Careers

Join our mission to transform lives through the power of working dogs. Explore opportunities to make a meaningful impact while building your career with a dedicated team that values diversity, growth, and life-changing work.

Current Employment Opportunities

Director of Assistance Dog Programs

Are you passionate about mission-driven leadership, exceptional client service, and making a lasting impact? Paws With A Cause is looking for the right individual to guide an incredible team dedicated to creating life-changing partnerships between people and custom-trained assistance dogs. The right person will love working with people, leading a team, and creating a mission-driven culture.

PAWS offers a great Benefits Package including medical, dental, vision, Employer-paid Short-term Disability, and Voluntary Life Insurance; Long-Term Disability, a generous Paid Time Off Package, 10 Paid Holidays upon starting, and more! This is a salary-exempt position ranging from $65-$80k/Annually. Commensurate with experience. Base hours are Mon-Fri 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Field Representative Independent Contractor

Now Hiring in These Locations: Charlotte, NC; Akron, OH; Columbus, OH; Lexington, KY; Fort Wayne, IN; Nashville, TN; Richmond, VA; Madison, WI; La Crosse, WI; Minneapolis, MN; Port Charlotte, Fort Myers, Gainesville, Jacksonville, FL

Paws With A Cause is currently seeking experienced and compassionate dog trainers to join our team as Independent Contractors. This is a unique and fulfilling opportunity to make a meaningful difference in the lives of individuals with disabilities–while maintaining your own schedule and career!

Equal Opportunity Employment Policy

Because we value the strength diversity brings to the workplace, PAWS is committed to the recruitment, retention, and development of a workforce that reflects the diverse society in which we live.

It is the policy of Paws With A Cause to select, develop, and promote employees based on the individual’s ability and job performance. Paws With A Cause is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.

It is against the policy of Paws With A Cause for any employee to discriminate against an applicant for employment or another employee on the basis of race, color, religion, religious creed, sex (including pregnancy), age, height, weight, familial or marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, genetic information or any other classification protected by applicable discrimination laws. Furthermore, no employee of PAWS is to discriminate against any applicant or fellow employee on the basis of a disability or status as a disabled veteran or veteran of the Vietnam era. Paws With A Cause will make reasonable accommodations, including modification of Paws policies and procedures in appropriate cases for qualified individuals with disabilities, if it can do so without undue hardship or direct threat to the safety or health of the employee or others, and to the extent that the organization has received a timely request of the need for accommodation.

Every person employed at PAWS is employed at will. This means you have the right to leave PAWS for any or no reason, with or without advance notice. Likewise, PAWS has the same right to terminate your employment, with or without cause or notice. No PAWS Board Member, manager or employee has the authority to make a commitment of guaranteed or continued employment to you, and no PAWS publication should be understood to make any such commitment.

PAWS’ goal is to have a safe environment for our employees and contract laborers. In order to ensure that, PAWS conducts a criminal history background check for all prospective PAWS employees and contract laborers. We retain the right to determine whether or not to engage a prospective employee or contract laborer who has a criminal history. When deciding whether or not to hire a prospective employee or contract laborer with a criminal history, PAWS will consider:

The nature and gravity of the offense or conduct
The time that has passed since the offense/conduct and/or the sentence
The nature of the employment and/or contract labor position sought

What is PAWS’ benefit package?

At PAWS, we work hard to offer employees competitive pay and comprehensive health benefits for you and your family.