Help Us Save Abandoned Dogs by Joining Our Foster & Adoption Coordination Team

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BARK Rescue CA is a foster-based, volunteer-run, non-profit animal rescue organization. Without fosters and adopters we cannot save the millions of abandoned dogs in the U.S. We are looking for dedicated volunteers to join our Foster & Adoption Coordination Team and perform one or more of the following responsibilities:

Foster & Adopter Recruitment:

• Reach out to Foster and Adoption Applicants to schedule a virtual interview and virtual home check (all done in the same meeting).
• Interview Foster & Adoption Applicants virtually (Zoom, Google Meet, or FaceTime)
• Post-interview, discuss findings from the interview with BARK Rescue CA Founder to determine which dog(s) would be a good fit for the Foster or Adopter Applicant
• Send Foster Agreement to newly-approved fosters, Foster-to-Adopt Agreement to newly-approved potential adopter, and Adoption Agreement to adopters who have completed the 30-day fostering period.
• Send Foster Welcome Package to newly-approved fosters
• Coordinate and facilitate in-person meet & greets with potential adopters
• Send Adoption Welcome Package to approved adopters
• Plan, organize & coordinate Adoption Events
• Man Adoption Events

Transportation:

• Coordinate transport of the animal from shelter to foster home and/or from foster home to adopter’s home
• Transport animals- within the Bay Area, within Modesto/Patterson/Manteca area, from Modesto/Patterson/Manteca area to the Bay Area
• Get supplies (food, collar, leash, some toys & treats) from Lusi's house or pet store & facilitate meet the dog and foster parents

Foster Engagement :

• Check in with fosters on a weekly basis, ensuring fosters send updated photos/videos of the foster dog & provide dogcare advice when requested by fosters
• Attend to Fosters' needs

Other Administrative Work :

• Post and update adoption profiles on PetFinder and Adopt-A-Pet
• Update our internal foster and adoption records

As the above responsibilities can be divided among multiple people, we are looking for several volunteers for this team. We understand that as a volunteer you have other responsibilities outside of our organization, so we will work with your schedule.

Minimum Requirements:

• Passionate about animals, Reliable & Meet Deadlines : At BARK Rescue CA, we need volunteers who not only have passion in helping animals but are also reliable and get the work done in a timely manner
• Communicative & Collaborative : Our social media team needs to collaborate with other teams within BARK, such as:
• Social Media team to help promote our dogs, including updates on our dogs, foster needs, and adoption needs
• Fundraising team to help raise the needed funds to cover dogs’ expenses
• Finance team to reimburse fosters for reimbursable expemses.
• For successful collaborations, we expect you to be communicative with other BARK current and potential volunteers. This means responding to messages within a reasonable time frame, updating anyone who needs to be updated, follow up with other volunteers in the team to ensure completion of work by the set deadlines, etc.
• Dog care experience and skills so you can provide great advice to fosters and adopters when questions or concerns arise about the dog.

• Organized & planful, especially if you would like to plan/organize the adoption events or coordinate transport
• Great follow-up skills as you will need to check in with the fosters weekly to get updates on the dogs.
• People skills, assertiveness to work with difficult people
• Good at following directions

If you are interested, please review our Volunteer page to familiarize yourself with our organization and fill out the Volunteer Application that is on that page.