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Working with the Regional Community Engagement team, you’ll assist with marketing events and community engagement activities to recruit new donors while acting as a key channel of communication between your team, external stakeholders other colleagues within your directorate. By helping them make our wider strategies a success, you’ll also be playing your part in helping thousands of patients live better, fuller lives.
You’ll be supporting donor recognition ceremonies, attending promotional events, processing sensitive information and supporting the evaluation of our community engagement activities. Building strong relationships with other departments and organisations will be crucial to your success. You’ll have a proactive and confident communication style, excellent organisational skills and be focused on looking for opportunities to share our key messages with our key target audience.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Attending and setting up donor recruitment events and supporting community engagement activity including performing finger blood type tests.
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Supporting donor centre and mobile session marketing activities to support appointment fill.
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Attending and supporting donor recognition events where donors are awarded for their long service.
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Administrative duties such as updating the regional events toolkit with performance data and undertaking local research into community groups and organisations.
- Responding to incoming enquiries from donors or stakeholders in a timely manner.
- Working alongside the Community Engagement Coordinators to support the coordination of a calendar of marketing events and activity.
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Dealing with personal donor information and having sensitive conversations with potential new donors ensuring you maintain confidentiality and understanding.
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You will be required to undertake travel and spend time away from base to meet the requirements of the post (notice will be given)
Experience and Knowledge
- Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office packages (Word, Excel and PowerPoint), or equivalent Systems
Qualifications and Training
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Educated to ‘A’ level standard or NVQ 3 OR equivalent experience
Possess a valid driving licence, allowing you to drive in the UK
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It takes all types of people to deliver the kind of service that saves and improves lives. At NHS Blood and Transplant, you’ll join a team of more than 6,000 people who are making a genuine difference to communities, families, friends, relatives and more across the UK. We play a unique and special role in the NHS by helping people do something extraordinary - donate blood, blood products, organs, tissues, or stem cells to save someone in need.
Our three core values are what set us apart. They guide and inspire everything we do. By being caring, expertly meeting the needs of our patients and our people, and accepting nothing less than the best quality, we can do extraordinary work and help our people to do something extraordinary in their career, too. Three small words, one big difference - Caring, Expert and Quality. Together we'll save and improve more lives than ever.
You will join us on our journey to create an inclusive workplace and aim to reflect the diverse communities we work with, and we positively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.
Flexible working options we promote flexible working where the role allows. We’re happy to discuss what flexibility might look like for you.
Generous annual leave - 27 days annual leave (pro rata for part-time) plus Bank Holidays, increasing to 29 days after 5 years’ service and to 33 days after 10 years.
Inclusive pension scheme - the NHS Pension Scheme is a defined benefit scheme (not dependent on investment returns). Further details and outline of benefits can be found at: http://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/information-about-nhs-pensions
Supportive learning culture - we’ve fostered a culture of continuous learning where colleagues are well-led, engaged, and encouraged to grow. We support you in reaching your full potential, both in your current role and future career. Our Thrive program embodies our commitment to learning and development, offering a wide range of activities to support your personal and professional growth. It’s open to everyone at NHSBT, ensuring you have the resources to succeed and shine in your role.
Health and wellbeing support we offer confidential services including occupational health, employee assistance programme, and wellbeing resources. Our support is available to all colleagues and we endeavour to provide tailored workplace adjustments where possible.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we welcome applications from disabled candidates. We will talk with you to explore any adjustments that may help you during the recruitment process.
You can find more information about accessibility, our culture, and how we support applicants on the NHSBT Careers website:
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Learn more about our culture at NHSBT
To learn more, please see the job description and person specification. These can be accessed via the link below, or by clicking ‘Apply’ if you are viewing this advert on another site.
This is a full time, permanent position working 37.5 hours per week. You will be based at NHSBT Manchester Centre.
This vacancy will close at 23:59 on Wednesday 24th June 2026. However, this vacancy may close sooner than the advertised deadline if we receive a high volume of applications.
Interviews are anticipated to be held on Thursday 2nd July 2026 subject to confirmation.
For informal enquiries please contact:
Name: Jo Walker
Job Title: Regional Community Engagement Manager
Contact Details: Email: [email protected]
