Water Industry Partnerships Officer

Job description
**Job Title**: Water Industry Partnerships Officer
**Contract type**:Permanent

**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**.

**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.

**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.
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.

**Job Type**: Permanent

**Salary**: £28,952.00-£30,481.00 per year