Animal Services Operations Assessment Consultant

AlphaGov; United States; Remote; USD 83,000 - 152,000; Full time

Job summary

AlphaGov seeks an Animal Services Operations Assessment Consultant to work with a city on assessing shelter operations, staffing, intake, and outcomes. This remote-first engagement emphasizes delivering actionable recommendations and client-ready deliverables.

You will review field services, benchmark peers, and present findings to city leadership, with opportunities to contribute qualifications and past-performance narratives to AlphaGov proposals when you authorize naming.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of professional experience in animal shelter or animal services management.
• Operational assessment experience.
• Comfortable as a 1099 project-based consultant.

Responsibilities

• Assess shelter operations, staffing, intake, and outcomes
• Review animal control field services and policies
• Benchmark peers and recommend improvements
• Present to city leadership
• Contribute qualifications and past-performance narrative to AlphaGov proposals when you authorize naming

Skills

Animal services management

Operational assessment

Independent contractor

Job description

AlphaGov delivers public-sector consulting for cities, counties, school systems, special districts, utilities, and related agencies. Our work spans classification and compensation, organizational and operational studies, research and program evaluation, economic and workforce analysis, surveys and community research, and applied data and infrastructure research.

We engage experienced practitioners as project-based collaborators. Engagements are remote-first with occasional client travel. When you authorize it, AlphaGov may name you as an expert collaborator or key personnel on proposals that match your expertise. We build ready teams for live pursuits — not speculative staffing banks.

AlphaGov is engaging an Animal Services Operations Assessment Consultant for current city work. A city is assessing its animal services management and operations.

We confirm scope, schedule, and fee with you before any engagement begins.

What you'll do

• Assess shelter operations, staffing, intake, and outcomes
• Review animal control field services and policies
• Benchmark peers and recommend improvements
• Present to city leadership
• Contribute qualifications and past-performance narrative to AlphaGov proposals when you authorize naming

Requirements

Required

• At least 5 years of professional experience in animal shelter or animal services management
• Operational assessment experience
• Comfortable as a 1099 project-based consultant

Nice to have

• Certified Animal Welfare Administrator (CAWA)
• Municipal shelter leadership
• Shelter medicine knowledge