Research Scientist - Cat Behaviour and Welfare

Cats Protection, the UK's largest cat welfare charity, is hiring a Research Scientist focused on cat behaviour and welfare. The role involves designing and executing research projects on cat population dynamics, welfare assessment, epidemiology, and demography, conducting quantitative and qualitative data analysis for publication, performing literature reviews to inform evidence-based recommendations, carrying out fieldwork and site visits, developing stakeholder relationships around welfare assessment tools, and presenting findings at conferences. Candidates need a PhD in animal behaviour, welfare, veterinary medicine, or a related field, experience with both quantitative and qualitative research methods, a record of published animal welfare studies (first-author preferred), and a practical animal welfare background (shelter, zoo, charity, or veterinary setting). This is a 6-month fixed-term, 35-hours/week role, remote within the UK with occasional travel, paying up to £51,443.10 per year. Application deadline October 30, 2026.