Cat Caretaker Volunteer

Description: This position is responsible for interacting with and caring for the cats and kittens that Louie’s Legacy homes within a pet store. The Cat Caretaker helps our cats and kittens increase their adoption options and reduce their stress.

• Reports To: Foster and Adoption Manager.
• Location & Schedule: Partnered PetSmart in Plainville. Flexible with volunteer’s schedule. 
• Time Commitment:  Approximately 1-3 hours per/wk. We request a minimum of 3 months in this role.

Core Responsibilities include:

• Feeding our cats and cleaning their cages. 
• Helping us socialize them by giving them love and attention.
• Assist with facilitating adoption meets and finalizing adoptions for an approved applicant.
• Answer any questions asked by the store’s customers or staff.  
• Consistently apply LLAR’s brand guidelines and communicate our Vision and Mission.

Qualifications: Are you?

• A positive and professional teammate?
• An animal lover, committed to saving the lives of animals in need?
• An equally good people-person?
• Willing to commit to this role on certain days and times, as agreed?
• Cool under pressure, able to calmly navigate high pressure situations?
• Willing to maintain open, honest, and frequent communications?

If this sounds like you, please help Louie’s Legacy achieve our Vision to help rescue more animals, more efficiently, by working in a positive, professional and collaborative way with our community.

Important note - All  Louie’s Legacy volunteers with access to internal communications, financial information, or personally identifying information must also: 

• be over 18 years old. 
• Commit to demonstrating the values outlined in our Organizational Cultural Agreement. 
• Sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement in order to maintain a safe and responsible relationship with our volunteers, donors, fosters, and adopters.