Dog Lifesaving & Care Supervisor

Best Friends Animal Society; Kanab (UT); On-site; USD 58,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Best Friends Animal Society in Kanab, Utah is seeking a Lifesaving & Care Supervisor to oversee the health, care, and wellbeing of sanctuary dogs. You will mentor Lifesaving & Care Specialists and volunteers, coordinating day-to-day lifesaving activities under the guidance of the Dogtown Manager.

The role emphasizes leadership, safety, compassion, and teamwork within a fast-paced shelter environment, with relocation assistance and a competitive annual salary range.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 1 year of experience working with dogs in an animal sheltering, animal behavior, or veterinary setting.
• Ability to leash, kennel, walk, and handle all dogs, including those with health and behavior concerns.
• Experience leading teams or managing people preferred but not required.
• Strong communication with adopters, partners, visitors, volunteers, and colleagues.
• Bilingual or multilingual skills preferred but not required.
• Must maintain safety and adhere to Best Friends' program requirements.

Responsibilities

• Lead teams, programs, and/or facilities and promote lifesaving and care objectives throughout the department; oversee, coordinate, and conduct day-to-day lifesaving program activities including animal flow, intakes, care, outcomes, and other activities; contribute to strategies for operational efficiency, superior customer service and increased lifesaving.
• Serve as a care provider alongside team members, and liaison between Dogtown and other departments, ensuring all department objectives for care, and health and behavior monitoring, as established by leadership, are met.
• Provide support, training, and performance feedback; participate in performance conversations; support hiring and onboarding; ensure teams meet expectations for Best Friends' program requirements and procedures; support teams so that each person achieves their fullest potential as contributors to Best Friends mission and goals.
• Maintain a safe workplace, valuing, and modeling safe work practices, adhering to organizational safety practices and rules, and communicating about unsafe practices and conditions.
• Treat people around you as our most valuable resource by leading with compassion and kindness in all your actions, build trust by demonstrating authenticity and following through on your commitments, encourage self-care and work-life balance through your own example, and work to build strong relationships with your team by creating communication loops to share and receive honest feedback. You are responsible and accountable for the culture of your team.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Dog handling

Team leadership

Communication

Customer focus

Problem solving

Organization

Mentoring

Tools

Microsoft Office

Shelter software

Job description

Best Friends Animal Society in Kanab, Utah is seeking a Lifesaving & Care Supervisor to oversee the health, care, and wellbeing of sanctuary dogs. You will mentor Lifesaving & Care Specialists and volunteers, coordinating day-to-day lifesaving activities under the guidance of the Dogtown Manager.

The role emphasizes leadership, safety, compassion, and teamwork within a fast-paced shelter environment, with relocation assistance and a competitive annual salary range.