Job ID: 287566

Veterinary Officer

Animal Rahat

Location: Siyana, Uttar Pradesh

Apply by: 26 Mar 2026

Relevant Sectors

Administration, HR, Management, Accounting/Finance

Agriculture, Livelihoods, Microfinance, Rural, Urban

About the organisation:

Animal Rahat is an animal welfare organisation working in rural India with a strong focus on field-based veterinary care, emergency response, and community-led animal welfare.

The organisation offers young veterinarians an opportunity to gain extensive hands-on clinical experience by working on real-time emergency and treatment cases, supporting senior veterinarians, and engaging directly with local communities to improve animal welfare practices.

Animal Rahat places strong emphasis on mentorship, ethical veterinary practice, and skill development, making it an excellent learning environment for recent graduates and early-career veterinarians who wish to build strong clinical, field, and community engagement skills while creating meaningful impact for animals.

To know more about the organisation please visit: www.animalrahat.com

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:
Uttar Pradesh, Siyana(100 kms from Delhi)

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