Senior Media and PR Officer

• To support the Communications team to deliver high quality, evaluated communications to recruit new donors and showcase the work of NHSBT.
• To deliver proactive communications handling national and local announcements, ethnic minority focussed media and consumer media coverage.
• And reactive media handling call handling / rebuttal and media monitoring.
• To work with colleagues across the organisation to source stories and information and with colleagues across the communications mix including marketing, public affairs and internal communications - to deliver joined up and effective communications plans.
• To build influential relationships with key stakeholders both internally and externally.
• To use free media and no cost/low-cost PR to recruit new donors and identify new trends and channels to reach our target audiences.

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.