Senior Partnership Officer - Organ Donation

NHS; City Of London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health service provider is seeking a Senior Partnership Officer to develop and manage partnerships aimed at increasing organ donor registrations. You will engage with key stakeholders, delivering successful partnerships and contributing to initiatives that improve consent rates. This role offers a hybrid working arrangement and emphasizes continuous professional development and a commitment to diversity.

Benefits

27 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays

NHS pension scheme

Flexible working opportunities

Continuous learning and development programs

Qualifications

• Experience in a partnership/business development role.
• Managing relationships with partners effectively.
• Knowledge of campaigns and marketing activities.

Responsibilities

• Deliver success of national Digital Organ Donation Partnerships.
• Develop and manage strategic partnerships.
• Ensure user-centered pathways to organ donor register.

Skills

Partnership development

Relationship management

Campaign knowledge

Influence and persuasion

Advanced IT skills

Education

Commitment to continued professional development

Tools

Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Job description

Senior Partnership Officer - Organ Donation

You will work directly with the Digital Organ Donor Register Team at NHSBT, collaborating closely with key partner contacts. Drawing on your existing knowledge, skills, and expertise, you will develop and manage national relationships aimed at driving a consistent and sustained increase in organ donor registrations. These efforts will contribute to raising the organ donation consent rate, ultimately helping to reduce the transplant waiting list.

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 digital pathways across both public and private sector industries, and where necessary, creating new ones to influence behavior change and improve consent rates for organ donation.

As part of the Communications and Engagement Directorate, you'll engage with a wide range of audiences to drive performance. With a strong emphasis on capability building, you'll have access to coaching and development opportunities from the department lead and wider team.

Main duties of the job

In this role you will be responsible for delivering the success of national and regional Digital 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 resposnibilties will include:

• Developing, implementing and evaluating a component of the partnership strategy in support of the organisations aims and objectives.
• Initiating and developing strategic digital partnerships with strategically 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 donation register team to ensure that opportunities for building user-centred redirects to the organ donor register are delivered as partnerships are effectively progressed

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

About us

It takes all types of people to deliver the kind of service that saves and improves lives. At NHS Blood and Transplant, youll 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.

Job responsibilities

What we offer:

• NHSBT promotes flexible working opportunities where the role will allow.
• This role offers a hybrid working arrangement.
• 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.
• NHS 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: www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/pensions
• Weve 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. Its open to everyone at NHSBT, ensuring you have the resources to succeed and shine in your role.

To learn more, please see our recruitment profile, which provides a summary of the job description and person specification. This can be accessed via the link below, or by clicking Apply if you are viewing this advert on another site.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Demonstrates commitment to own continued professional development (CPD)

Experience

• Experience of working in a partnership/business development role
• Experience of managing relationships with partners
• Excellent knowledge of campaigns and marketing activities and experience of working with specialist communications teams (e.g. Marketing & Campaigns, Media & PR, Stakeholder Relations) as well as partners and other external contacts to deliver integrated publicity campaigns
• Experience of giving professional advice and support through influence and persuasion
• Experience of the techniques and systems for evaluating partnership and engagement activity
• Understanding of and respect for donor/patient confidentiality
• Experience of working with Information Technology using Microsoft Office packages (Word, Excel and PowerPoint) to an advanced level

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