Job Posting closes: 11/06/2026
CITY OF KILLEEN POSITION DESCRIPTION
Adoption and Care Manager
This position is responsible for overseeing all animal outcome related programs, including adoption, volunteer, foster, marketing/media, community programs, fundraising, and transport.
The employee will have the responsibility of:
- Supervising the flow of animals through the shelter to promote healthy outcomes and reduce their length of stay
- Hiring, scheduling, promoting, disciplining and terminating your staff
- Providing continual direction, training, feedback, and evaluations
- Managing personnel time records in accordance with regulations
- Conducting lifesavings staff meeting to review procedures and workplace issues
- Collaborating with staff to create specific outcome plans
- Developing and implementing animal marketing strategies to increase adoptions
- Developing and implementing educational programs relating to animal welfare
- Performing intake activities including putting animal data into the department records system, performing vaccinations, conducting preliminary health exams, and animal assessments
- Coordinating with other departments, sites, and organizations to support outreach campaign development; conducting research, processing forms; collecting and recording payments; generating reports
- Assisting individuals seeking lost animals or adoptable animals
- Ensuring shelter software is consistently utilized, updated, and audited
- Overseeing the shelter's social media pages and communication with the community through messaging applications such as Facebook Messenger
- Interacting with the public during adoption events, out-processing of fostered, adopted or reclaimed animals
- Corresponding with national animal welfare organizations
- Assisting in the preparation of grant applications related to reducing pet over-population and increasing the live release rate of shelter animals
- Defining and developing volunteer and foster standard operating guidelines
The work environment will require the employee to:
- Be exposed to routinely to dangerous, injured or diseased animals; fecal matter, blood and other hazards; and to various cleaning chemicals
- Be in contact with sick, injured, unruly and/or vicious animals
As an employee with the city of Killeen some benefits are:
- Health insurance from Blue Cross Blue Shield of TX
- Dental and Vision insurance
- Life insurance
- Retirement through TMRS (Optional 4579(b) Accounts)
- Paid Vacation and Sick Leave
- 13 paid holidays
- Wellness Events & Free Gym Membership
Required Minimum Qualifications
Education and Experience:
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university. And
- Three (3) years of experience in Animal Control or Public Health Zoonosis, community development, media, or
- Any equivalent combination of education and experience
- Management experience preferred
Special Requirements:
- Must have a valid Texas driver's license within sixty (60) days of hire
- Must have a valid driver's license by date-of-hire