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Summary

Coordinates the pet care program that provides supplemental pet food, client education about responsible pet ownership, volunteer recruitment efforts for pet food and meal delivery, and other services to benefit VNA Meals on Wheels clients.  Engage volunteers about volunteer opportunities to raise awareness about senior hunger and VNA services.

Essential Duties

1. Ensures that appropriate clients and their pets are identified and served through the pet care program.
2. Manage multiple tasks effectively, set priorities, maintain an organized and productive schedule, and meet deadlines.
3. Maintain key program statistics and produce reports demonstrating program impact, as required by funding sources by utilizing volunteer portal and Salesforce platforms.
4. Manages areas surrounding efficient delivery of pet care program services including procurement of pet food and supplies, in-kind drives, inventory, and coordination of vet care appointments.
5. Maintains a pool of volunteer drivers adequate to cover scheduled pet food and meal delivery routes.
6. Identifies and meets with prospective volunteer recruitment sources and partners to recruit volunteers to deliver pet food and hot meals to Meals on Wheels clients.
7. Provides training for new pet program and meal delivery volunteers. 
8. Conducts annual assessments for each client receiving pet care services.
9. Evaluates program annually through client and volunteer surveys or other feedback.
10. Coordinates with VNA Meals on Wheels volunteer engagement team to publicize volunteer opportunities.
11. Provides back-up support for other programs.
12. Other duties as assigned.

Other Functions

1. Delivers meals to clients as needed by the program.