GRRA Volunteer Positions 

• Database entry or experienced with Salesforce CRM

• Must be computer savvy

• Contact applicant upon receipt of application

• Review GRRA policies with applicant and discuss information on application through a telephone interview

• Request home check to be performed by Home Check Team

• Serve as primary contact for applicant with GRRA

• Contact families who have recently adopted a dog

• Inquire how the dog is doing

• Collect Feedback on our adoption process

• Discuss volunteer opportunities and other ways to be involved

• Evaluate and/or review dog’s history for behavior issues

• Recommend and provide training and resources for the dog’s specific needs

• Create behavior management plans with guidance from manager

• Manages and provides oversight to Canine Behavior & Training team

• Assesses specific needs of dogs being considered for intake

• Assesses specific needs of rescue dogs

• Assigns dogs to Trainer

• Fulfills duties listed for CB&T Trainer

• Provides training leadership at rescue events

• Assist in writing content for monthly newsletter and other GRRA communications throughout the year

• Assist in promoting dogs on social media and fundraising events; interview adopters for articles

• Write press releases when needed

Write sympathy cards to individuals whose dogs have passed away (adopters, members, etc.)

• Walk GRRA dogs in a boarding facility, not in foster homes

• Training is provided to dog walker

• Walk dogs outdoors, rain or shine, in comfortable attire

• Permanent foster for a dog with special needs (medical needs, a senior  dog, hospice, etc.)

• GRRA pays the dog’s medical (vet and medicine) costs

• Provide safe & nurturing environment for dog & socialize the dog

• Provide information about the dog in their care to the Team of  Dog Consultants

• Work with the Vet Care Team to ensure the dog takes his  medications and gets to their follow-up vet appointments

• Bring their foster dog to Meet & Greet events in order to facilitate adoption

• Medical costs and heartworm/flea/tick preventative are paid for by GRRA

• Provide accurate Foster Evaluations to ensure suitable Family placement

• Reviews foster applications & sets up new foster homes

• Provide leadership, training, coaching & mentoring to foster team

• Coordinate foster home placement details with intake team & medical  liaison

• Maintain regular contact with foster volunteers regarding status & care  of rescue dogs

• Participate in the evaluation of new foster home volunteer candidates

• Communicate & coordinate team & dog participation in Meet & Greet  Day and other events related to adoptions & fundraising/public  awareness

• Manages and provides oversight to foster home coordinator team

• Fulfills duties as listed for foster home coordinator

• Provide safe & nurturing environment for dog & socialize the dog

• Provide information about the dog in their care to the Team of  Dog Consultants

• Work with the Vet Care Team to ensure the dog takes his  medications and gets to their follow-up vet appointments

• Bring their foster dog to Meet & Greet events in order to facilitate adoption

• Medical costs and heartworm/flea/tick preventative are paid for by GRRA

• Provide accurate Foster Evaluations to ensure suitable Family placement

• Generate ideas for fundraising; assist with planning

• Coordinate positions available, needs for each

• Provide day-of-event support

• Evaluate the safety & suitability of applicant's home for a GRRA dog by visiting the home and filling out a home check form

• Travel within your zip code or city, or any areas you specify

• Arrange Home Checks for new applicants

• Evaluate the safety & suitability of applicant's home for a GRRA dog

• Most flexible volunteer role/you can say “no”

• We encourage you to take your own dog with you on home checks and  enjoy talking about GRRA with potential adopter

• Set up Task Manager system for tracking dogs, vaccinations,  spay/neutering.

• Familiar with SalesForce and Wix

• Create reporting and support end users with problems / questions

• Must be computer savvy

• Comfortable working with Constant Contact and updating CC info from the SalesForce database

• Assists with intake requests from: Shelters, Owner Turn In, Hotline, and email requests

• Assists the intake team when making the final decision if a dog meets requirements and to take the dog into program

• Follows the process to complete the intake and documentation, as well as works with the intake transport team for safe delivery of the dog to our designated Vet

Help track GRRA materials to and from the warehouse in Alpharetta. May assist in transporting kennels to and from foster or events when needed.

• Helps schedule vet appointments

• Tracks microchips and neuter/spay procedures

• Medical experience helpful but not required

• Attention to detail

• Set up before event and clean-up materials after event

• Escort registered applicants to meet dogs and record their adoption  preferences

• Explain GRRA adoption process to prospective adopters

• Hand out & retrieve GRRA leashes, bandanas, etc before/after event

• Ensure fosters have appropriate signage and assistance where needed

• Participate in the annual Membership drive

• Provide Membership information at events and fundraisers

The MicroChip coordinator is responsible for re-registering microchips for every dog that

comes into GRRA with microchips that have been previously implanted. They are also

responsible for communicating with all new GRRA adopters to ensure microchips have

been transferred/registered into their name within a reasonable amount of time after the

adoption has occurred.

• Work closely with editor of newsletter to produce monthly

• Have good writing skills; follows up on articles from others;

• Must be computer savvy

• Include video of dogs that need promoting (for social media)

• Include photos of GRRA events and Meet & Greet Days

Represent GRRA at events in the community to promote awareness of  the rescue, fundraising, adoption functions

• Taxi new intake dogs from shelters or owner's home to designated vet

• Work directly with the Intake Coordinator to pick up a new intake

• Ensure all necessary paperwork is sent to the Intake Coordinator

• You will transport dog from foster homes or boarding facilities to vet  appointments

• Write and mail hard copy Thank You letters for donations & gifts given to GRRA.

• Templates are provided.

• Postage is reimbursable

• Working with Training team and Placement Manager to identify possible forever family for given training dog.

• Working with Social Media team to network the dog

• Communicate with our Training Partners on dogs needing to go to training and requesting progress reports and next steps

• Follow the dog through the whole process and support adopter Family