Foster Coordinator

Lucky Dog Animal Rescue

Job Description

Position Overview
The Foster Coordinator will work closely with the Lucky Dog team to ensure our
fosters both feel – and are – supported. They will effectively communicate with staff
to ensure animals are assigned fosters and that fosters have everything they need to
succeed. This role includes not only interacting with fosters, adoption coordinators,
and staff, but also working with the LDAR database and data management system.
The ideal candidate for this job is resourceful, detail oriented, organized and has
animal rescue and/or veterinary work background. Lucky Dog is powered by the
volunteers, requiring high levels of customer focus, engaging communication and
responsiveness to both the volunteers, fosters, the Lucky Dog Staff and potential
and past adopters.
This position requires a flexible, non-regular work week. WEEKENDS ARE
REQUIRED as that is when our adoption events and transports are scheduled.
This position balances working from home, the office, and on site at transports and
adoption events. The Foster Coordinator would provide their own computer and cell
phone and have access to a car. The position would start as soon as possible.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following:
Foster & Transport Support
Animals in Foster Care

● Work with staff to ensure all animals have foster placement
● Respond to and help report any updates from weekly foster check in emails,
knowing when to escalate behavioral or foster concerns to Program
Managers
● Mediate communication around how to manage common behavioral concerns
of animals in foster
● Potential travel to fosters homes for foster support & behavioral evaluations
● Locate proper foster placements for animals with behavioral challenges or
animals being returned to Lucky Dog’s care
● Responsible for tracking Mom & Puppies/Kittens that are in Lucky Dog’s care
to ensure proper timeline for care is being followed
● Help create resource documents for fosters and adopters to review when
experiencing behavioral challenges
● Comfortable brainstorming and working with staff to evaluate and create
training plans for animals with behavioral challenges
Transport Oversight & Support
● Responsible for tracking fosters assignments for animals arriving on weekly
transports
● Be onsite at every transport to help execution of unloading the animals and
sending to foster homes
● Comfortable handling a variety of sizes and temperaments for both dogs &
cats
● Help create and manage Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
Vetting & Medical Record Review
Animals in Foster Care
● Field basic medical concerns from fosters, ask for elaborations on medical
issues, and mediate communication and tips to manage common ailments in
coordination with the Program Manager of Vetting
● Escalate medical concerns to the PM of Vetting and CEO when appropriate
and communicate vetting action plans to fosters
● Be comfortable administering medications, assisting in giving vaccinations or
microchips if necessary.
Database & Administrative
● Complete weekly and monthly database and internal tracking audits to ensure
accuracy
● Assist staff in maintaining LDAR’s internal dog and cat lists, transport
documents, with behavioral updates as needed

Key Experience
LDAR is looking to hire a Foster Coordinator who has the following experience and
skills, at a minimum:
● Animal Rescue experience (volunteer or staff) preferred
● Veterinary technician experience, Veterinary assistance experience, or
knowledge and understanding of animal rescue / shelter medicine preferred
● An ability to learn database systems to track fosters, transports, and
medications
● Proficiency with G Suite, including Gmail, google team drives, google sheets
and documents & Microsoft Suite
● Strong attention to detail and follow-through.
● Self-starter with little need for close supervision.
● Ability to work effectively on a small team and across functional organizational
lines.
● Ability to work flexible hours, including evenings and weekends
● Ability to work in cohesion with a primarily volunteer-powered organization.
Responsibilities may be added or changed as the organization continues to grow.

Please contact mirah@luckydoganimalrescue.org for more information
Salary starting at $40,000 per year with benefits

This is a full time job