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Companion Animal Behavior Project & Research Coordinator
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Posted Dec 17
Project & Research Coordinator in Companion Animal Behavior
The School of Animal Sciences at Virginia Tech is seeking an exceptionally well-qualified applied animal behavior practitioner to join the department as a Project and Research Coordinator. The successful applicant will interface with faculty, undergraduate students, graduate students, shelter staff, shelter volunteers, shelter adopters, and other community stakeholders.
We are incredibly excited to have a joint position with a shelter in the Roanoke Valley to serve their shelter’s behavior needs while also contributing to Virginia Tech’s three-pronged teaching-research-extension mission. The successful candidate will guide the behavior programs at a New River Valley/Roanoke Valley shelter, in collaboration with the shelter’s medical director, and coordinate active research activities that faculty guide as well as contribute to the ongoing applied animal behavior research efforts in the School. In addition to the programmatic duties at the shelter, the successful candidate will oversee research opportunities for Virginia Tech graduate and undergraduate students and provide service learning opportunities to Virginia Tech undergraduates. The successful candidate will also assist in the provision of research opportunities for students in the online Master’s Applied Animal Behavior & Welfare concentration, in addition to delivering companion animal curriculum to undergraduate students, depending on the needs of the School and the areas of expertise of the successful candidate.
This is a non-tenure-track, 12-month appointment in the School of Animal Sciences. The appointment effort is split between the shelter in Roanoke, VA and School of Animal Sciences in Blacksburg, VA, with most efforts likely serving both entities: 50% of the effort is to overseeing, developing, and implementing behavior programs, services, and guidelines at the shelter. The other 50% of the appointment is to oversee the research efforts generated by the SAS faculty members in applied animal behavior research, utilizing the shelter as a test bed field site.
Required Qualifications
Candidates must have a M.S. in animal behavior, animal sciences or psychology or a closely-related field with substantial animal behavior experience; Preference will be given to candidates with: 1) a demonstrated history of working with shelters to behaviorally disposition and manage the behavioral care of shelter animals; and, 2) demonstrated dedication to undergraduate and graduate student research, mentoring, and success.
Find the complete job description here:
https://careers.pageuppeople.com/968/cw/en-us/job/527978/companion-animal-project-research-coordinator
For more information, contact:
Dr. Erica Feuerbacher [email protected]
The School of Animal Sciences at Virginia Tech is seeking an exceptionally well-qualified applied animal behavior practitioner to join the department as a Project and Research Coordinator. The successful applicant will interface with faculty, undergraduate students, graduate students, shelter staff, shelter volunteers, shelter adopters, and other community stakeholders.
We are incredibly excited to have a joint position with a shelter in the Roanoke Valley to serve their shelter’s behavior needs while also contributing to Virginia Tech’s three-pronged teaching-research-extension mission. The successful candidate will guide the behavior programs at a New River Valley/Roanoke Valley shelter, in collaboration with the shelter’s medical director, and coordinate active research activities that faculty guide as well as contribute to the ongoing applied animal behavior research efforts in the School. In addition to the programmatic duties at the shelter, the successful candidate will oversee research opportunities for Virginia Tech graduate and undergraduate students and provide service learning opportunities to Virginia Tech undergraduates. The successful candidate will also assist in the provision of research opportunities for students in the online Master’s Applied Animal Behavior & Welfare concentration, in addition to delivering companion animal curriculum to undergraduate students, depending on the needs of the School and the areas of expertise of the successful candidate.
This is a non-tenure-track, 12-month appointment in the School of Animal Sciences. The appointment effort is split between the shelter in Roanoke, VA and School of Animal Sciences in Blacksburg, VA, with most efforts likely serving both entities: 50% of the effort is to overseeing, developing, and implementing behavior programs, services, and guidelines at the shelter. The other 50% of the appointment is to oversee the research efforts generated by the SAS faculty members in applied animal behavior research, utilizing the shelter as a test bed field site.
Required Qualifications
Candidates must have a M.S. in animal behavior, animal sciences or psychology or a closely-related field with substantial animal behavior experience; Preference will be given to candidates with: 1) a demonstrated history of working with shelters to behaviorally disposition and manage the behavioral care of shelter animals; and, 2) demonstrated dedication to undergraduate and graduate student research, mentoring, and success.
Find the complete job description here:
https://careers.pageuppeople.com/968/cw/en-us/job/527978/companion-animal-project-research-coordinator
For more information, contact:
Dr. Erica Feuerbacher [email protected]
