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Committee vacancies

From lobbying members of parliament to joining one of our committees to support our policy work, or developing our member benefits package – volunteering for BVA can be hugely rewarding.

If you care about the future of the profession or feel strongly about an issue, work with us to do something about it.

Below you can find a list of our current opportunities to get involved. Follow the instructions to apply, we'd love to have you on board.

You can find out more about the work our committees, groups and council undertake on their individual pages

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Current vacancies

Across all of our groups and committees we are looking to ensure a range of expertise, interests, and backgrounds. We recognise and champion the importance of equality, equity, diversity and inclusion and we are committed to ensuring that all members have equal opportunity to contribute to our work, including by making reasonable adjustments where needed.

If you have any questions about any of the current vacancies, please contact [email protected]

BVA Council – recent graduates

We’ve got two vacancies for recent graduate members up to five years qualified.

 

Applications close 9am, Monday 16 June 2025

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Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Group

We’ve got four vacancies for members willing to bring their lived experience of EDI challenges to the panel.

 

Applications close 9am, Monday 16 June 2025

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Ethics and Welfare Advisory Panel

We’ve got two vacancies this year for vet members of the panel, who will be selected for their expertise in animal welfare science, ethics and/or law.

 

Applications close 9am, Monday 16 June 2025

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Member Benefits and Events Committee

We’ve got four vacancies for members keen to play a key role in the development of our package of member benefits, services, resources, and CPD programmes.

 

Applications close 9am, Monday 16 June 2025

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Policy Committee

We’ve got three vacancies this year and we’re keen to hear from members across all sectors of the profession. Members are selected for their skills and experience in policy development, evidence gathering and research, decision making, and problem solving.

 

Applications close 9am, Monday 16 June 2025

Apply now

Branch Council 

Northern Ireland Branch: We currently have one vacancy.

 

Scottish Branch: We currently have five vacancies, including one recent graduate up to five years qualified.

 

Welsh Branch: We currently have one vacancy.

 

Applications close 9am, Monday 16 June 2025

Apply for Branch Council

Get involved

We advertise vacancies annually, in June, on this webpage, on social media, and our member newsletter. Vacancies are open to MRCVS who also hold current BVA membership.

Across the committee we encourage a range of expertise, interests, and backgrounds. We recognise and champion the importance of equality, diversity and inclusion and we are committed to ensuring that all members have equal opportunity to contribute to our work. Read our Equality diversity and inclusion policy.

If there are no open vacancies, our members can contribute to the work of BVA in a number of other ways, including: