Senior Partnerships Development Officer

In this role you will be responsible for delivering the success of national and regional Blood and Organ Donation Partnerships and to ensure that we have the right volume and mix of organ donors to meet patients needs, today and in the future. Your responsibilities will include:

• Developing, implementing and evaluating a component of the partnership strategy in support of the organisations aims and objectives.
• Initiating and developing strategic partnerships with relevant organisations and companies; to help raise awareness and deliver organ donor recruitment.
• Having significant experience of partner outreach and management, they will work closely with relevant colleagues to ensure that contact and work with partners and stakeholders is managed consistently and effectively.
• Working closely with the relevant communication, marketing and operational teams to ensure that opportunities for building user-centred pathways to deliver partnerships effectively.
You will be required to travel and spend time away from base, which will involve working irregular hours and overnight stays when required, with prior notice.

In addition to supporting the department lead and key internal and external stakeholders across the NHS, you will be expected to work independently, using your initiative and discretion to shape the role and its impact. This position will be instrumental in enhancing existing service delivery pathways across both public and private sector industries, and where necessary, creating new ones to influence behaviour change and improve donor recruitment rates for blood and organ donation., 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.