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Humane World for Animals

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501 - 1000 employees

🤝 Non-profit

🤲 Charity

🌍 Social Impact

Non-profit • Charity • Social Impact

Humane World for Animals is a global animal-welfare nonprofit that works to end animal cruelty and suffering in all forms through rescue, advocacy, public education, policy campaigns, and direct care. The organization operates sanctuaries and rescue and response efforts, campaigns on issues such as animal testing, trophy hunting, puppy mills, farmed-animal welfare, and wildlife protection, and provides pet- and wildlife-care resources, volunteer programs, and fundraising/donation channels. It is registered as a 501(c)(3) and uses advocacy, legal action, public outreach, and partnerships to drive systemic change for animals across regions including North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia.

📋 Description

• Contribute to a productive, welcoming work environment and participate in process improvement activities such as After-Action surveys • Serve in deployment roles assigned according to training and experience • Work with or oversee Animal Rescue Team members and volunteers during rescue, transport, and sheltering operations • Coordinate with Animal Care and Field Response management to implement operational strategies • Provide accurate information for situation reports, daily care or medical records, animal census information, and legal compliance records • Maintain animal care equipment and vehicles • Participate in planning response activities • Perform other assigned duties and responsibilities • Respond to large-scale animal cruelty or disaster rescues in field and sheltering roles as needed • Complete at least one rotation at the Maryland Care and Rehabilitation Center before becoming eligible for field response

🎯 Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent required • Minimum three years of experience in species-specific animal handling, veterinary technology or assistance, force-free animal training, grooming, shelter animal care, disaster response, fire/EMT, law enforcement, humane law enforcement or cruelty investigations, animal care and control, or similar • Ability to safely and humanely handle animals and knowledge of husbandry and care practices for relevant species • Applicants within a one-hour drive of Nashville, Tennessee, or western Maryland highly desirable • Experience handling animals in distress • Ability to travel occasionally, sometimes on short notice, for 5+ days at a time, at least once per year when opportunities are offered • Ability to work holidays and outside standard business hours when necessary • Strong oral and written communication skills • PC proficiency, including word processing and Internet use • Ability to work independently or as part of a team, take initiative, and maintain communication with staff and responders • Completion of FEMA courses IS-100 and IS-200 required • Experience in emergency operations or response preferred • Experience with Chameleon animal sheltering software preferred • Low Stress Handling or Fear Free Shelters completion strongly preferred • Relevant required certificates and training completion certificates must be submitted with the application • Ability to deploy to locations anywhere in the United States as needed

🏖️ Benefits

• Opportunity to participate in animal rescue and care work • Travel deployment opportunities, when offered • Remote position