End Water Poverty - Global Coordinator Contract: 2 Years Fixed-term Contract, Full time Locations: The role can be based in Kenya, Senegal, South Africa, Bangladesh and Colombia. This post will need to work across time zones around the world, particularly Latin America, Africa and South Asia, so this will be a consideration on location. Salary & Benefits Salaries and benefits for different countries will vary in line with the location of the successful candidate and depending on experience. See further details below: Kenya: 6,382,738 - 7,972,024 KES with benefits Bangladesh: 3,542,069- 4,688,032 BDT with benefits Senegal: 33,333,517 - 44,716,535 XAF with benefits South Africa: Competitive salary package depending on experience Colombia: Competitive salary package depending on experience About WaterAid: Want to use your skills in campaigning and movement-building 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 the End Water Poverty Global Coordinator to change normal for millions of people so they can unlock their potential, break free from poverty and change their lives for good. About the Team: End Water Poverty (EWP) is a global civil society coalition holding duty-bearers to account to realise the human right to water and sanitation. We have 150 members in more than 80 countries across Africa, Asia, Latin America, Europe and North America all working to ensure there is accessible, affordable and good quality water and sanitation for everyone. We run a "Claim your water rights" campaign that creates tangible change for communities, holds duty-bearers to account and raises up issues to regional and global decision-making spaces. About the Role: This is an exciting role where, EWP's Global Coordinator, you will be responsible for the strategic direction and strength of the network, as well as drive the collective campaigning effort of the network in its Claim Your Water Rights campaign at local, national, regional and global levels. This role will also lead strategic thinking and practical application of embedding a decolonisation and localisation agenda into EWP's direction and growth. In this role, you will: Provide strategic leadership and vision to the coalition with a clear pathway to achieving impact for the membership Provide strategic leadership to the network's Claim Your Water Rights Campaign, representing the network in key regional and global spaces to elevate priority issues identified from local and national campaigning Ensure strong governance and financial health of the network, working with the Steering Committee and members Build strong relationships within the membership, including peer-to-peer learning, to ensure the members are learning from each others and able to strengthen their national work Manage the secretariat team and consultants, ensuring a positive, creative, focussed working dynamic that delivers EWP's agenda. About You: We are looking for a candidate who is dynamic, driven and able to bring their savvy campaigning and network leadership skills to ensure EWP continues to grow as a network and in its impact. They will also have practical experience of how decolonisation and localisation approaches are practiced. Grounded in practical experience of campaigning on water and sanitation in a Latin America, Africa or Asian perspective, we are looking for someone who is able to elevate key issues being faced by communities into regional and global spaces, working with others in the rights and water and sanitation spaces. Finally, we are looking for someone who can work in and lead a small secretariat as well as engage a steering committee and wider membership with positivity and energy to ensure EWP is realising its ambition. Closing date: Applications will close at 23:59 on 17 March 2023. Availability for interviews is required for the week of 25 March and 1 April, which will be conducted online. 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. Pre-employment screening: To apply for this post, you must be able to demonstrate your eligibility to work in the UK. All our vacancies require a basic Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check to comply with our Safer Recruitment policy. Our Commitment Our People Promise: We will work with passion and focus to ensure safe and sustainable water, toilets and hygiene are available to everyone, everywhere. WaterAid is a place of purpose - where people have a real commitment and shared responsibility for the impact we have. We are a global community with diverse backgrounds and perspectives, motivated by inspiring, stimulating work. We are determined to put the wellbeing of our people first, to be a place where people feel safe and able to contribute their voice and truly live our values. 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.
