Animal Placement Manager

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**Job Description Summary**

Department Pima Animal Care Center

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**Job Description**

**OPEN UNTIL FILLED**

**Job Type: Unclassified**

**Job Classification: 1395 Animal Placement Manager**

**Salary Grade: 13**

**Hiring Pay: \$59,675**

***The first review of applications will be on11/7/2025.***

Pima Animal Care Center is opening its very first Eastside Adoptions

Center located at Broadway and Kolb. We are looking to hire an

experienced Animal Placement Manager to oversee its operations. Our

ideal candidate will have experience in retail store management, animal

welfare, and animal adoptions. This new adoption site will make it

easier for eastside residents to adopt and help ease PACCs overcrowding.

• Pima Animal Care Center is open 7 days a week. All positions require

the availability to work mornings, evenings, weekends and some holidays.

Shift rotations are required.***

• This classification is in the unclassified service and is exempt from

the Pima County Merit System Rules.*

Essential Functions
As defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act, this

classification may include any of the following tasks, knowledge,

skills, and other characteristics. This list is ILLUSTRATIVE ONLY and is

not a comprehensive listing of all functions and tasks performed by

incumbents of this class. Work assignments may vary depending on the

departments need and will be communicated to the applicant or incumbent

by the supervisor.

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Develops adoption, foster, and rescue program or services goals,

objectives, policies and procedures and establishes short- and

long-range program performance plans subject to management review;

• Manages and administers animal placement activities and evaluates

program effectiveness and success;

• Develops, negotiates, monitors, and administers contracts,

intergovernmental agreements, and/or financial and service

agreements for animal placement activities;

• Monitors program contract compliance and takes corrective action as

required;

• Performs as a program representative within the community,

delivering informational news releases, serving as a department

contact person and participating in community awareness activities;

• Develops and maintains effective working relationships and

coordinates animal placement activities with other county

departments, public and private agencies, organizations and groups

to promote the department and its goals;

• Analyzes federal, state and local legislation and ensures activities

compliance with applicable regulations and policies;

• Directs organizational and management studies for the purpose of

identifying problems and alternative solutions to the problems;

• Develops, writes and administers the animal placement annual budget,

preparing financial forecasts and identifying funding sources to

support animal placement activities;

• Reviews and analyzes routine and special reports detailing the

status and/or success of the animal placement activities, preparing

recommendations and/or initiating corrective action;

• Evaluates management problems and makes decisions regarding the

proper course of action;

• May supervise the activities of staff and evaluate performance.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelors degree from an accredited college or university with an

academic major in business, management, animal biology or animal science

AND three years of administrative experience INCLUDING two years in a

supervisory or management role.**

• (Relevant experience and/or education from an accredited college or

university may be substituted.)**

Or

• Three years of experience with Pima County in a coordi ator or

supervisor position, or a similar level position as determined by the

department head at the time of recruitment with at**