Education Officer (Undergraduate) at Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons in London

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**Please note that In-person presence in the office will be needed as business requires, currently approximately 1-2 times per month, but may vary across the year. Attendance on veterinary school visitations (up to 6 days) as required**

Background

The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) is the regulatory body for the veterinary and veterinary nursing professions in the UK. It sets, upholds and advances veterinary standards for the benefit of animal health and welfare, and public health.

One important aspect of our role is the accreditation of veterinary degree programmes, through the identification of day one competences, accreditation standards and the formal accreditation (review) event process. Every accreditation event comprises the need for effective administration and co-ordination across the different stages in the process, including the management of the repository of evidence from each school, co-ordination and presentation of evidence to team members and the organisation of a bespoke visitation which involves the coordination of large teams of experts over several days at Higher Education Institutions.

Job Summary

Key responsibilities

To support the Lead for Undergraduate Education in the administration and management of the evidence within the repository for each school, including:

Communications with school representatives to support their submissions of timely and correctly indexed evidence for accreditation events and annual monitoring

Contributing to analysis and summary reporting as appropriate

Managing RCVS systems for document storage (SecureDocs) across the education department

To support the Lead for Undergraduate Education in the administration and coordination of accreditation events, through effective and timely communication with all members of the accreditation panel, including but not limited to:

Coordinating diaries and ensuring individual’s availability and conflicts of interest declarations

Travel and hotel bookings for all visitation team members as required

Liaison with the university and / or international accrediting organisation around timetables, scheduling and any other RCVS requirements

Organising evidence consideration meetings with the panel in advance of a visitation, including setting the agenda, taking minutes and following up on any associated actions

Coordination of any additional requests for evidence / information from the university

Attendance on accreditation visits to provide administrative support to the Undergraduate team, as required. This will include visiting veterinary practices, working farms and other veterinary-related establishments as required.

To support the Undergraduate team in effective planning and managing the schedule of accreditation events, to ensure communication with stakeholders takes place in line with our processes. This also includes ensuring that internal tracking documents are kept up-to-date

To monitor and ensure all accreditation panel and relevant committee members have completed the required online training.

To support the Lead for Undergraduate Education in ensuring visitors expense claims are submitted promptly and monitored effectively.

To coordinate the annual monitoring submissions from accredited programmes for consideration by the Primary Qualifications Subcommittee (PQSC) and to collate data to assist with committee reports as required.

To support the Secretary to the PQSC in the organisation and smooth running of meetings including scheduling, administrative support during meetings and onboarding of new committee members in the use of the RCVS systems.

To schedule meetings and take minutes as required, ensuring actions are followed up on.

Ensure actions required in relation to the process of accreditation events, as part of our internal quality improvement processes, are completed.

Maintain records of programmes directly accredited by the RCVS and assist the Registration Department in processing applications for membership coming from North American graduates.

Act as the Departmental Web-coordinator, ensuring Education Department web pages are updated as requested by colleagues.

Contribute to departmental team discussions on developing procedures and day-to-day operational issues.

Contribute to the work of the Education Department by undertaking other duties that may be required to support the team, such as responding to queries via the Education and Accreditations inboxes and answering the Department phone line.

Person specification/skills

Essential experience and qualities:

Desirable experience and skills:

1st Interviews 30th November and 1st December 2026 (Online)

2nd Interviews 7th December 2026 (in Person)

*The application page will give you a single 'Upload your CV' option. Please use this CV upload option to upload a single document that includes both a Cover letter and a CV within a single document. Please use the Cover letter to outline how your skills, experience and knowledge meets the essential criteria of the role*

Here at the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, improving animal health and welfare by advancing the ethical, professional, and clinical standards of the veterinary professions is at the heart of all our work. We also strive to advance veterinary standards with programmes of work around mental health, leadership, environmental sustainability, diversity, and innovation.

We set the standards for and monitor the quality of veterinary education; we hold Registers of those vets and veterinary nurses who are qualified to practice; we set professional standards for vets and veterinary nurses, and we help practices raise their standards through our Practice Standards Scheme.

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