Job Type: Full-time

Location: Mission Campus

Description

At the San Francisco SPCA, the practice of Shelter Management requires a unique blend of skilled behavior evaluation and modification. Every day, the Shelter Behavior Trainers on our Shelter Team dedicate themselves to maximizing our life saving capacity in San Francisco and beyond. We are looking for a highly skilled, innovative, compassionate, Behavior Trainer to join this remarkable team.

Here for animals since 1868, the SF SPCA is one of San Francisco’s most enduring and respected nonprofit organizations. We are an independent non-profit supported entirely by our community. At the San Francisco SPCA, we offer care and protection to animals in need, and we believe all cats and dogs (and the people who love them) deserve access to high-quality veterinary care. As the largest animal shelter in the SF Bay Area and the first cageless animal shelter established in the U.S., we are transforming the way pet guardians and their beloved furry family members access lifesaving resources.

Through our public hospitals, shelter hospital, and offsite community medicine clinics, we are reaching beyond ordinary care models to provide new, innovative pathways to service. At the SF SPCA, we are ensuring that access to care means access for all. Veterinary medical and non-medical professionals alike seek out the SF SPCA as their preferred employer knowing their contributions will truly make a difference for both people and animals.

The SF SPCA attracts the best and most diverse people and retains them through a culture of growth, wellness, and belonging. Together, we work fearlessly, connectedly and generously, to ensure cats and dogs have access to quality medical care, compassionate shelter and loving homes.

The San Francisco SPCA welcomes everyone! We know diversity drives innovation and brings new perspectives. We consider our differences valuable assets that help us continually strive to be better at what we do.

About you:

• You are a positive person, and this is emulated in your communication style.
• You’ve chosen a career because of your devotion to improving the outcomes and lives of animals and enhancing the human-animal bond.
• You are a strong communicator with coworkers and build internal relationships effectively
• You have practical experience and repeated success with conducting evaluation and behavior modification for targeted shelter animals (dogs and cats).
• You have expertise in the implementation of training and behavior modification plans and are excited about the opportunity to use your experience to make an impact on our shelter pets’ length-of-stay and keep them in their homes post-adoption.
• The ideal candidate possesses credentials such as CTC, CPDA-KA, or PCT-A, is committed to the mission and values of the SF SPCA and has experience in fear-free, evidence/science-based approach to animal management and training.

The role:

• Mentor staff and volunteer teams, and support adopters prior and post adoption with training.
• Provide positive reinforcement training to the animals at the SF SPCA.
• Practice and assist in low-stress, fear free handling of all animals.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: They’re more than just words for us. They are on every SF SPCA job description and guide how we develop programs, deliver services, build our teams, cultivate our leaders, and create a culture of belonging.

Our highly praised benefits package includes: free on-site parking, low-cost (generous) medical, vision, and dental insurance. PTO, 401K with matching funds, discounts, free parking, and the ability to participate in the Student Debt Benefit program, pet bereavement leave, discounted veterinary care, and employee discount on retail, pet supplies, dog training classes.

Starting pay will depend on the length and breadth of experience.

Ready to make a change? Excited by the future possibilities? We want to hear from you.