Permanent Part Time | 32 hours per fortnight - 2 days per week (weekdays only)

RSPCA Victoria is seeking a Behaviour Veterinarian on a permenanent basis, working 2 days per week.

This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in improving the welfare and rehoming outcomes of animals in our care by providing expert behavioural support across our shelter and clinic operations.

About the Role

As the Behaviour Veterinarian, you will provide behavioural medicine services and expert advice to support our shelter animals and internal stakeholders. You will work alongside the shelter Behaviourists, Behaviour Trainer and Animal Care Team to manage complex behavioural cases, contribute to behaviour assessments and treatment plans, and help drive best-practice behavioural management across the organisation.

Key responsibilities include:

- Support RSPCA Victoria Animal Care and Behaviour Teams by providing Veterinary Behavioural advice for animals in care, specifically dogs and cats with identified behavioural concerns and those on behaviour modification medication.
- Contribute to the development and management of rehabilitation and enrichment programs, and behaviour and assessment procedures and protocols for shelter animals.
- Provide coaching and support to volunteers and staff on animal behaviour to build their capability to behavioural issues, and to provide rehabilitation and behaviour modification to animals in care.
- Provide coaching and support to staff, foster carers and adopters in the community, specifically in regard to animals on behaviour modification medication.
- Contribute to a positive and inclusive work environment by effectively communicating and working collaboratively with peers across all departments,



and consistently behaving in accordance with the RSPCA Victoria values and associated policies.

About You

To be successful in this role, you will have:

- A Bachelor of Veterinary Science (or equivalent).
- Current Victorian Veterinary Surgeon Registration.
- Current microchipping and radiation licences.
- A current Australian driver's licence.
- Extensive experience as a veterinarian in a shelter, companion animal or private practice environment, including the ability to manage complex medical and behavioural cases.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build positive relationships across multidisciplinary teams.
- Demonstrated experience mentoring and supporting colleagues, volunteers or students.
- The ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment while maintaining a compassionate, welfare-focused approach.

Highly regarded

- Postgraduate qualifications in Veterinary Behavioural Medicine.
- Dog training qualifications (such as National Dog Trainers Federation, Delta Institute or equivalent).

How to apply

To learn more about our organisation and this job opportunity, please visit our Employment Opportunities page (https://rspcavic.org/careers/employment-opportunities/) and download the Position Description for more details. If you have any questions, please contact our Recruitment Team via [email protected] for a confidential discussion.

* Applications close Friday 30 October 2026 *

RSPCA Victoria is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive work environment and is proud to be an equal chance employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and we strongly encourage people from all cultural backgrounds to apply, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Applicants are welcome to access RSPCA Victoria’s Diversity & Inclusion Policy here.

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