Youth Engagement Assistant

We’re Anthony Nolan. We’re here to uncover the answers inside us. Answers for people with blood cancer and blood disorders. Answers that will not only improve lives today but save them tomorrow.

By uniting people and science, we’re growing our world-leading stem cell register, so everyone who needs a transplant, can find their lifesaving match. We’re currently giving four people a day another chance to live.

Driven by patients, backed by stem cell donors, and powered by science, we won’t stop until we’ve unlocked the cures, treatments and transplants that will transform the future for more patients. And together, we can reach the remarkable day where every patient who needs us can not only survive, but thrive.

If you're inspired by this vision, and feel you have the skills and experience we need to help achieve it, we'd love you to join our lifesaving team.

We are looking for a Youth Engagement Assistant to join our Register Development team.

Title: Youth Engagement Assistant

Salary: Living wage per annum (£21,840)

Contract: 3-Months FTC

Hours: 35 per week (standard Anthony Nolan working hours)

Location: Remote with regular travel

We will be reviewing profiles and inviting applicants to interview on a rolling basis. The advert may close before the closing date dependent on the volume and suitability of applicants

Job Summary

The Youth Engagement Assistant (3-month fixed-term) will support and inspire our volunteers to recruit lifesaving donors and raise awareness of our vital work. This is a fantastic role where you truly see the impact of your work.

Our work in schools, universities and the community are key areas of focus and growth for recruiting more lifesaving donors onto the register for the next year and beyond.

Our University Programme (Marrow) provides us with 50 volunteer hubs around the UK, but for these to be sustainable and to maximise their potential, we must provide excellent stewardship. Our work in schools is vital for targeting potential donors within a 16-18 youth audience. Our incredible partnerships support us to achieve our aims in target communities and wider.

Our expectations of you:

You will bring:

• Experience of working with young people aged 16-23 with an understanding of the opportunities and challenges that working with this age group brings.
• Willingness and ability to work out of office hours and travel to events (including some overnight stays).
• Willing to regularly travel within the UK and be based near a city with good transport links.
• Ability to organise and prioritise workloads.
• Ability to work quickly and effectively under pressure, remaining professional and polite under all circumstances.
• Ability to take initiative with creative ideas when supporting volunteer communications and campaigns.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong Microsoft Office skills.
• Open and honest and positively accepts feedback.
• Respects the importance of good time keeping, punctuality and reliability and puts it into practice.
• Willing and able to act as an ambassador for Anthony Nolan and to embrace and uphold Anthony Nolan’s values and apply them to everyday activity.
• Ability to work within all Anthony Nolan policies and procedures including Data Protection, Health & Safety, and Dignity at Work.

You will do the role by:

• Becoming trained and experienced in planning and managing donor recruitment events.
• Proactively searching for and developing leads for donor recruitment activity in target areas – for example large cities.
• Supporting the delivery of excellent stewardship to our volunteers.
• Expanding Anthony Nolan’s youth programmes into schools, colleges, universities, and other youth establishments by supporting and coordinating the planning of targeted donor recruitment events and campaigns.
• Supporting social media and communication channels to engage our volunteer bases.
• Helping to develop resources to train our volunteer base.
• Supporting the expansion of Anthony Nolan’s Partner organisations’ donor recruitment activity.
• Delivering presentations at youth organisations, corporate partners, colleges, and universities to raise awareness of Anthony Nolan’s work to inspire audiences to act.
• Supporting the organisation and delivery of training events and conferences.
• Providing administrative support to the University team.

Desirable:

• Knowledge of Anthony Nolan and the stem cell register.
• Previous experience of working with and managing volunteers.
• Previous experience of speaking in public / delivering presentations and communicating effectively to a varied audience especially young people and students.
• Strong interpersonal skills with ability to motivate and persuade others.
• Ability to understand and communicate data in an accessible way.

You will also be good at:

• Promoting and engaging with Anthony Nolan’s policies and procedures
• Living the Anthony Nolan values

What’s in it for you?

• A competitive salary
• 27 days annual leave (pro rata), pension scheme, childcare vouchers, access to counselling via a 24-hour Employee Assistance Programme
• A stimulating work environment full of opportunities to learn and develop
• Life Assurance of four times annual salary
• Travel season ticket loan, Cycle to work Scheme
• And more! (further details on our Life at Anthony Nolan page)

Please check out the full job description, and you can read more about what to expect on the Our recruitment process page.

Release your remarkable, join our team and give someone another chance to live.

Anthony Nolan is a Disability Confident Committed and Living Wage accredited employer.

All applicants must be able to demonstrate the right to work in the UK.