This is an exciting opportunity to lead ZSL’s team of Veterinary Officers and Resident Vets in delivering world-class clinical care and welfare across our iconic animal collections at both conservation zoos. Acting as Deputy to the Head of Wildlife Health Services, you’ll provide strategic and operational leadership that shapes the future of veterinary excellence at ZSL.
You’ll play a pivotal role in driving collaboration, innovation, and best practice across both sites, ensuring our animals receive the highest standards of care while supporting ZSL’s wider mission to restore wildlife and inspire a world where wildlife thrives. Beyond the zoos, your expertise will help influence species recovery, support global conservation programmes, and contribute to academic teaching and knowledge sharing across the organisation and the wider conservation community.
As part of our collaborative veterinary team, this role takes part in the clinical rota, including occasional weekend on-call duties (around one weekend per month). You’ll have the opportunity to work regularly across both ZSL London Zoo and ZSL Whipsnade Zoo.
Key responsibilities: 
- Clinical Leadership: Oversee and contribute to the delivery of the clinical programme, ensuring the highest standards of veterinary care and animal welfare across ZSL’s collections.
- Team Management and Development: Lead and manage the team of Veterinary Officers and Residents, providing day-to-day supervision, mentorship, and performance support.
- Collaboration and Strategic Alignment: Collaborate closely with curatorial, animal management, and other teams across ZSL to support animal health and welfare and deliver on ZSL’s strategic objectives.
- Training and Capacity Building: Contribute to the training and mentoring of students, residents, and professionals (including tracking students, MSc, and ECZM ZHM residents) to build global capacity in wildlife health.
- Conservation and Research Support: Support and contribute to broader ZSL initiatives, such as disease risk analysis, species recovery, field projects, and externally funded programmes.