Veterinary Officer

Position Objectives: To use your practical veterinary skills to alleviate animal suffering, tend to emergency cases, and improve animal welfare through counselling the local community under the guidance of a senior veterinarian Term of Employment:                          Full-time Reports To: Senior Veterinary Officer / Team Leader Location: Maharashtra (either Satara or Pandharpur) There will be regular travel to all operational areas in the state. Primary Responsibilities and Duties: ·      Assist the senior veterinary officer, the clinical quality assurance manager, and the veterinary trainer with routine services provided by the emergency team and animal welfare assistants including follow-ups ·      Schedule independent and team field visits and attend clinical cases, record treatments, and enter them into a database ·      Maintain and manage the 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 the senior veterinary officer with training animal welfare assistants on applied animal welfare, standards of animal management and care, first-aid, and minor treatment services ·      Assist the senior veterinary officer with interacting with various stakeholders from the local community to improve their animal welfare practices ·      Assist the senior veterinary officer with enhancing the skills of local external and junior veterinarians ·      Enhance the quality of major and minor treatment services available to animals through various local sources ·      Help the team employ effective and efficient community engagement to influence animal welfare ·      Assist the senior veterinary officer with developing and maintaining good public relations with partners, government offices, local bodies, and other key stakeholders as required ·      Act on behalf of the senior veterinary officer with respect to all day-to-day activities in his or her absence ·      Perform any other duties assigned by the supervisor Qualifications: ·      Bachelor’s degree in veterinary science and animal Husbandry from a reputed veterinary institute ·      Master’s degree in veterinary sciences preferred ·      Recent veterinary graduates preferred ·      Excellent presentation and documentation skills ·      Ready to register under the Maharashtra State Veterinary Council or Uttar Pradesh 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

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