Location:

The role can be based in the UK or one of the following WaterAid Country Programme.

Post will be considered in the United Kingdom (London office), South Africa (Pretoria office), Senegal (Dakar office) Tanzania (Dar Es Salaam office) on a hybrid working basis.

In order to apply for this post, you must be able to demonstrate your eligibility to work in one of the above countries.

Applications will close at 23:59 on 23rd October 2022.

Availability for an interview is required for the 27th & 28th October, 2022.

How to Apply: To see the full job pack, please click 'Apply'.

• Please apply by submitting your CV and a cover letter in one document in either Word Document or PDF format.
• Please indicate your location and the right-to-work eligibility in your Cover letter.
  
  

About WaterAid:

Want to use your skills in Advocacy to play a vital role in making clean water, decent toilets, and good hygiene normal for everyone everywhere?

We need passionate, creative, and dedicated people. In return, you will be encouraged and empowered to be yourself at your very best. Together, we will make a bigger difference.

Join WaterAid as Senior Communications Manager for Advocacy to change the normal for millions of people so they can unlock their potential, break free from poverty and change their lives for good. On top of that, you'll be joining a 2020 Great Place to Work® award-winning organisation.

About the Team:

At WaterAid, we believe that impactful communications are a vital tool in influencing change. In this role, you will lead our advocacy communications to work globally, ensuring that every piece of content helps to bring our vision closer to fruition.

About the role:

As our passionate and strategic Global Senior Communications Manager for Advocacy, you will develop and lead on a clear vision, ambition, strategy and delivery to help achieve our global advocacy objectives. You will inspire and support your Global Advocacy Communications team and colleagues around the world to be more ambitious, braver, and bolder - but always strategic in approach.

In this role, you will help align and strengthen all advocacy communications work, working closely with our policy and campaign colleagues and across the Communications and Fundraising Directorate.

You will work closely with communications colleagues across the WaterAid family, to maximize opportunities and help provide support and training where needed.

In short, you will use your skills in communications and leadership to influence change and bring the day when everyone everywhere has clean water, decent toilets, and hygiene closer, quicker.

You'll also:

• Manage the Advocacy Communications team, comprising of two Advocacy Communications Managers and an Advocacy Editor
• Ensure coherence and coordination of communications plans and approaches including our two global campaigns and wider policy and advocacy work
• Help drive integration between fundraising and advocacy activities
• Champion the strategic use of communications across our advocacy work
  
  

About You:

To be successful, you'll need:

• Substantial experience of and passion for developing, leading and delivering communications strategies that help influence political change
• Experience of leading successful communications campaigns at global and national level
• A keen political 'savviness' and proven application of this to achieve political change
• Experience of leading, managing, and motivating others
• The ability to think strategically and develop long-term plans
• The ability to influence senior colleagues and team
• Ability to adapt to rapidly changing work plans and a 'can do' attitude
• Ability to travel

Our Benefits:

• 36 days' holiday (including 8 Bank Holidays)

• Option to buy an extra 5 days annual leave

• We offer a generous pension plan with employer contribution of up to 10%

• Wide range of flexible and agile-working arrangements

• Season Ticket Loan

• Free annual eye tests

• Pay as You Give charitable giving scheme

• Enhanced Maternity and Adoption/Surrogacy pay, Shared Parental Leave and Paternity Leave

• Sabbaticals

• Volunteer Day

Our Commitment

An inclusive workplace:
We are committed to being an organization where everyone is included, respected, and empowered to be their best. We represent and celebrate our staff, partners, and everyone we work with, and create a culture where everyone can reach their full potential.

Equal opportunities:
We are an equal-opportunity, disability-confident employer dedicated to achieving the highest standards of diversity, equity and inclusion. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, beliefs, customs, traditions and ways of life. This includes, but is not limited to, race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion, national or social origin, health status, and economic or social situation.

Safeguarding:
We are also committed to protecting everyone we come into contact with. We have a zero-tolerance approach to abuse of power, privilege or trust across our global work, and any form of inappropriate behaviour, discrimination, abuse, bullying, harassment, or exploitation. Safeguarding the people and communities we work with, our staff, volunteers and anyone working on our behalf is our top priority, and we take our responsibilities extremely seriously.