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Location | Greeley, Colorado
NOCO Humane
Are you a passionate leader with a heart for animals (cats, dogs, rabbits, turtles, and more!)? Do you thrive in a dynamic environment where you can make a lasting impact? We’re seeking a passionate Pet Adoption Manager to help launch our Pet Adoption Campus in Greeley, CO! The Pet Adoption Campus is scheduled to open later in 2025. Until then, this role will be based mostly at our Weld Campus in Evans and will be instrumental in the start-up of the Adoption Campus. -
Location | Fairfield, California
Solano County Animal Care
Solano County Animal Care works side by side with our community to help the residents of Solano County and their pets. We are recruiting an enthusiastic and skilled Veterinarian to provide comprehensive care and treatment along with spay-neuter surgery for our shelter animals. This individual will also participate in TNR services, public spay/neuter scheduled through our public clinic and vaccine clinics for the public. You will have an incredible veterinary team and other shelter team members to support you. -
Location | Phoenix, Arizona
Arizona Animal Welfare League
The Director of Operations will play a key role in overseeing and implementing a series of veterinarian-led recommendations to create more efficient, workable shelter practices, including centralizing intake, consolidating foster, revamping behavior assessments, expanding enrichment, and transitioning from paper to electronic medical records. Like many shelters nationwide, AAWL is struggling with longer length of stays, particularly when it comes to larger dogs and medical cats. By implementing these recommendations over the next few years, we’re hoping to reduce our length of stay and increase the number of animals placed in homes from 3500 to 4,000 annually. -
Location | Los Angeles, California
ASPCA
You’ll lead a team of skilled and compassionate veterinary and sheltering professionals in providing excellent care for the +/- 1,500 cats and underage kittens per year handled through the ASPCA’s Los Angeles Feline Programs. You’ll work closely with boarded ASPCA shelter medicine experts to increase positive outcomes, on both an individual patient level and on a population level, by diverting animals from the shelter system into caring foster homes and supporting their adoption through our placement partners (more...) -
Location | Port Angeles, Washington
Olympic Peninsula Humane Society
The Executive Director (ED) serves as the Chief Executive Officer, overseeing all aspects of the organization. This includes strategic planning, fundraising, staff management, and ensuring the delivery of high-quality animal welfare services. Reporting to the Board of Directors, the ED provides vision, leadership, and operational oversight to achieve the organization's mission. -
Location | Minneapolis, Minnesota
Feline Rescue
The Veterinary Medical Director oversees the Veterinary Services department by directing and managing daily medical operations within Veterinary Services in conjunction with the Surgical Director, Operations Director and Executive Director. This position provides medical care to a large population of cats in both our shelter and foster care setting. They assist in developing, advancing, and implementing shelter medicine protocols to deliver and ensure humane medical treatment of all animals in our shelter and foster populations. -
Location | San Antonio, Texas
San Antonio Pets Alive!
SAPA is seeking a full-time veterinarian proficient in both internal medicine and surgical procedures. The ideal candidate is eager to make a difference in the lives of shelter animals, ensuring they receive the highest quality medical care. This position requires working in a fast-paced, high-volume environment, performing both routine and advanced surgical procedures, and overseeing medical treatment plans. Companion Animal Operations Assistant Manager
Location | Salem, Oregon
The Asher House
The Operations Assistant Manager at The Asher House assists in managing daily operations to ensure the safety and well-being of the animals in our care. This role requires excellent organizational skills, a collaborative mindset, and a passion for animal welfare. Responsibilities: Clinic Director/Senior Veterinarian
Location | Richmond, Virginia
Loving Spay and Neuter Clinic/Richmond Animal League
We’re seeking a dynamic, forward-thinking Clinic Director to take our Loving Spay+Neuter Clinic (LSNC) to the next level! This is your chance to lead, inspire, and grow a highly successful clinic program while working with RAL leadership and key community partners—including municipal and private rescue groups. Together, we’ll expand access to life-changing spay/neuter services for cats, dogs, and those who love them. Volunteer and Foster Care Coordinator - Cape Cod Adoption Center
Location | Cape Cod, Massachusetts
MSPCA-Angell
The MSPCA-Angell Cape Cod Adoption Center is looking for a full time Volunteer and Foster Care Coordinator to oversee all aspects of our large volunteer and foster care programs. Some primary job responsibilities include the recruitment, training and on-going management of volunteers and fosters. Assistant Shelter Manager - Boston Shelter
Location | Boston, Massachusetts
MSPCA-Angell
The Assistant Manager is responsible for overseeing the daily interactions with the public, including adoptions, surrenders, and euthanasia counseling while upholding the greatest level of respectful and positive customer care. The Assistant Manager will also assist the Shelter Manager with the support and development of the adoption center staff and help to manage training, scheduling, time keeping, and performance reviews. The Assistant Manager will serve as a role model and reinforce a positive approach and culture to interactions with staff, volunteers, visitors and members of the public. -
Location | Fairfax County, Virginia
Fairfax County Animal Services
Animal Services Officers are responsible for enforcing the animal control laws and regulations in Fairfax County. As an ASO, you’ll be directly involved in essential responsibilities such as capturing stray animals, rescuing sick or injured wildlife, investigating cases of animal cruelty and dangerous animals, and responding to animal bites and exposure incidents. Additionally, you will educate the public, provide vital resources to the community, and, when necessary, perform humane euthanasia, all while making a tangible impact on both animal welfare and public safety. -
Location | Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City Pet Project (KCPP)
The CEO will lead KCPP’s strategy, operations, and community engagement, ensuring continued growth and innovation (more...) -
Location | Pittsboro, North Carolina
Piedmont Farm Animal Refuge
We are seeking a full time Administrative Director to join our dedicated team of passionate animal lovers! Our ideal candidate would be committed to becoming a longterm member of our team, and would be excited to work alongside other staff members to help our organization continue to grow. -
Location | Princeton , Minnesota
RUFF START RESCUE, INC.
Ruff Start Rescue, a non-profit animal rescue organization dedicated to finding loving foster homes for animals in need, is seeking a highly qualified Practice Manager to oversee our veterinary clinic and ensure that all rescued animals receive exceptional care. The ideal candidate will possess extensive medical and administrative expertise, demonstrate strong leadership abilities, maintain efficient operations, and manage finances effectively. A passion for providing a safe and loving environment for every animal and the ability to contribute to our mission is essential. -
Location | Naples, Florida
Humane Society Naples
The CEO is the face of HSN, its primary spokesperson, and cultivator of relationships with donors, community leaders, the veterinary community, animal welfare organizations and advocates, government officials, media, volunteers, and other key stakeholders to promote animal welfare and HSN’s mission. Animal Care and Control Director
Location | Detroit, Michigan
City of Detroit
The Director of Detroit Animal Care and Control (DACC) is the senior leader of DACC, planning, organizing, managing, and supervising all aspects of the DACC. Under general supervision of the Associate Director, the Director of Animal Care &Control will ensure that field and shelter services are well-coordinated, effective, efficient, and in compliance with City of Detroit, State, and Federal regulations, as well as industry best practice. The Director will be responsible for ensuring public safety, safe and humane sheltering, community education, and enforcement best practices are being implemented at all times. The Director will strategically plan for appropriate staffing to meet organizational and City goals, and ensure policies and procedures are in place and being followed. -
Location | Cambridge, Maryland
Baywater Animal Rescue
The Executive Director is responsible for the oversight of all Baywater Animal Rescue activities and staff (paid and volunteers). -
Location | Parma, Ohio
Northeast Ohio SPCA
The Northeast Ohio SPCA Pet Shelter is committed to the care of pets in Northeast Ohio. This full-time, on-site role offers a unique opportunity to make a significant impact on the lives of shelter animals by providing high-quality medical care and ensuring the smooth operation of the shelter's medical practices. -
Location | Farmington, New Mexico
City of Farmington
This is a management and leadership position which organizes, manages and directs all activities of the City's Animal Services Division which reports to the Director of Parks and Recreation. This position is responsible for the operation of the Regional Animal Shelter which encompasses housing and caring for incoming stray and unwanted animals, adoptions, public education, transfers, recovery of owned animals, and spay and neuter programs. The ultimate goal of the position is to drive the shelter forward with its goal of increasing the live release rate for the shelter animals as well as nurture an animal welfare culture within the City of Farmington and San Juan County. Senior Director, Veterinary Services
Location | Pawling, New York
ASPCA
Are you an experienced shelter veterinarian and people leader dedicated to helping animals in need? Are you eager to have a broad impact on the field of animal welfare? If so, the role of Senior Director, Veterinary Services at the ASPCA’s new Recovery & Rehabilitation Center (R&R Center) in Pawling, NY might be right for you! Registered Veterinary Technician, ASPCA Spay/Neuter Alliance
Location | Asheville, North Carolina
ASPCA
ASPCA Spay/Neuter Alliance (ASNA) is the premier training center for high-quality, high-volume companion animal sterilization. Altering 20,000 shelter, rescue, and publicly owned companion animals annually, ASNA has trained more than 6,000 veterinary professionals and fourth year veterinary student externs at our campus in Asheville, NC since 2005. ASNA is proud to set the bar for the standard of care in HQHVSN and provide world-class spay and neuter surgical instruction to veterinary professionals and students. -
Location | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Animal Friends
The veterinarian will primarily focus on COHATs (Comprehensive Oral Health Assessment and Treatment) for canine and feline patients, playing a vital role in supporting the health and wellbeing of pets in the community. Candidates must be licensed to practice veterinary medicine in Pennsylvania and should demonstrate strong clinical and surgical skills, excellent communication abilities, and a commitment to high-quality animal care. Clinic and Community Services Associate Veterinarian
Location | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Animal Friends
The veterinarian will play a key role in ensuring the success of our affordable clinic services while upholding the Pennsylvania Veterinary Practice Act. Responsibilities include performing soft-tissue surgeries, COHATs, and high-quality/high-volume (HQHV) spay/neuter surgeries, as well as administering vaccinations and providing both general wellness and sick services at the Animal Wellness Center at Animal Friends.
