The City of Austin has hired an executive recruiter to help them hire the new director at TLAC. The recruiter is going to meet with the public (information below) this Thursday afternoon to hear what the public wants in a new director before coming up with a “profile” (job description).
This is an important step in the hiring of a new shelter director as the recruiter will likely not be familiar with the no kill movement or the other directors who have made no kill communities.
Once they have a “profile” written, the City will recruit nationally for a director. After they’ve narrowed the list of potential candidates down to just a few, they will bring all of the candidates to Austin for public meetings, where the public will get a chance to ask questions and provide feedback. They expect to have someone in that position in early Fall.
Here are the details from the City:
On behalf of Assistant City Manager, Bert Lumbreras, we invite you to a special public Stakeholder meeting hosted by the City of Austin Human Resources Department, to meet with Heidi Voorhees, the Voorhees Associate, LLC, Consultant contracted by the City of Austin. We are in the process of recruiting for the Chief Animal Services Officer position and Ms. Voorhees will lead this recruitment.
As part of the recruitment process, we will develop a recruitment profile to be used in a national search to attract candidates to apply for the position. Your input is important to us.
When: Thursday, July 15, 2010
3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.Where: Town Lake Animal Shelter
Austin/Travis County HHSD
1156 W. Cesar Chavez
Austin, TX 78703You may RSVP by calling (512) 974-3310, or you may email yolanda.valdez@ci.austin.tx.us. If you will be unable to attend this Stakeholder Meeting, you may contact Heidi Voorhees to give her your input at 847-580-4246, or email her at: HVoorhees@voorheesassociates.com no later than July19, 2010.
