Clinical Animal Behavior Coordinator

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical animal behavior services to owners and their pets, including consultations and training sessions
• Mentor and train students in clinical animal behavior
• Help create, assemble and deliver companion animal behavior curriculum
• Carry out research related to companion animal behavior, particularly problematic behaviors

Requirements

• Master’s or PhD in Animal Behavior, Biology, Psychology, Veterinary Science or related field
• Experience providing companion animal consultation and training services and conducting applied animal research
• Mentorship of undergraduates and/or graduate students
• Evidence of instructional abilities with undergraduate and/or graduate students
• Strong organizational and collaborative skills

Qualifications

• Expertise in addressing complex companion animal behavior problems (e.g., fear, anxiety, and aggression)
• Experience carrying out companion animal behavioral and/or welfare research
• Interest in wearable animal technologies for collection of physiological data

Benefits

Salary commensurate with experience

Pay

Exempt: Not eligible for overtime

Schedule

40 hours per week

About the Role

The School of Animal Sciences (SAS) at Virginia Tech is searching for a coordinator to lead in the provision of clinical animal behavior services with owners and their pets, mentor students in this service, and assist in the development of a research line that would include but not be limited to the study of companion animal behavior, training, and welfare.