Veterinary Consultant

About the role

Required qualifications and experience

• DVM degree or equivalent from a recognised university and a valid UAE MOCCAE Veterinary License.
• At least 3 years of professional veterinary experience in wildlife, zoo, or captive-breeding facilities.
• Proven wild mammal and avian medicine experience; wild ungulate experience, particularly antelopes and gazelles, is preferred.
• Practical wildlife capture, physical restraint, chemical immobilisation, teleanaesthesia, anaesthetic monitoring, and field operations experience.
• Knowledge of wildlife anaesthesia protocols, reversal agents, and capture-related complications.
• Competency in wildlife clinical medicine, surgery, emergency care, and necropsy.
• Knowledge of preventive medicine, disease surveillance, biosecurity, and animal welfare.
• Ability to conduct diagnostic sampling, select laboratory tests, and interpret results.
• Good communication, teamwork, and reporting skills; ability to work under field conditions.

Preferred qualifications

• Postgraduate qualification or specialised training in wildlife, zoo, or zoological medicine.
• Additional wild ungulate and avian experience, including antelopes and gazelles, is preferred.
• Wildlife conservation, captive breeding, and field capture programme experience is preferred.
• Familiarity with wildlife disease surveillance, veterinary research, and population health management is preferred.
• Previous professional experience in the UAE or Middle East is preferred.

Main responsibilities

• Provide preventive and clinical care, diagnosis, treatment, surgery, and hospital management for wildlife, including mammals, ungulates, and birds.
• Plan, conduct, and supervise animal capture, restraint, chemical immobilisation, anaesthesia, and remote drug delivery while protecting animal welfare and personnel safety.
• Monitor animals during capture, handling, anaesthesia, recovery, and transportation; identify and manage complications.
• Support disease prevention, health monitoring, captive breeding, and wildlife conservation programmes.
• Develop and monitor prophylactic measures, preventive healthcare programmes, and biosecurity protocols.
• Conduct necropsies for individual and population-level disease diagnosis, mortality investigations, and health surveillance.
• Coordinate diagnostic sampling, sample processing, and laboratory result interpretation.
• Train and supervise veterinary staff and animal care teams in procedures and safe handling.
• Ensure compliance with veterinary quality standards, biosecurity, animal welfare, and occupational health and safety regulations.
• Participate in and supervise veterinary research, field studies, and conservation-related health investigations.
• Maintain accurate veterinary records, clinical data, and surveillance information.
• Analyse animal health data, prepare technical reports, and communicate findings and recommendations.

Benefits

• Work with diverse wildlife in established conservation and captive-breeding programmes.
• Gain exposure to specialised veterinary procedures, wildlife capture operations, and conservation projects.
• Professional development, training, and participation in veterinary research.
• Collaborative, multidisciplinary, and international working environment.