VANRATH are delighted to be assisting our client who is a major public body within N.Ireland with the Recruitment of a Marketing Officer Band 4 for a 12 month contract.

This is a Band 4 post paying up to £12.25 per hour or £23,790 per year.

Job Summary:

The main function of this post is to help support the development and implementation of integrated marketing strategies to recruit and retain blood donors.

The role will also include provision of reports as well as the development and delivery of presentations.

Main Responsibilities:

1. Communication

Use a variety of tools to communicate with other departments internally
Use a variety of tools to communicate with external stakeholders (e.g. donors, lapsed donors and the general public), to include but not limited to; face to face, telephone, post and digital methods
Deliver engaging presentations to large groups
Expand capacity to communicate with all stakeholders by developing and implementing digital communication tools
Organise, contribute to and attend health fairs and public events
Communicate with media outlets where necessary
Develop and maintain working relationships with schools, universities and other external organisations
Contribute to internal staff newsletter
Organise and host Youth Forum events

2. Knowledge, training and experience (Marketing)

Develop marketing literature
Research and prepare business cases
Develop social media content
Knowledge of internal systems; Pulse, Q-Pulse
Identify new session opportunities and respond to new session requests
Coordinate schools programme; organise and deliver educational talks/presentations, work with session planning officer to organise donation sessions, KPI to assess effectiveness
Coordinate universities programme; organise and deliver educational talks/presentations, attend fresher days and work with session planning officer to organise donation sessions, using KPI's to measure effectiveness.
Work with community groups and sports teams to promote blood donation and organise donation sessions
Use digital tools for media monitoring
Carry out inspections of venues to ensure they meet the needs of the service
Use internal quality systems
Analyse research findings to plan marketing activity
Evaluate of marketing plans and their effectiveness

3. Analytical and Judgemental Skills

Use departmental procedures to prevent mistakes and correct any basic errors which may occur
Identify and record any incidents and when necessary report to senior management
Use records of past events to ensure adequate staffing for Fresher's days

4. Planning and Organisational Skills

Formulate annual marketing plans for several of the organisation's target markets
Organise schools, university and college programmes
Order equipment and resources necessary for role from stores department and external sources

10. Research and Development

Undertake regular audits of marketing activity
Carry out and take part in research projects
Participate in departmental audits

For further information on this vacancy, or any other Communications job in Belfast or wider Northern Ireland, please apply via the link below or contact Phil Doherty in the strictest confidence.

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Marketing Officer - Band 4 - HSCNI

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