Best Friends Animal Society

General

• Select and pull animals from priority shelters to support Best Friends Animal Society’s no-kill mission
• Build relationships with assigned shelters and provide ongoing consultative guidance, coaching, and strategic mentorship
• Help shelters implement programming to achieve and sustain a 90% save rate
• Evaluate shelter population needs and placement opportunities for dogs and cats
• Safely transport animals to the Northwest Arkansas program
• Assess operational challenges and guide adoption of effective lifesaving practices
• Deliver lifesaving training, team-building activities, consultation, and mentoring to shelter staff
• Provide customer service to partner shelters and community stakeholders
• Represent Best Friends’ mission and vision within partner shelters
• Develop and refine resources and maintain statistics for priority partner shelters
• Lead and empower volunteers and volunteer teams
• Collaborate with Best Friends team members to implement efficient processes, communications, data entry, and recordkeeping
• Travel up to 75% within Arkansas and surrounding states

Shelter Engagement Specialist