Senior Veterinary Programme Manager

Senior Veterinary Programme Manager

Reports to: Head of Short Courses

Location: Primarily home-office based, with regular travel to courses, congresses and professional events

The Role

We are looking for an experienced veterinary professional who combines strong relationships within the veterinary community with excellent organisational and project management skills .

The Senior Veterinary Programme Manager plays a key role in developing and delivering Improve Veterinary Education’s Short Course portfolio. The role works closely with speakers, lecturers and veterinary specialists to identify relevant emerging topics and translate these insights into new and improved educational programmes.

From identifying a new course idea to its successful delivery, the role takes hands-on responsibility for speaker management, course preparation, logistics, accreditation and coordination with internal teams .

Key Responsibilities

Veterinary Network & Programme Development

• Build and maintain strong relationships with veterinary speakers, lecturers, specialists and other key professionals.
• Use these relationships to identify emerging topics, educational needs and potential new speakers.
• Work closely with the Head of Short Courses and wider team to develop relevant new courses and improve existing programmes.
• Identify, approach and coordinate suitable speakers for new and existing programmes.
• Represent Improve at relevant veterinary congresses, conferences and professional events.

Course Coordination & Delivery

• Take ownership of the end-to-end preparation and coordination of assigned courses.
• Coordinate speakers, schedules, venues, meeting rooms, hotels, catering, equipment, travel and other course requirements.
• Work closely with Operations, Marketing, Sales, Digital and other internal teams to ensure smooth delivery.
• Manage multiple projects and priorities simultaneously and proactively resolve issues.
• Attend selected courses to support delivery and maintain close relationships with speakers and participants.

Accreditation & Compliance

• Coordinate accreditation and recognition processes for relevant veterinary courses.
• Prepare and manage required documentation, applications and deadlines.
• Ensure courses meet relevant veterinary CPD and accreditation requirements.
• Coordinate specialist approval processes, including X-ray and CT-related requirements where applicable.

Continuous Improvement

• Gather feedback from speakers and participants and identify opportunities to improve existing programmes.
• Keep up to date with developments in veterinary education and translate relevant insights into practical programme improvements.

Requirements

• Veterinary degree or equivalent substantial professional experience within the veterinary sector.
• Strong understanding of the German veterinary profession.
• Established network or proven ability to build strong relationships with veterinary professionals and speakers.
• Experience in course, event, education or programme coordination.
• Excellent organisational and project management skill
• Fluent English and German skills

If you are interested please send your CV to [email protected]