Shelter Engagement Specialist

🕒 September 22

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $58.7k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

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Best Friends Animal Society

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501 - 1000 employees

Founded 1984

🤝 Non-profit

🤲 Charity

🌍 Social Impact

Non-profit • Charity • Social Impact

Best Friends Animal Society is a non-profit organization dedicated to reducing the number of homeless pets and promoting no-kill animal shelters throughout the United States. The organization operates the nation's largest sanctuary for homeless animals, providing adoption, spay/neuter, and educational programs to support animals in need. Best Friends Animal Society strives to reach a no-kill goal by 2025, emphasizing community involvement, animal advocacy, and fostering to prevent the unnecessary euthanization of pets. The society's work is supported by donations, volunteers, and partnerships, aiming to save them all and provide a safe haven for abandoned and injured animals.

📋 Description

• Select and pull animals from priority shelters to support Best Friends Animal Society’s no-kill mission • Build relationships with assigned shelters and provide ongoing consultative guidance, coaching, and strategic mentorship • Help shelters implement programming to achieve and sustain a 90% save rate • Evaluate shelter population needs and placement opportunities for dogs and cats • Safely transport animals to the Northwest Arkansas program • Assess operational challenges and guide adoption of effective lifesaving practices • Deliver lifesaving training, team-building activities, consultation, and mentoring to shelter staff • Provide customer service to partner shelters and community stakeholders • Represent Best Friends’ mission and vision within partner shelters • Develop and refine resources and maintain statistics for priority partner shelters • Lead and empower volunteers and volunteer teams • Collaborate with Best Friends team members to implement efficient processes, communications, data entry, and recordkeeping • Travel up to 75% within Arkansas and surrounding states

🎯 Requirements

• Background in animal sheltering; working in an animal shelter is required, preferably in a municipal, government or private shelter with contractual animal control responsibilities • Basic ability to identify and speak to medical and behavioral characteristics and body language of dogs and cats • Ability to work professionally, nonjudgmentally, and supportively in shelters that are not no-kill • Experience with and comfortability driving large multi-passenger vehicles or willingness to learn • Strong interpersonal, organization, problem-solving, adaptability, and teamwork skills • Proficiency with Microsoft Office products; familiarity with shelter software/animal management software, or desire to learn • Ability to professionally advocate Best Friends’ positions on issues • Experience supporting, engaging with, and developing relationships with volunteers and donors • Must have a valid driver's license for at least 3 years and qualify to be added to Best Friends insurance • Ability to travel regularly up to 75%, including overnight stays when needed • Ability to handle dogs and cats of all sizes, temperaments, and medical or behavioral conditions • Ability to work indoors and outdoors in extreme heat and cold • Must routinely lift 40 pounds and perform strenuous physical activities • Availability for variable schedules including weekends, nights, and holidays • Applicants for employment in the U.S. must have valid work authorization that does not now and/or will not in the future require visa sponsorship • Experience leading teams and implementing programs is preferred but not required • Bilingual or multilingual skills are preferred but not required

🏖️ Benefits

• Great benefits • Equal opportunity employment