Animal Care Specialist

This role is designed to provide high-quality veterinary care and services to animals, with a focus on alleviating suffering, tending to emergency cases, and improving animal welfare through community outreach.

• Assist senior veterinary officers with routine services, including follow-ups, provided by the emergency team and animal welfare assistants.
• Schedule independent and team field visits, record treatments, and enter them into a database.
• Maintain and manage stock of medicines, instruments, biomedical waste disposal, and handling and storage of veterinary equipment as per Standard Operating Procedure.
• Participate in regular clinical audits to ensure quality care.
• Assist senior veterinary officers with training animal welfare assistants on applied animal welfare, standards of animal management and care, first-aid, and minor treatment services.
• Enhance the quality of major and minor treatment services available to animals through local sources.

• Bachelor's degree in veterinary science and animal husbandry from a reputable veterinary institute.
• Master's degree in veterinary sciences preferred.
• Excellent presentation and documentation skills.
• Ready to register under the relevant state veterinary council.
• Excellent information technology skills.
• Good communication skills in Hindi, Marathi, and English preferred.
• Compassion and commitment to animal welfare and to the objectives of the organisation.

This role offers an opportunity to work in a dynamic environment, contributing to the improvement of animal welfare and providing high-quality veterinary care.