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Animal Protection League (APL) is a growing nonprofit veterinary organization dedicated to providing affordable spay/neuter surgeries, vaccinations, and preventive veterinary services throughout East Texas.
With multiple veterinarians, a large team of employees, and mobile veterinary clinics serving communities across the region, APL operates in a fast-paced, high-volume environment.
We are seeking an experienced Veterinary Operations & Personnel Manager to provide strong leadership, oversee employee relations, maintain accountability, and promote a positive and professional workplace culture throughout our organization.
Previous veterinary practice management experience is REQUIRED.
Position Overview
This is a hands-on leadership position based at our Longview headquarters, with personnel management responsibilities extending to employees throughout APL's organization.
The successful candidate will serve as the primary point of contact for employee-related matters, including hiring, training, performance management, disciplinary actions, workplace conflicts, and employee concerns.
We are looking for a confident, fair, approachable leader who can make sound decisions, resolve problems independently, and maintain professional boundaries.
This position reports directly to the Executive Director. No field travel is required.
Key Responsibilities
Employee Management & Human Resources
- Oversee employee relations and personnel matters across all APL locations.
- Handle employee complaints, workplace conflicts, and performance concerns promptly and professionally.
- Conduct employee interviews and oversee hiring, onboarding, and training.
- Administer employee disciplinary actions, written warnings, and performance improvement plans.
- Conduct employee evaluations and monitor employee performance.
- Address attendance, productivity, professionalism, and accountability issues.
- Recommend employee terminations, subject to final approval by the Executive Director.
- Maintain accurate, confidential employee documentation and personnel records.
- Ensure company policies are consistently and fairly enforced.
- Support compliance with applicable employment laws and company policies.
Leadership & Workplace Culture
- Foster a positive, respectful, professional, and team-oriented work environment.
- Address workplace gossip, bullying, favoritism, and unprofessional conduct.
- Build trust and improve communication between employees and leadership.
- Promote employee retention, morale, and professional development.
- Ensure new employees receive proper training, support, and guidance.
- Resolve employee concerns fairly, consistently, and confidentially.
- Lead by example and maintain high standards of integrity and professionalism.
Veterinary Operations
- Monitor employee performance and operational efficiency.
- Work closely with veterinarians and leadership to support efficient daily operations.
- Ensure employees follow established company procedures, medical protocols, and customer service standards.
- Identify operational problems and recommend practical solutions.
- Assist with resolving difficult client situations and service complaints.
- Monitor the facilities to ensure that it remains safe, secure and well-maintained.
- Oversee billing and collection processes.
- Prepare, monitor and track operational reports and key vitals of the company to ensure accuracy and efficiency.
- Supervise patient record keeping.
- Maintain clear communication with employees working at APL's various locations.
Required Qualifications
- Previous management experience in a veterinary hospital or veterinary clinic is mandatory.
- Demonstrated experience supervising and managing veterinary employees.
- Proven experience handling employee discipline, conflict resolution, hiring, and performance evaluations.
- Strong understanding of veterinary clinic operations and workflow.
- Excellent leadership, communication, problem-solving, and organizational skills.
- Ability to address difficult employee situations confidently and professionally.
- Ability to make independent decisions while maintaining appropriate communication with executive leadership.
- Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to maintain confidentiality.
- Ability to enforce policies consistently without favoritism.
- Proficiency with computers and veterinary practice management software.
- Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, high-volume environment.
Preferred Qualifications
- Three or more years of veterinary practice management experience.
- Experience managing large teams or employees working at multiple locations.
- Experience with employee relations, workplace investigations, and performance improvement plans.
- Demonstrated success improving workplace culture and employee retention.
- Familiarity with high-volume spay/neuter programs or nonprofit veterinary organizations.
What We Are Looking For
- We are looking for more than someone who can manage the daily operations of a veterinary clinic.
- We are looking for a leader who can manage people.
- Treats employees fairly and respectfully.
- Handles difficult conversations professionally.
- Addresses problems rather than avoiding them.
- Holds employees accountable without creating unnecessary conflict.
- Maintains professional boundaries and avoids workplace drama.
- Earns respect through consistency, integrity, and strong leadership.
- Understands that a positive workplace culture and employee accountability go hand in hand.
- The successful candidate must be comfortable taking ownership of routine employee matters while working closely with executive leadership.
Reporting Structure
- This position reports directly to the Executive Director.
- The manager will have responsibility for employee relations, corrective actions, and routine personnel decisions. Final approval of employee terminations remains with the Executive Director.
- Employee scheduling will initially remain under executive leadership.
- This is an on-site position at APL's Longview headquarters. Although the manager will oversee personnel matters throughout the organization, travel to mobile clinic locations is not required.
How to Apply
- Interested applicants should submit a resume to HCAPL97@GMAIL.COM
Animal Protection League is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Pay: From $31.00 per hour
Expected hours: 40.0 per week
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Employee discount
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Work Location: In person
Animal Protection League (APL) is a growing nonprofit veterinary organization dedicated to providing affordable spay/neuter surgeries, vaccinations, and preventive veterinary services throughout East Texas.
With multiple veterinarians, a large team of employees, and mobile veterinary clinics serving communities across the region, APL operates in a fast-paced, high-volume environment.
We are seeking an experienced Veterinary Operations & Personnel Manager to provide strong leadership, oversee employee relations, maintain accountability, and promote a positive and professional workplace culture throughout our organization.
Previous veterinary practice management experience is REQUIRED.
Position Overview
This is a hands-on leadership position based at our Longview headquarters, with personnel management responsibilities extending to employees throughout APL's organization.
The successful candidate will serve as the primary point of contact for employee-related matters, including hiring, training, performance management, disciplinary actions, workplace conflicts, and employee concerns.
We are looking for a confident, fair, approachable leader who can make sound decisions, resolve problems independently, and maintain professional boundaries.
This position reports directly to the Executive Director. No field travel is required.
Key Responsibilities
Employee Management & Human Resources
- Oversee employee relations and personnel matters across all APL locations.
- Handle employee complaints, workplace conflicts, and performance concerns promptly and professionally.
- Conduct employee interviews and oversee hiring, onboarding, and training.
- Administer employee disciplinary actions, written warnings, and performance improvement plans.
- Conduct employee evaluations and monitor employee performance.
- Address attendance, productivity, professionalism, and accountability issues.
- Recommend employee terminations, subject to final approval by the Executive Director.
- Maintain accurate, confidential employee documentation and personnel records.
- Ensure company policies are consistently and fairly enforced.
- Support compliance with applicable employment laws and company policies.
Leadership & Workplace Culture
- Foster a positive, respectful, professional, and team-oriented work environment.
- Address workplace gossip, bullying, favoritism, and unprofessional conduct.
- Build trust and improve communication between employees and leadership.
- Promote employee retention, morale, and professional development.
- Ensure new employees receive proper training, support, and guidance.
- Resolve employee concerns fairly, consistently, and confidentially.
- Lead by example and maintain high standards of integrity and professionalism.
Veterinary Operations
- Monitor employee performance and operational efficiency.
- Work closely with veterinarians and leadership to support efficient daily operations.
- Ensure employees follow established company procedures, medical protocols, and customer service standards.
- Identify operational problems and recommend practical solutions.
- Assist with resolving difficult client situations and service complaints.
- Monitor the facilities to ensure that it remains safe, secure and well-maintained.
- Oversee billing and collection processes.
- Prepare, monitor and track operational reports and key vitals of the company to ensure accuracy and efficiency.
- Supervise patient record keeping.
- Maintain clear communication with employees working at APL's various locations.
Required Qualifications
- Previous management experience in a veterinary hospital or veterinary clinic is mandatory.
- Demonstrated experience supervising and managing veterinary employees.
- Proven experience handling employee discipline, conflict resolution, hiring, and performance evaluations.
- Strong understanding of veterinary clinic operations and workflow.
- Excellent leadership, communication, problem-solving, and organizational skills.
- Ability to address difficult employee situations confidently and professionally.
- Ability to make independent decisions while maintaining appropriate communication with executive leadership.
- Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to maintain confidentiality.
- Ability to enforce policies consistently without favoritism.
- Proficiency with computers and veterinary practice management software.
- Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, high-volume environment.
Preferred Qualifications
- Three or more years of veterinary practice management experience.
- Experience managing large teams or employees working at multiple locations.
- Experience with employee relations, workplace investigations, and performance improvement plans.
- Demonstrated success improving workplace culture and employee retention.
- Familiarity with high-volume spay/neuter programs or nonprofit veterinary organizations.
What We Are Looking For
- We are looking for more than someone who can manage the daily operations of a veterinary clinic.
- We are looking for a leader who can manage people.
- Treats employees fairly and respectfully.
- Handles difficult conversations professionally.
- Addresses problems rather than avoiding them.
- Holds employees accountable without creating unnecessary conflict.
- Maintains professional boundaries and avoids workplace drama.
- Earns respect through consistency, integrity, and strong leadership.
- Understands that a positive workplace culture and employee accountability go hand in hand.
- The successful candidate must be comfortable taking ownership of routine employee matters while working closely with executive leadership.
Reporting Structure
- This position reports directly to the Executive Director.
- The manager will have responsibility for employee relations, corrective actions, and routine personnel decisions. Final approval of employee terminations remains with the Executive Director.
- Employee scheduling will initially remain under executive leadership.
- This is an on-site position at APL's Longview headquarters. Although the manager will oversee personnel matters throughout the organization, travel to mobile clinic locations is not required.
How to Apply
- Interested applicants should submit a resume to HCAPL97@GMAIL.COM
Animal Protection League is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Pay: From $31.00 per hour
Expected hours: 40.0 per week
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Employee discount
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Work Location: In person
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What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in personnel manager jobs.
- Bachelor's degree in human resources, business administration, or a related field
- Experience administering federal and state employment law including FMLA and ADA
- Proficiency with applicant tracking systems and HRIS platforms
- Demonstrated experience managing employee relations, investigations, and disciplinary processes
- SHRM-CP, SHRM-SCP, PHR, or SPHR certification preferred or required
- Experience supporting performance management cycles and compensation review processes
Tips for Your Personnel Manager Job Search
Tailor your resume to compliance depth
Personnel manager postings vary widely on compliance expectations. Highlight specific labor laws you've administered, such as FMLA, ADA, or FLSA, and name the workforce size you managed. Generic HR summaries rarely pass applicant tracking systems for this role.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists personnel manager openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Target postings by industry to match your experience
Personnel manager duties shift significantly between industries. A manufacturing plant's focus on shift scheduling and union grievances differs from a hospital's credentialing and turnover priorities. Filter openings by industry so your experience maps directly to the role's real demands.
Quantify workforce outcomes, not just duties
Hiring managers for personnel roles respond to outcomes: reduced turnover rates, faster time-to-fill, or resolved grievances. Replace duty descriptions with measurable results wherever your records support it. Vague ownership of HR functions won't differentiate you from other candidates.
Prepare for scenario-based interview questions
Personnel manager interviews frequently include scenario questions about disciplinary action, termination procedures, and conflict between managers and employees. Practice walking through your decision process step by step, naming the policy or legal framework that guided each choice.
Negotiate total compensation, not just base pay
Personnel managers often know more about benefits structures than hiring managers expect. Use that knowledge during negotiation. Ask specifically about professional development funding, flexible scheduling, and performance review cycles alongside your offer discussion.
Personnel Manager Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most personnel managers?
The companies hiring the most personnel managers right now include Adams Communication & Engineering Technology, NVIDIA, and GuruSchools, with the largest share of openings in California, Texas, and Virginia, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Demand tends to be highest in organizations undergoing rapid headcount growth or workforce restructuring.
How many personnel manager jobs are remote?
About 0% of personnel manager openings are fully remote or hybrid as of November 2026, reflecting ongoing flexibility in corporate HR functions. Sub-areas like policy development, HR reporting, and benefits administration tend to be the most remote-compatible, while employee relations and onboarding roles more often require an on-site presence.
How do you become a personnel manager?
Start with a bachelor's degree in human resources, business administration, or a related field, then build experience in an HR coordinator or generalist role where you handle recruiting, onboarding, and employee relations directly. Earning a professional certification such as the PHR or SHRM-CP strengthens your candidacy. Most employers expect several years of progressively broader HR responsibility before promoting or hiring into a personnel manager title.
Can you get a personnel manager job without direct management experience?
Yes, especially if you've led HR projects, coordinated cross-functional initiatives, or informally supervised HR processes without holding a formal management title. Emphasize situations where you guided policy implementation, resolved employee disputes, or owned a full HR function without direct oversight. Some employers, particularly smaller organizations, hire strong generalists into personnel manager roles when leadership potential is evident.
What does the personnel manager interview process look like?
Most personnel manager interview processes include an initial phone or video screen with a recruiter, followed by a structured interview with the HR director or a hiring panel that often includes operations or finance leadership. Expect behavioral questions about handling terminations, conflict resolution, and compliance decisions. Some employers add a written exercise or case scenario to assess your policy judgment before extending an offer.
Where can I find and apply to personnel manager jobs?
You can find and apply to personnel manager jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. Search for roles that match your industry background and experience level, then apply directly to each listing that fits.
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