Thank you so much to everyone that responded. This ad is now CLOSED. If you have applied but not been chosen for the role, we may keep you in mind for another role. Many thanks.
Oldies Club’s rehoming team urgently needs more help. We are looking for a new volunteer or two to cover one weekday each week, ideally Wednesdays, but Tuesdays or Fridays would be OK. We are also interested to hear from people who would be interested in helping at weekends.
You will be answering email messages and taking telephone calls, both from people who are looking for a rescue place for their dog and from potential adopters.
Telephone calls are received through a voicemail service and calls are returned when convenient, so you don’t have to be tied to the phone the whole time, but some days do get very busy indeed and rehoming can take up a large part of a day.
A lot of computer work and admin is involved in recording calls and updating spreadsheets and other documents, so confident IT skills and tolerance of doing the boring bits accurately is vital.
As part of a friendly team you will be given lots of support and guidance about the way we work and how to respond to calls and messages, and we make many of our decisions on a team basis.
As with all Oldies Club roles, this post is voluntary and home based.
Rehoming can be emotional, infuriating and draining, but also immensely satisfying when you are able to help a dog in desperate need into a safe foster home, or see a dog go from a foster home to a perfect forever home.
If you are interested in an informal chat about it in the first instance, please email:
treasurer@oldies.org.uk
*Closing date for expressing an interest in this voluntary position is (NOW CLOSED!) but we may close applications early if we hear from the ideal person.*