Local recruitment: Water Industry Partnerships Officer

WaterAid

Newcastle upon Tyne, UK 🇬🇧

Job description

Salary: £28,952 to £30,481 subject to experience
Job Title: Water Industry Partnerships Officer
Contract type: Permanent
Salary:£28,952 to £30,481 subject to experience, with excellent benefits

Flexible location. Home based or based at one of our partner water industry offices depending on location in North, Midlands, East Anglian

Closing date: Applications will close 23:59 on 26th February.

How to Apply: To see the full job pack, please click ‘Apply’. Please apply by submitting your CV and a cover letter into one document in either Word Document or PDF format.

About WaterAid:
Want to use your skills in fundraising 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 Water Industry Partnership’s Officer to change 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:
This role is in the Water Industry Partnerships (WIP) team which sits within the Strategic Partnerships department.

The post will report to a Water Industry Partnership Manager. The team is responsible for developing and supporting WaterAid’s relationships with water companies and the wider water industry in the UK.

This includes the stewardship of partner relationships, inspiring and managing volunteers, steering the development of high-income corporate events, building opportunities for water company customers – and future customers – to understand better the challenges faced by UK water companies and utilities across the globe and thus build a connection with our work, providing the tools to grow employee fundraising and deepen their engagement.

This is an exciting time with a renewed strategic focus in developing strong, trusted partnerships which contribute beyond funding, including direct involvement in delivering access to safe water, sanitation, and hygiene to everyone everywhere. This is a critical area of growth for this role and the successful candidate will need to have an interest and aptitude for participating in technical discussions at an ‘overview’ level.

About the Role:
To support the Water Industry Partnership Manager, in developing and implementing WaterAid’s water industry partnership development strategy.

The role will be varied with opportunities to specialise and engage with everything from organising high value events, supporting employee fundraising, and coordinating the lottery whilst ensuring that robust systems and processes for partnership working and data management are followed at all times.

About You:

* Experience in a charity fundraising and/or customer service role
* Proven ability to effectively manage a busy and varied workload
* Assertiveness and excellent organisation skills to ensure that deadlines are met
* Strong administrative and IT skills
* A thorough and methodical approach to researching and planning projects
* Willingness to travel within the UK and ability to work flexibly, including at some evening and weekend commitments for fundraising events

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 arrangement

* 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 organisation 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 and are 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.


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