Supervisor, Lifesaving & Care - Parrot Garden

The Best Friend's Mission is to do nothing short of making history by bringing about a time when there are No More Homeless Pets. Our goal is that every animal shelter in every community in the country be no kill by the end of 2025. The fact is, we have a great culture, populated by fun, dedicated and brilliant people. But we’re always looking for talented people who can help us make history, and that’s where you come in. If you want to be a part of history and end the killing of shelter pets by 2025, apply today for one of our open job opportunities! 

Location: Kanab, Utah (relocation assistance may be available) 

Hiring Range: This position’s hiring range is anticipated to be $58,000 to $62,000 annually, depending on experience, plus great benefits!

Interviews will occur weekly until the position is filled.

Position Summary: Supervisors play a key role in achieving Best Friends Animal Society’s organizational no-kill mission and goals. Supervisors provide oversight of the health, care, and wellbeing of the animals under our care, along with leadership and mentorship for the care specialists. This position includes daily hands-on care of the animals as well as providing supervision, training, and oversight of staff in their assigned areas.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Promote, coordinate, and facilitate adoptions; drive creative and innovative solutions for hard to place animals; provide post adoption support; ensure superior customer service
• Support parrot intakes
• Serve as a sanctuary ambassador, representing Best Friends’ work to visitors and volunteers and speaking to the sanctuary’s special role in Best Friends’ No-Kill goals
• Provide leadership, support, mentorship, and coaching for team members and volunteers to ensure all assigned responsibilities are completed
• Serve as a care provider alongside team members ensuring all department objectives for care, health, and behavior training are met.
• Participate in annual reviews, develop and deliver corrective actions when necessary, assist in the hiring process
• Work collaboratively, and with a positive attitude, with all Best Friends’ department teams for the care, benefit, promotion and ultimate outcome of all birds in our care.
• Identify opportunities for department improvements relating to workflow, facilities, animal movement, and other objectives
• 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 supportive and lead your team with clarity, creativity, and understanding.
• Maintain 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:

• Previous experience leading, supervising, or managing teams of 4 or more employees is preferred. 
• A minimum of one year caring for birds in a professional or volunteer setting is strongly preferred.
• Ability to work with and handle all birds, including those with health and/or behavior conditions/concerns; ability to identify and speak to medical and behavioral characteristics of birds including medicating, socializing, and performing behavior modification techniques.
• Customer-centric, non-judgmental approach to engaging with adopters, partners, visitors, volunteers, and colleagues; familiarity and comfort with an open adoption process.
• Resourceful, get-it-done attitude; initiative to assist in any area or process; problem solving, seeking answers independently and enthusiastically; flexibility to persist until lifesaving outcome goals are achieved; demonstrated leadership skills.
• 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.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with well-developed organization skills to juggle multiple competing tasks and demands
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office products; familiarity with shelter software (Best Friends uses Shelterluv), or desire to learn. 

Physical Requirements:

Must be able to:

• Perform daily strenuous activity including, but not limited to lifting up to 40 pounds, carrying, reaching, stooping, squatting, cleaning, and bending.
• Work at a computer or driving a car for extended periods of time with repetitive typing, sitting, arm, and hand motion.
• Work indoors and outdoors in a variety of weather conditions including extreme heat and cold.
• Valid driver’s license, ability to qualify to be added to Best Friends insurance, 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.

*During the selection process, candidates may be asked to participate in an onsite working interview. 

For questions please email jobs@bestfriends.org

To apply online go to bestfriends.org/careers

About Best Friends

Best Friends recently received a 2022 Top Workplaces USA award from Energage. Visit the Best Friends Animal Society page on the Energage Top Workplaces award winners’ site here to learn more. Not only do we take pride in cultivating a welcoming and supportive community and culture for our employees, but we also offer competitive benefits that make it easy to see why we were granted such an awesome award! We offer competitive pay including the opportunity to receive a discretionary bonus based on performance. We offer medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance, short and long-term disability, paid family leave, dependent care reimbursement, pet sitting reimbursement when traveling for work, flexible spending account, and health savings account. We offer generous paid time off up to 9 hours per month for full time employees, nine paid holidays annually, auto insurance discount, and legal and identity theft coverage.  For added well-being support, we offer Pawternity Leave for employees to have time to care for their personal pets, mental health support, and an employee assistance program. We also offer a generous 401k savings plan. Do you want to love where you work and make history and end the killing of shelter pets by 2025? Look no further and apply today! 
 

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.