Animal Care Lead

2500 S 27th Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85009, US💼 Full-time💰 $43,680–$43,680🗓 2026-09-21 → 2026-09-26

Core

Provide leadership and daily care for homeless animals in a large open-admission shelter, including staff supervision, animal handling, and welfare rounds.

Role type

Senior IC animal care lead (shelter operations)

Builds

Daily animal care operations, staff training, and adoption support services

Domain

Animal welfare / Veterinary support

Deliverable

physical/clinical work

Required skills

Canine handling, low-stress animal handling, staff coaching, data entry, customer service, shift flexibility

Preferred skills

Humane euthanasia experience, Fear Free training, bilingual English/Spanish, prior leadership in animal welfare

Technologies

None

Responsibilities

Oversee and coach Animal Care Associates on duties and standards; conduct daily shelter welfare rounds and maintain animal records; perform animal care tasks (feeding, cleaning, exercising); assist with adoption meet-and-greets; participate in humane euthanasia as needed.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with team leadership

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