CAS RECRUITMENT

CAN YOU HELP CAS
The Costa Animal Society will have several Committee based voluntary positions available from the end of 2011 beginning of 2012.

Treasurer
We will need a new Treasurer from 1st January 2012. This position requires the person to be a Spanish Resident and have a good knowledge of accountancy procedures, preferably computer literate (we currently use Microsoft Money) and be prepared to give monthly financial reports to the committee and prepare the annual accounts for submission to our auditors. In addition money with have to be collected from the Cas shop in Nerja weekly and banked together with any funds raised from our events. Invoices received to be paid monthly.

Fundraiser
This position available from 1st January 2012 requires the person to take overall responsibility for the fundraising necessary to produce the funds necessary to ensure Cas continues to help the abandoned animals that come into our care.
This involves organising our monthly events together with our two major dinner/dances in June and November plus the two annual Scruffs Dog Shows. They would also be responsible for obtaining sponsorship for the major events from local businesses. This will not be a “Cold start” as the person currently has many contacts and a well organised system.

President
The current President will be retiring in March 2012. Her main role apart from “President’s Duties) is to be responsible the rehoming of the dogs in our care and organising the many fosterers we have. This mainly involves telephone and email contact, responding to general enquiries from our press announcements and our Website from which the majority of enquiries are received. Also dealing with telephone calls received concerning dogs lost or abandoned. Once again we have a tried and tested system for dealing with most situations together with overseas contacts with whom many animals are rehomed. We currently home between 40/50 per month.

In all cases we would like people to come on board as soon as possible so that they can work with the retiree to ensure a smooth handover. If you are interested in any of these positions please contact our existing President Wendy Thorne on 952037095/660271984 or any committee member,