A LEASH AND IDENTIFICATION ON THE DOG AT ALL TIMES

5. DO NOT FEED THE DOG. A BISCUIT IS OKAY, BUT REMEMBER OTHER TRANSPORTERS HAVE PROBABLY DONE THE SAME. MANY DOGS HAVE SEVERE FOOD AGGRESSION, BE CAREFUL! NO CHEWS OR BONES THAT SOME DOGS WOULD SNAP OVER. LIGHT WATERING ONLY, BATHROOM BETWEEN TRANSPORTS.

6. DO NOT HUG, KISS, OR OVER HANDLE THE DOG, AS WITH ANY STRANGE DOG. THE LESS FUSS AND THE CALMER THE WHOLE PROCESS, THE EASIER IT IS FOR THE DOG TO TRANSITION INTO THE FOSTER HOME

7. BE PREPARED FOR EMERGENCIES... WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF THE CRATE IS TOO BIG, THE LEASH IS CHEWED THROUGH, THE DOG GETS SICK, YOU CANT FIND THE NEXT TRANSPORTER, ETC.

8. IF YOU ARE ONE OF THE FIRST TRANSPORTERS, PLEASE START OUT AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE. CALL THE NEXT LEG AS SOON AS YOU ARE UNDERWAY.

9. PLEASE EMAIL OR LET THE PERSON WHO DISPATCHED YOU KNOW WHEN YOU HAVE COMPLETED YOUR LEG.

10. PLEASE USE EXTREME CAUTION HANDLING INCOMING DOGS, THEY ARE UNDER EXTRAORDINARY STRESS. EVEN A GOOD DOG CAN SNAP UNDER STRESS. BE SAFE.

11. THANK YOU! YOU ARE A CRUCIAL PART OF THE RESCUE PROCESS!!

Fundraiser Job Description

This job presents an opportunity for a volunteer(s) to help AABR carry out our mission by obtaining the necessary funding required.  

A volunteer in this position will help with AABR Auctions, grants, letter writing campaigns, AABR merchandise sales, etc.  This is a versatile position which requires innovative thinking, and a person that is project oriented.

Public Relations Job Description

This job presents an opportunity for a volunteer(s) to get out in their local community to talk about and
give information/awareness about the work of Adopt A Boxer Rescue. Seeing that we are spread over many states and having a website to do most of our business, direct contact with local people helps spread the word on the work we do. 

Any dog related events in your area presents us with a public relations opportunity. The public comes to talk to a "live" person and may see either a foster dog available for adoption, an adopted dog and speak directly to a family that has adopted from AABR or a volunteer. This helps to make us visible in our communities.

If you like meeting the public and sharing your story of our adoption process or the volunteer work you do for rescue, this is a great opportunity for you to become involved and volunteer. 

Foster Home Job Description

Volunteer Application

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