Foster Community Builder

Responsibilities

• Build the foster program from the ground up—including applications, screening, onboarding, matching, policies, and support.
• Recruit and build relationships with foster families who are a good fit for the dogs we help.
• Work with the social media team to create foster recruitment campaigns.
• Use the existing matching system to match foster homes with dogs based on archetype, lifestyle, and actual fit.
• Help determine what each foster placement needs to succeed.
• Build the support system around fosters: check‑ins, supplies, emergency contacts, resources, and a point of contact when issues arise.
• Identify the program’s financial needs (food, supplies, medical care, emergency vet funds, etc.) and work with the Finance & Sustainability Director to secure funding through fundraising, grants, sponsorships, and other opportunities.
• Track what’s working, what’s not, and what needs to change.
• Develop the foster program into the backbone of how Legacy Paws places dogs, eventually helping dogs coming from shelters who were misunderstood or mislabeled.
• Serve as the central coordinator, bringing together the existing foster/adopter application and matching system, social media team, Finance & Sustainability Director, operational leadership team, and direct access to the founder to make the program work.

Qualifications & Skills

• Builder mindset: able to take an idea, turn it into a system, and run it.
• Understands foster‑based rescue or is willing to learn it deeply.
• Can assess people and dogs without making snap judgments.
• Organized enough to keep details from falling through the cracks.
• Communicates clearly when situations are messy.
• Advocates for both the foster and the dog.
• Works independently with good judgment.
• Not afraid to say, “This isn’t working—let’s fix it.”
• Collaborates rather than trying to do everything alone.
• Follows through on commitments.

About Legacy Paws Rescue

Legacy Paws Rescue is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded by Domenica Robbins, a U.S. Air Force veteran and former psychiatric registered nurse. The organization challenges traditional rescue methods, believing dogs are not disposable because they are fearful, reactive, misunderstood, or simply a lot, and that rescue extends beyond the dog to a community of kindness where healing happens on both ends of the leash. The foster program is a central part of achieving this vision.

Contact: LegacyPawsRescue@gmail.com • Website: legacypawsrescue.org • EIN 33-2211382