DVM Student Advocate - Kansas State University (2028)

Student Advocate Role

As a Student Advocate, you'll be a vital connector between Mission Pet Health and your school. You'll build relationships, promote career opportunities, and strengthen our connection with students, faculty, and clubs. This is your opportunity to make an impact while growing your own professional network and gaining real-world leadership experience.

• Be a Key Liaison: You will serve as the primary link between Mission Pet Health and your university's students, faculty, and student organizations.
• Champion Student Engagement: You'll promote awareness and participation in our DVM student programs through networking, email outreach, and attending student meetings.
• Organize Campus Events: You will host at least one engagement event per semester, such as a lunch & learn or meet-and-greet, managing all logistics from scheduling to catering.
• Share Clinical Opportunities: You'll share information with your peers about externships, job openings, and career paths within the Mission Pet Health network.
• Gather Campus Insights: You'll keep our team informed about job fairs and other campus events, assist with visits from our teammates, and help promote our presence at your school.
• Gain Clinical Experience: You will complete at least one clinical rotation at a Mission Pet Health hospital within your first year as an Advocate.
• Support Social Media: You'll help our social media efforts by providing monthly content, such as photos or stories about your experiences and student events.

What You'll Bring to the Team:

• Current 1st, 2nd, or 3rd-year veterinary student status.
• Active engagement within your school community and veterinary student clubs.
• You must not be employed by another veterinary group as a student representative.

Responsibilities and Benefits

What's in it for You?

This role is designed to reward you with competitive compensation, invaluable connections, and real-world experience that will build your resume and accelerate your career.

Competitive Compensation: Receive competitive pay for your work as an Advocate.

Build Your Network: Join a community of over 20,000 veterinary professionals and gain early access to mentorship and connections across the U.S.

Customized Externships: Gain access to customized externship opportunities within our network, designed around your specific clinical interests and schedule.

Future Career Opportunities: Get exclusive access to all job opportunities within our network after graduation, plus eligibility for a student bonus up to $20k and other incentives.

Build Your Resume: Develop real-world leadership, marketing, and communication experience that will set you apart after graduation.

About Mission Pet Health

Mission Pet Health was founded by veterinarians on the belief that local practices thrive with clinical autonomy, collaboration, and medical excellence. The organization provides world-class support to its 850+ hospital teams on a hyper-local basis so they can focus on what matters most: the medicine, their patients, and their team culture. Learn more at missionpethealth.com.

Driving the award-winning culture are the WAG values – Work Together, Amaze, and Grow. Mission Pet Health is veterinarian-led, people-focused, and on a mission to be the best place to work in veterinary medicine.

EEO Statement: Mission Pet Health is an equal opportunity employer. We embrace diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.