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Organization Profile

Serving San Diego County since 1880, the San Diego Humane Society and SPCA operates three campuses, in San Diego and Oceanside.  Through these campuses, we are able to provide vital services to animals and people alike by sheltering and adopting animals, providing positive reinforcement behavior training for adoptable animals and for owned animals through public training classes, investigating animal cruelty and neglect, providing adult and youth education programs, sharing animals through pet-assisted therapy, rescuing animals in emergency situations, providing animal field services for the cities of Oceanside and Vista, and more.

We are a private, nonprofit organization that is not affiliated with any other local or national humane society or SPCA organization such as the Humane Society of the United States in Washington, DC or the ASPCA in New York.  The San Diego Humane Society and SPCA is supported solely by contributions, grants, bequests and investments, and some fees for service.

If you’re looking for a career at an extraordinary organization located in America’s “finest city,” then the San Diego Humane Society and SPCA is the place for you!

For a list of current job openings, please visit our open positions page, and submit your resume through our online system.

All applicants will be reviewed and qualified candidates may be contacted for interviews. Please note that phone calls regarding open positions cannot be returned due to the high volume of calls received.