Animal Shelter Program Manager

Job Description
Main Areas of Responsibility: 

This one-year, full-time position - made possible through a generous grant from the ASPCA(R) - is responsible for implementing and expanding APNM's statewide Animal Shelter Assistance Program. The program's goals include increasing New Mexican animal shelters' capacity to humanely care for companion animals, increasing adoptions, improving access to affordable spay-neuter services, reducing euthanasia rates, and increasing public and private support of shelters.

Additional Areas of Responsibility: 

Provide optimal assistance to New Mexico's shelters and communities, focusing on successful completion of ongoing short-term projects and further development and/or successful completion of ongoing long-term projects within designated regions. Facilitate meetings with shelter management, local government officials, and community members in focus locations to identify needs, opportunities, resources, etc. Build community support for shelters' missions, foster inter-agency collaborations, promote best practices.

Other Information/Requirements: 

Must have knowledge of: animal protection and sheltering policy issues; sheltering operations, standards, best practices; local governmental procedures and local/state policy-making processes; New Mexico communities. Must be highly computer, Internet and email literate, with excellent written and verbal skills, and the ability to travel within NM. Undergraduate degree preferred. 1-3 years shelter experience highly preferred.

How to Apply: 

Success in grant writing and fundraising preferred, as well as history of effective community advocacy work, including media experience. Please see the full job description at www.apnm.org/jobs/. A competitive salary, commensurate with experience, and a generous health benefits package are offered. Only qualified applicants should email a cover letter and resum? to: Leslie King, Program Director, at [email protected] as soon as possible.

Contact Information
Name: 
Leslie King, Program Director
Agency/Organization: 
Animal Protection of New Mexico
Address: 
PO Box 11395
City: 
Albuquerque
State: 
New Mexico
Zip/Postal Code: 
87192
Business Phone: 
505-265-2322 ext. 26
Business Fax: 
505-265-2488
Email Address: 
[email protected]
www.apnm.org
Internal Info
Date to Post: 
Apr 8 2014
Date to Remove: 
Apr 30 2014

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