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San Diego Humane Society is hiring part-time Guest Experience Associates for our San Diego team!
How you’ll impact our mission:
At San Diego Humane Society, we’re united by our mission to Inspire Compassion, providing hope and advancing the welfare of animals and people. In this role, you’ll serve as the first point of contact for guests visiting or calling SDHS and be responsible for making sure the guest experience is positive and professional.
This role delivers service at the gold standard level in alignment with the SDHS Way, to meet the needs of animals and the people who love them by leading with compassion, finding creative solutions, providing personalized care and building connections. If you’re passionate about making an impact in the animal welfare movement, we’d love to talk to you.
What’s in it for you?
At SDHS, we’re proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and commit to being a place where every person – staff, volunteer, and guest – can feel a sense of belonging. We support and invest in employees through conscious delivery of benefits and a workplace environment based on our Core Values.
As an employee you’ll enjoy:
- Competitive pay and paid time-off (including your Birthday Day Off!)
- Comprehensive benefits package, training and well-being programs
- 403(b) retirement plan with 5% match after 1 year
- Free pet adoptions, pet vaccines and spay/neuter services
- …and so much more!
What you’ll do:
- Provide exceptional service to every guest; including acknowledging guests as they enter or call SDHS, thanking them for coming to SDHS, determining their needs, answering questions related to our services, and working through their inquiry until resolution.
- Complete as many quality adoptions as possible by assisting guests in finding an appropriate match for their household and lifestyle while encouraging adopters to take advantage of our risk-free “Adoption Guarantee.”
- Check guests in and out for relinquishment, euthanasia and Community Spay and Neuter services.
- Check in stray animals brought in by the public and gather detailed information and assess stray cat’s eligibility for the Community Cat Program as needed.
- Cross-train and participate in all areas of the Guest Experience including but not limited to Adoptions, Admissions, Stray and Reclaim.
What we’re looking for:
- High School Diploma or equivalent required.
- Minimum of one (1) year experience in customer/guest services required, 2 years preferred.
- Prior experience working with animals in a kennel, shelter or veterinary hospital preferred.
- Bilingual skills a plus, bilingual-Spanish preferred.
Location & Hours: Based at our San Diego Campus. These positions work approximately 24-28 hours per week. A standard schedule includes Saturdays and Sundays, with Fridays typically required as well.
Pay: Starting range is between $20.75 – $22.25 per hour and is eligible for an hourly bilingual-Spanish premium.
The listed hiring range for this position depicts the target range of pay rates for candidates. The maximum of the hiring range is reserved for candidates with the highest qualifications and relevant experience. Compensation for internal candidates may increase beyond the listed range based on performance over time. For all candidates, the actual starting pay rate is determined by a variety of factors, including but not limited to your years of related education and experience, internal pay equity, and position location.
To learn more about our benefits and perks, click here.
Career Growth through Job Levels: Guest Experience offers three job levels as you grow within your role. Growth is based on time worked in your SDHS Guest Experience Associate role and meeting other training and performance requirements – everyone can advance once they meet the requirements! Advancing levels is recognized through a title change and pay increase.
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About San Diego Humane Society
San Diego Humane Society, an open-admission shelter, is creating a more humane world by inspiring compassion and advancing the welfare of animals and people. Our lifesaving safety net has helped San Diego become one of the largest cities in the U.S. to achieve zero euthanasia of healthy and treatable shelter animals.
With campuses in El Cajon, Escondido, Oceanside, Ramona and San Diego, we provide animal services for 13 cities within San Diego County. We not only care for more than 40,000 animals in our communities each year, but also share the expertise we gain through our innovative programs with shelters across the country so they can save more lives in their communities.
Although we are committed to serving as a national leader in animal welfare, our top priority is meeting the needs of our San Diego community. We provide exceptional care for all animals through world-class veterinary medicine, shelter and most of all: love.
San Diego Humane Society is looking for candidates who support our mission to create a more humane world by inspiring compassion. We thrive on a Culture of Care, offering competitive pay and benefits, and our benefits are designed to help staff to lead healthy, productive and rewarding lives, both at work and at home.
What you'll do
- Provide exceptional service to guests, ensuring a positive experience. Assist in adoptions and check in stray animals while cross-training in various areas of Guest Experience.
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