Student Ambassador

About the Role

The Student Ambassador serves as a liaison between their university (students and faculty) and an assigned Banfield Medical Director.

Key Responsibilities

• Represent Banfield Pet Hospital in a sincere, professional manner.
• Proactively promote awareness of Banfield’s mission and vision among peers and answer questions from faculty and the student body regarding Banfield.
• Assist the Student Programs team and assigned Banfield Medical Director in arranging campus visits by distributing materials, posting announcements, reserving meeting rooms, arranging catering, preparing giveaways, and managing all other event details.
• Participate in presentations on campus and provide follow-up with students and Banfield.
• Distribute Banfield flyers, posters, e-flyers, and other collateral to faculty and the student body as allowed by the school’s vendor policy.
• Inform the Student Program team of student activities and functions that may serve as a venue for Banfield participation (e.g., Job Fairs, Open House, SCAVMA activities).
• Attend Banfield sponsored conferences and educational meetings when appropriate.
• Maintain an open line of communication with the Student Programs team and assigned Banfield Medical Director.
• Other job duties as assigned.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Communication skills: Reads, writes, and speaks fluent English, using appropriate grammar, style, and vocabulary. Demonstrates exceptionally strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Organizational ability: Demonstrates a systematic approach in carrying out assignments; is orderly and excels at cutting through confusion.
• Problem solving skills: Demonstrates a strong ability to identify, analyze, and solve problems; is unusually decisive and translates problems into practical solutions.
• Client service skills: Consistently ensures the team provides attentive, courteous, and informative service to clients.
• Intellectual ability: Accurately and consistently follows instructions delivered in written, oral, or diagram format; can provide directions.
• Mathematical ability: Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide; compute rate, ratio, and percent; and convert units of measurement.
• Computer skills: Comfortably and confidently uses a computer and specialized software, including Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, and Outlook.

Qualifications

• Action oriented
• Command skills
• Integrity and trust
• Planning
• Peer Relationships
• Priority setting
• Presentation skills
• Approachability
• Listening
• Problem solving
• Ability to multi-task.
• Initiative: Shows willingness and aptitude to use own discretion in taking appropriate steps to find solutions; presents options and ideas to enhance current processes or procedures; takes on additional responsibility.
• Integrity: Firmly adheres to the values and ethics of Banfield Pet Hospitals; exhibits honesty, discretion, and sound judgment.
• Cooperativeness: Willing to work with others, collaborating and compromising where necessary; promptly shares relevant information.
• Flexibility: Open to changing situations and opportunities; willing to perform all tasks assigned.
• Independence: Able and willing to perform tasks and duties without supervision.
• Tolerance for Stress / Resiliency: Maintains a positive “can do” outlook, rebounds quickly from frustrations, and maintains composure and a friendly demeanor while dealing with stressful situations.
• Must have mental processes for reasoning, remembering, mathematics, and language ability to perform duties proficiently.
• Ability to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form and to solve problems involving several variables.
• Ability to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, and climb, as well as manipulate (lift, carry, move) up to 50 pounds.
• Environment where pets are present.
• Enrolled as a student in a veterinary medicine program at a School or College of Veterinary Medicine.

Stipend: $1,250 per semester