Ethics & Policy Committee: Literature Reviewer Volunteer (Home-based)

Exciting opportunities have arisen for volunteers to assist the three sub-committees that will support the remit of the Society’s new Ethics and Policy Committee. These volunteering opportunities will provide rich experience of contributing to policy development on a national scale. The Volunteer will provide literature reviews on the topics identified by the sub-committees. The workload and time commitment will be agreed between the volunteer and the sub-committee Chair(s) on an individual basis. The expectation is that the time commitment will usually involve around 10 hours per month, in order to support meaningful progress.

There are three sub-committees, consisting of five or more members of staff each. The three sub-committees are

• companion animal welfare
• farm animal welfare
• wild animal welfare.

These sub-committees will support the remit of the Society’s Ethics & Policy Committee, which is to consider ethical implications of current and future policies and procedures and provide advice, guidance and recommendations

• to improve animal welfare in Scotland for companion, wild and farm animals through creation and adoption of appropriate guidelines
• to increase public awareness of what good animal welfare is
• to improve care provided through enhanced facilities and veterinary services to decrease issues regarding individual species

Please Note: You MUST have institutional access to academic journals (e.g. through university). The Scottish SPCA is not currently able to provide this, however, it is essential to ensure our policies have reliable research to support our statements