Clinic Director

About the role

The Clinic Director provides leadership and direction for the Alabama Wildlife Center’s avian rehabilitation clinic. This position will play a key role in modernizing clinic operations, improving systems and procedures, and maintaining high standards of animal care.

Responsibilities

• Provides overall leadership and oversight of AWC’s wildlife rehabilitation program and clinic operations.
• Supervises and develops clinic staff, interns, and volunteers, and ensures appropriate staffing and coverage for a 365-day animal care operation.
• Oversees patient care and rehabilitation, including admissions, treatment, release, transfer, and euthanasia decisions, while working closely with staff, veterinarians, and other professional partners.
• Establishes and maintains clinic protocols, training standards, and expectations to ensure consistent, high-quality animal care and appropriate patient capacity.
• Evaluates and improves clinic workflow, recordkeeping, communication, and other systems to increase efficiency and reduce unnecessary waste.
• Maintains required federal and state records, reports, permits, and regulatory compliance, and uses clinic data to evaluate performance and guide improvements.
• Builds and maintains relationships with veterinarians, wildlife rehabilitators, agencies, and other professional partners.
• Works with the Executive Director and Development staff on clinic funding needs, grant opportunities, and implementation of funded projects.
• Participates in hiring, evaluations, coaching, and performance management of clinic staff and represents AWC through conferences, programs, media, and other public-facing opportunities.
• Performs other duties as needed to support AWC’s wildlife rehabilitation program.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated leadership, supervisory, and team-development skills.
• Experience in wildlife rehabilitation, veterinary care, animal care, clinical operations, or a related field.
• Strong organizational, problem-solving, and decision-making skills, with the ability to manage a fast-paced 365-day operation.
• Excellent interpersonal, written, and public communication skills.
• Relevant degree, certification, or advanced training preferred, but not required.