Description
Care for pets. Find them homes. Save lives. That’s the mission at Nevada Humane Society.
We’re a high-save organization helping nearly 34,000 animals in our community each year and caring for approximately 10,000 across both of our campuses. Through sheltering, adoptions, community-centered programs and services we help find pets loving homes and keep them there. We are seeking an experienced Carson Shelter Manager to join our team at our Carson Campus. In this role, you’ll provide daily care, support positive outcomes, and help match pets with the families who will love them for life.
At NHS, lifesaving work is powered by dedicated professionals. We support our team with competitive pay, meaningful benefits, and a workplace rooted in compassion, teamwork, and purpose.
As the Carson Campus Manager, you play a vital role in advancing Nevada Humane Society’s mission to care for pets, find them homes, and save lives. This role provides leadership and oversight of Carson City campus operations, ensuring high standards of animal welfare, regulatory compliance, and team performance. You partner with authorized personnel to make sound employment decisions aligned with organizational goals, while fostering a positive, mission-driven workplace. Through strong leadership, you drive operational excellence, community partnerships, and outcomes in animal care.
If you have these qualifications, we encourage you to apply:
This leadership role requires a minimum of three years of experience in a supervisory or management capacity within an animal shelter. Candidates must demonstrate proven success leading teams and multiple departments in a high-volume, open-admission or similarly complex environment, with strong experience in staff development, employee relations, operational oversight, and ethical, humane decision-making. A strong working knowledge of animal welfare standards, shelter operations, canine behavior and training principles, along with excellent organizational and communication skills, physical ability to perform shelter duties, and flexibility to work weekends, holidays, and emergencies, is required.
Requirements
- Minimum of 3 years of progressive leadership experience in animal sheltering, veterinary services, municipal services, or a related operational environment.
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
- Demonstrated experience managing teams, budgets, and high-volume operations.
- Strong knowledge of animal shelter operations, including intake, population management, and outcome-based decision making.
- Working knowledge of animal behavior, disease prevention, sanitation standards, and humane handling practices for dogs and cats.
- Understanding of veterinary protocols and ability to collaborate effectively with clinical teams on medical care and population health.
- Knowledge of applicable laws and regulations, including Carson City Municipal Code and Nevada Revised Statutes, or ability to quickly learn and apply them.
- Experience with shelter management systems and data tools, with the ability to use data to inform decisions and improve outcomes.
- Proven leadership skills, including hiring, coaching, performance management, and fostering a high-performing, accountable team.
- Strong operational, problem-solving, and organizational skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Excellent communication and customer service skills, including the ability to handle sensitive or escalated situations with professionalism and empathy.
- Ability to work in a physically and emotionally demanding environment, including handling animals, lifting up to 50 pounds, and working evenings, weekends, and emergencies as needed; must obtain euthanasia certification and maintain a valid driver’s license.
