Coordinator, Lifesaving Outcomes (Feline Foster Focus)
Best Friends Animal Society

Job Info

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Best Friends is on the lookout for a friendly, motivated individual to join our kitten and cat foster team! If you are interested in engaging with passionate cat lovers all around Los Angeles, have we got the job for you! Best Friends is looking for a Cat Foster Coordinator, who is excited to expand and strengthen relationships with our cat foster parents, and help them build the skills to help all kinds of felines, from neonates to seniors! If you are interested in this incredibly rewarding career path, we would love to see your application!

Locations: 1845 Pontius Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90025 and 17411 Chatsworth Street, Granada Hills, CA 91344

Hiring Range: This position's hiring range is anticipated to be $21.74 to $23.00 hourly, depending on experience.

Work Schedule: 9 am-6 pm OR 10 am-7 pm. Thursday-Monday OR Friday-Tuesday.

Manager interviews will start the week of 3/11/24 and will continue weekly until the position is filled. (Recruiter phone screens will occur prior to these).

Position Summary: Lifesaving Outcomes Coordinators are responsible for the daily functions and growth of lifesaving outcome programs including adoptions, transports/transfers and foster care of animals in our program locations. Coordinators act with urgency to accomplish important tasks and play a direct role in achieving Best Friends Animal Society's no-kill mission and organizational success. While this role includes responsibilities in all outcome-focused programs, coordinators may receive intensive assignments in a particular program, based on organizational needs. Senior coordinators have an increased level of responsibility or skills, and the ability to make on-the-spot decisions to accomplish tasks.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Demonstrate kindness and the Golden Rule in our everyday actions by practicing inclusion and respect for every person for the value they bring to the table. Be a role model for the spirit of authenticity, kindness and positive influence with each other, our visitors, and volunteers as well as to the animals every day. This includes listening, being present, being supportive of others and demonstrating compassion and curiosity in conflict.

• Coordinate and conduct day-to-day lifesaving program activities including pet adoptions, pet transports, foster care, and other activities; contribute to strategies for operational efficiency, superior customer service, and increased lifesaving including pre- and post-adoption & foster parent support.

• Lead and empower volunteers and volunteer teams in support of programs with the goal of utilizing volunteers to the greatest extent possible to expand Best Friends lifesaving capacity; deliver and lead superior customer service.

• Develop a detailed knowledge Best Friends' programs to speak knowledgably about and support teams in providing or communicating about programs.

• Work collaboratively with and assist Best Friends' team members in all areas of operations to develop, evolve, and implement efficient processes to achieve lifesaving goals; follow policies, procedures, and task lists, including accurate and timely communications, work completion, data entry, and recordkeeping.

• Responsible for maintaining a safe workplace, valuing, and modeling safe work practices, adhering to organizational safety practices and rules, and communicating about unsafe practices and conditions.

Skills and Experience:

• Experience leading teams and implementing programs preferred but not required.

• Strong communication skills.

• Bilingual or multi-lingual skills preferred but not required.

• Customer-centric, non-judgmental approach to engaging with adopters, partners, visitors, volunteers, and colleagues; familiarity and comfort with a conversational adoption process.

• Ability to work with, leash, kennel, walk, and handle cats and dogs, including those with health and/or behavior conditions/concerns; basic ability to identify and speak to medical and behavioral characteristics of dogs and cats.

• Strong interpersonal skills, a team player, personable, professional, and able to get along with people from different backgrounds, as well as the ability to handle sensitive and confidential situations.

• Abilityto work in a fast-paced environment withwell-developedorganization skillsto juggle multiple competing tasks and demands.

• Resourceful, get-it-done attitude; initiative to assist in any area or process; problem solving, seeking answers independently and enthusiastically; flexibility to persist until goals are achieved.

• Proficiency with Microsoft Office products; familiarity with shelter software/animal management software, or desire to learn.

Physical Requirements:

• Must be able to:

o Routinely lift 40 pounds and perform daily strenuous activity including, but not limited to lifting, carrying, reaching, stooping, squatting, cleaning, and bending.

o Perform repetitive tasks for extended periods of time including typing, sitting, walking, arm, and hand motion.

o Work indoors and outdoors in a variety of weather conditions including extreme heat and cold.

• Exposure to dogs, cats and other animals of all sizes, temperaments, and medical status.

• Valid driver's license, meeting Best Friends Animal Society's driver qualification standards; ability to travel, including overnight stays, when needed.

• Daily hours and days of the week may vary according to the needs of the department schedule; position includes weekends, nights, and holiday work.

Thank you for your interest in pursuing a career at Best Friends Animal Society. Best Friends Animal Society is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, marital status, or domestic partner status.

Applicants for employment in the US must have valid work authorization that does not now and/or will not in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the US by Best Friends Animal Society.

Culture Statement and Responsibility

We value attitude over aptitude, and we treat Kindness as a discipline because it is paramount in our culture along with our other Guiding Principles. Culture is how we talk to and treat ourselves and one another, it's how we generate and respond to change, it's how we plan and make decisions, it's how we do what we do.

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