Animal Care & Adoption Specialist

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Job DetailsJob Location: Joybound - Walnut Creek, CA 94598Position Type: Part TimeSalary Range: $25.00 - $27.00 HourlyPosition Summary: The Animal Care & Adoption Specialist supports Joybound’s mission by ensuring the humane care of animals while providing exceptional service to the public throughout the adoption process. This hybrid role combines direct animal care, behavior enrichment, and medical observation with adopter engagement, education, matchmaking, and adoption facilitation. This role balances responsibilities equally between Animal Care and Adoptions, starting each day with hands-on animal care duties (feeding, cleaning, etc.) and transitioning to the Adoption department at mid-day to support peak operational needs. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: Interact and communicate with colleagues, volunteers, and the public in a manner that advances a culture of positivity, professionalism, trust, transparency, empathy, and excellence at Joybound. Animal Care & Handling: Provide daily care, exercise, enrichment, feeding, and cleaning for shelter dogs and cats. Administer medications as prescribed by Veterinary Clinic staff. Monitor animal health and behavior, reporting signs of illness or...