NHS Blood and Transplant
Community Engagement Coordinator
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Community Engagement Coordinator - Plasma
This is a 12-month fixed term contract.
🔍 Important Note: This vacancy is not eligible for Visa Sponsorship. Please only apply if you have an existing right to work in the UK.
📌 Job Summary
This critical role is central to NHSBT’s future success in plasma and blood donation collection. As the Community Engagement Coordinator - Plasma, you’ll play a key part in building our donor base, raising public awareness, and driving life-saving donations at Reading Donor Centre.
You’ll organise donor acquisition activities—including community events, engagement at donation centres, and exploring business opportunities—while nurturing strong partnerships with the third sector, corporate partners, and other stakeholders.
Key responsibilities include:
- Proactively developing new business relationships
- Accurate relationship management using the organisation’s CRM system
- Promoting not just plasma but organ and other forms of donation
Teamwork is essential, as you’ll collaborate with our events team to coordinate local outreach.
Ideal for: Outgoing, community-focused professionals who thrive on active recruitment and making a tangible impact.
The role is on-site, with an expectation of proximity (~12 miles) to Reading Donor Centre due to short-notice travel requirements. Travel reimbursement will be provided.
✅ Core Responsibilities
Community Engagement & Donor Acquisition
- Organise and execute community-driven donation awareness campaigns, including events and donor incentives.
- Engage with active donors at Reading Donor Centre on-site to promote repeat participation and loyalty.
- Identify and develop new business partnerships aligned with NHSBT’s strategic goals.
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Relationship Management
- Proactively approach targeted businesses (as per line manager guidance) to foster collaborations.
- Build and maintain key partnerships with corporate and third-sector organisations to maximise NHSBT’s reach.
- Accurately update the Relationship Management Database as a matter of priority.
Awareness & Education
- Champion plasma donation awareness through established communication channels.
- Promote additional donation possibilities (e.g., organ donation) where appropriate.
🔍 Requirements
Experience & Skills
- Marketing or customer-facing role: Demonstratable track record of delivering measurable results and positive impact on audience engagement.
- Communication mastery: Fluency in printed, digital, social media, and email formats—to tailor messaging and campaigns effectively.
- Proficiency in Microsoft software: Outlook, Word, Excel (including advanced components), Teams, and PowerPoint.
- Organisational excellence: Ability to coordinate complex events and manage multiple stakeholder relationships.
Qualifications
- Degree level qualifications or equivalent professional experience.
- Commitment to continued professional development (CPD)—self-initiated or through ongoing training.
Further depth on the expected personnel specification can be found in the full job description document.
🏥 About Us – NHSBT
Solving critical healthcare needs through donation saves and transforms lives daily. Our 6,000+ strong team are dedicated to making the NHS extraordinary—through compassionate care, unparalleled expertise, and relentless pursuit of quality outcomes.
Our core values—Caring, Expert, Quality—underpin everything we do. Join us and be part of a mission-driven organisation that treats benevolence as central to success—whether through a blood transfusion or a life saved by organ transplantation.
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A note on inclusivity: We are dedicated to a diverse, inclusive culture, and encourage the full spectrum of talent to join us across all roles.
⚖️ Benefits
- Generous leave: 27 days annual leave + Bank Holidays (consolidating to 33 days after 10 years).
- NHS Pension scheme—a defined benefit pension with progressive accrual (view details here).
- Learning support: Thrive Programme offers career development opportunities—whether through training, mentoring, or progression routes.
- Wellbeing initiatives:
- Confidential mental health and occupational health support
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Workplace adjustments for diverse needs.
NHSBT is a Disability Confident Employer and actively seeks ways to improve accessibility. Disabled applicants are encouraged; reasonable adjustments can be made at any recruitment stage.
Further details on our culture, teamwork, and accessibility are available on our Carers’ portal (learn more).
📅 Next Steps
- This vacancy closes at midnight (23:59) on Wednesday, 8th July 2026—though earlier closure may occur with high interest.
- Assessment process: Single in-person interview on Thursday, 30th July 2026 (subject to confirmation).
- Informal enquiries: Email Sarah Cawthorne, Job Title: Recruiter.
Review the full Job Description & Person Specification at: Apply here (or linked directly).
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