22 Oct
NHS Blood and Transplant
Reading
Job description
Community Engagement Coordinator - Plasma
Job Summary
This is a brand-new role which is critical to our future success in collecting Plasma donations. Through your efforts, you will be supporting the delivery of important Community Engagement activity for NHS Blood and Transplant that will save and improve people’s lives.
As a Community Engagement Coordinator - Plasma, you will be working to help build our donor base of Plasma donors for one of our fantastic Plasma Donor Centres.
As a great communicator you will help to educate people about the need for Plasma, its vital uses and how easy it is to donate.
You will be working in the community in a range of locations from businesses to universities,
liaising with prospective donors to inspire them to become donors.
You will be required to create valuable relationships at pace, both internally and externally to ensure we secure an ongoing plan of activity within this critical pillar of work.
You will also be using your organisational skills to coordinate and deliver events with the support of our talented events team.
Your weekly schedule in this varied hybrid role will be a mixture of home working, NHSBT centre base working, and delivering field based activities within the local community.
If you like engaging with people from the community, love to take the lead and want to play a part in helping to save lives, this role is for you!
Main duties of the job
In this role you will support the plan for new recruits, raise awareness and educate about Plasma. Your responsibilities will include :
- Organising and undertaking new acquisition and awareness activity, such as events in the community,
on-session engagement with donors at the Plasma DC and exploring all relevant business development opportunities.
- Approaching new businesses as agreed with their line manager / within the strategic plan to meet organisational objectives.
- Developing key relationships with key third sector and corporate organisations within the region.
- Managing relationships so that they provide maximum benefit to NHSBT.
- Maintaining the Relationship Management database in a timely and accurate manner.
- Promoting organ donation and other forms of donation where appropriate.
About You
Experience and Knowledge
- Experience in a marketing related role with evidence of positive customer benefits
- Good understanding of key communication channels such as social media, printed communications,
digital communication and email and the benefits / risks
- A proven record in delivering positive results
- Experience of working with information technology using Microsoft Office packages (Outlook, Word, Excel, Teams and PowerPoint)
Qualifications and Training
- Degree or equivalent relevant experience to degree level
- Demonstrates commitment to own continued professional development (CPD)
Please view the attached recruitment profile which is a summary of the detailed Job Description and Person Specification for the full personal attributes we require for the role.
You will need to demonstrate these throughout the recruitment process.
About Us
At NHS Blood and Transplant,
we’re incredibly proud of the many talented people who come together every day to make our organisation the very best it can be.
We have clearly defined values that are centred around offering exceptional care to our donors and their families. We take care of each other too and we focus on building our expertise so we can change lives, provide quality support and offer fulfilling careers.
It’s an opportunity to contribute to a unique team as part of a service that saves lives 365 days a year. We offer brilliant benefits including 27 days of holiday (plus bank holidays), a comprehensive induction and training programme, and competitive pension scheme.
We are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace and aim to reflect the diverse communities we work with and positively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.
Three small words, one big difference - Caring, Expert and Quality .
Together we'll save and improve more lives than ever
This vacancy will close at 23 : 59 on 3
November 2024
Interviews are anticipated to be held in week commencing 25
November 2024 subject to confirmation
For informal enquiries please contact Aisha Rehman, Plasma Engagement Manager Community Engagement on [email protected]
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