Northeast Animal Shelter - Behavior Manager (Sign On Bonus!)

Job Description

Job Description

This is a full-time 40 hour a week position. $5,000 sign on bonus!

The MSPCA-Angell is currently seeking an experienced animal behavior training professional with excellent teamwork skills to join our Northeast Animal Shelter team. This is a unique opportunity to work with the largest team of animal shelter behavior professionals in New England, committed to using science based approaches to changing animal behavior. Our behavior team has received national recognition and recently became a shelter partner of the prestigious ASPCA Shelter Behavior Apprenticeship Program. In addition, the Northeast Animal Shelter has the largest relocation program in New England. We aim to help the greatest number of animals we can from overcrowded shelters by upholding an open adoptions philosophy and moving pets through the shelter effectively while maintaining a commitment to socially conscious sheltering.

The salary range for this position is $60,000 - $75,000, with flexibility based on qualifications, experience, and other relevant factors.

THE POSITION :

The main goal of the Behavior Manager is to ensure the behavioral wellbeing of all animals supported by the MSPCA-Angell shelter locations through the development, refinement and implementation of behavior programs. In addition, the behavior manager also :

• Acts as a resource to shelter staff through effective supervision, training and coaching
• Oversees behavior evaluations and training plans to enhance animal adoptability
• Creates and implements programs to engage pet-owners and potential adopters with a goal of increasing animal behavior education in the community
• Oversees two behavior coordinators
• Collaborates with all APD teams including clinics, shelter, adoption centers, law enforcement and community outreach
• Advises staff on best methods of facilitating appropriate matches for animals with more challenging behaviors in need of additional behavioral support
• Supports the daily functions of the clinic including, but not limited to, intakes, evaluations, euthanasia decision making, creating and implementing training and behavior modification plans for complex cases, low stress handling techniques, playgroups, and enrichment.

APPLICANT REQUIREMENTS :

We are looking for applicants who have earned a CCPDT-KA, KPA-CTP, IAABC or other accredited professional dog training certification. Applicants must have at least 2 years of experience working or volunteering directly with animals under the supervision of behavior professional, as well as, creating and implementing training / behavior modification plans.

Please detail your animal behavior experience in your cover letter.

Applicants with a proficiency in Spanish are strongly encouraged to apply.

WHO WE ARE :

The MSPCA-Angell is one of the oldest and most venerable humane organizations in the world. We work together as a community to deliver on our mission of advancing the health and welfare of animals. Sharing in this vision provides meaning to our employees and adds an important dimension to our work. Newly merged with the MSPCA-Angell, Northeast Animal Shelter's (NEAS) animal relocation program transports thousands of cats and dogs from overpopulated animal shelters across the country to Massachusetts, where each animal receives medical care, enrichment, and behavior training prior to adoption. NEAS’ animal relocation network, combined with the MSPCA-Angell’s veterinary and adoption center resources, works to protect the largest number of animals possible by serving as New England’s premier destination shelter for the nationally coordinated movement of animals.

The MSPCA-Angell believes that the lives of all creatures–human and non-human–are inextricably intertwined; that our actions impact all; and that our fate is linked to theirs as interdependent inhabitants of the same planet. We believe that our shared commitment to our organizational values of Compassion, Collaboration, Integrity, Service, Positivity, and Excellence contribute to a compassionate and just society in which all people and animals are treated with care and respect.

OUR BENEFITS :

Our compensation package includes health, dental and life insurance, 403(b) retirement plan, tuition reimbursement, paid holidays, sick, and vacation time, employee discounts for pet health care, and free on-site parking.