Donor Recruiter

PURPOSE

Educate, recruit and raise funds to build and maintain a Registry of potential donors that are ethnically diverse and committed to helping anyone in need of a lifesaving stem cell transplant.

CONTEXT OF THE JOB

• Actively engage the community around the organisation's mission through awareness, education, recruitment and fundraising to achieve goals.
• Proactively make contact and arrange with corporates, universities and other service orientated organisations to host donor drives.
• Front line to the general public and others involved in the organisation's activities.
• Flexible work hours, often outside of normal office hours.
• Reporting into Regional Team Leader.

RESPONSIBILITIES
DONOR RECRUITMENT, EDUCATION AND SPONSORSHIPS

• Understand a business strategy.
• Familiarise yourself with the policies and procedures of the organisation.
• Represent the organisation's mission as needed.
• Assist Regional Team Leader in implementing an awareness/education strategy that effectively reaches its target market.
• Assist Regional Team Leader to grow existing regional databases of companies, schools, universities, hospitals, sports clubs, service orientated organisations and volunteers.
• Assist Regional Team Leader to proactively contact sponsors, donors, the regional media, volunteers, and all those people and activities related to donor recruitment drives/awareness
• Assist Regional Team Leader to arrange and execute donor recruitment drives aligned with the strategy.
• Assist Regional Team Leader to arrange educational talks at schools, corporates and other relevant institutions
• Assist Regional Team Leader to secure and meet the number of targeted drives as per the annual strategy
• Actively seek potential patients and volunteers through various outlets including local networking, social media etc.
• Build strong personal regional relationships with regional social workers and blood services, other non-profits and other key stakeholders
• Coordinate and prepare all drive related promotion material including flyers and posters.
• Perform all post drive follow up activities including reporting the outcome of all donor recruitment events and financial contributions, completed registration forms, lab and data entry.
• Ensure that all branding is returned to the office in great working order.

REQUIREMENTS

• Tertiary qualification in a related medical / science field.
• The passion for the cause with a positive attitude.
• Excellent People Skills
• Excellent communication skills in English and preferably some Xhosa, Zulu and Afrikaans – verbal and written
• Proficiency in MS Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and internet searches required
• Excellent Presentation Skills
• The ability to empathise with people of all ages, especially in life-threatening or grieving circumstances.
• Must be able to travel nationally to attend Donor Recruitment events. There will also be requirement from time-to-time to work weekends and anti-social hours to support DR events.
• Strong organisational and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage and motivate groups of people from different backgrounds and situations; public speaking is required
• Valid Driving License required
• Ability to lift and carry up to 20kgs
• COVID Vaccine required