Dogs Trust
Fostering Coordinator
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Fostering Coordinator
Application Deadline: 31 July 2026
Department: Rehoming
Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time
Location: Salisbury
Compensation: £26,500 per year + benefits
Description
Are you passionate about dog welfare and building supportive communities?
We're looking for a Fostering Coordinator to play a vital role in helping dogs thrive outside the kennel environment, by recruiting and supporting volunteer foster carers.
What does this role do?
As Fostering Coordinator, you will:
- Identify and place suitable dogs into foster care, including temporary placements for long-stay dogs needing respite from kennels, and carry out necessary intake assessments,
- Recruit, assess, and induct new foster carers, promoting the scheme through events, conversations, and collaboration with colleagues across Dogs Trust,
- Support foster carers with regular check-ins, arrange veterinary appointments, and provide access to behaviour or training support when needed,
- Deliver training to foster carers, either one-to-one or through organised group sessions,
- Promote dogs in foster or Home Stay settings by preparing profiles, contacting potential adopters, organising matching meetings, and completing all adoption paperwork.
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Could this be you?
To be successful in this role, you'll understand the importance of fostering, and the positive impact it can have on a dog's journey to their forever home. With experience of working with volunteers, you will have excellent communication and organisational skills, and ability to support fosterers as they provide temporary care to our dogs. You'll need some dog handling experience, as well as excellent customer service skills.
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What does this team do?
Our rehoming centres house thousands of dogs each year until they are able to find a loving new home, and the success of our centres wouldn't be possible without our dedicated team of staff and volunteers; there is a real family-community within each of our centres. Come rain or shine, our team are out in all weathers to make sure the dogs have the best possible life. Dealing with thousands of visitors each month, our rehoming centres are the face of Dogs Trust and we pride ourselves on our staff providing the very best in customer service.
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