Local recruitment: Global Head of Campaigns

WaterAid

London, UK 🇬🇧

Sweden 🇸🇪

United States 🇺🇸

Job description

Global Head of Campaigns

The is a permanent role that can be based in the United Kingdom, Sweden, New York or Washington DC (other geographies will be considered depending on candidate) subject to the right-to-work eligibility in the respective country.

Working: UK location – A minimum of 40% of working time is spent face to face, either in London office, or as a result of external engagement or travel for WaterAid. WaterAid is located at Canary Wharf, London and this will be your location and contract base for candidates based in the United Kingdom.

In other territories, remote working is available with some periodic travel for team meetings in London.

  • United Kingdom (London, Hybrid): £70,800 – £79, 650k per annum depending on experience
  • Sweden, Grade E: 47000-56000 SEK Per Month
  • USA, Grade E: $110 – 129,000 and $126,500 – $148,637 for US Metro markets (DC/NYC)

Job Purpose
With 10 years to achieve Agenda 2030, the SDG 6 targets on clean water, decent sanitation and good hygiene are among the furthest behind. Achieving universal, sustainable WASH will require a major mobilisation of resources, public demand and political will. Reporting to the Global Campaigns Director, this pivotal role works across the WaterAid federation to achieve the political and policy changes needed to ensure universal access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene.

The Global Head of Campaigns will lead WaterAid’s campaigning on one of our two global advocacy priorities (currently climate). They will drive our strategic direction and, create the campaigns plan to embed WASH in the climate change agenda, building up political momentum, broadening out our campaign alliances and influential champions. The post-holder will be a champion for campaigning within the organisation, ensuring we achieve a greater impact than the sum of our parts through effective and strategic campaigning across countries, regions and international levels to deliver WaterAid’s mission of WASH for Everyone Everywhere by 2030.

Team Description
The Campaigns Team plays a leadership role across the WaterAid Federation to drive the design and delivery of WaterAid’s major advocacy and campaigns efforts to achieve SDG 6. We deliver an ambitious agenda, grounded in national level change and impact, using a variety of campaigning tactics, including advocacy, lobbying and working with influential people and organisations

Accountabilities

Key accountabilities will remain flexible. Work plans, and targets may change significantly according to political and advocacy priorities. Overall, this role will;

Campaigns leadership

  • Campaigning leadership of one of the two WaterAid global advocacy priorities (currently climate) in a way that delivers impact.
  • Alongside our International Affairs team, lead WaterAid’s international influencing strategy, working with other teams to drive our engagement in key global political processes that will drive forward our advocacy agenda, with a clear vision of what success looks like and how it contributes to the theory of change
  • Build and lead public engagement and campaigning strategy to drive awareness and action on our global advocacy priority.
  • Lead the transition from policy to public campaigning, working with communications colleagues to turn policy into public messaging and events.
  • Lead the building of political support and champions with influential stakeholders, working with teams across WaterAid as relevant
  • Lead the building of relationships and joint strategies with campaign coalitions, allies and partnerships that expands our network into the women’s health/climate change sectors, complements our advocacy approaches, and ultimately drives further progress on our mutual campaign interests
  • Lead the organisation to utilise a range campaigning approaches, moving beyond WaterAid’s comfort zone where it needs to, that will deliver against the theory of change for the advocacy priority.
  • Be a media spokesperson and represent the organisation at strategic events and with high-level campaign targets
  • Embed a strong gender, equity and inclusion lens to advocacy priority delivery, as part of addressing the needs of those burdened the most with a lack of access to WASH
  • Engage with strategically important country and member teams to drive forward advocacy impact, championing a more ‘politically savvy’ approach to influencing.
  • Identify and initiate new forms of partnerships to collaborate over opportunities, developing joint strategies for advocacy and campaigns.
  • Oversee a monitoring and evaluation approach that enables strategic course-correction and learning to maximise impact.
  • Support the Campaigns Director to champion and provide campaigning thought-leadership to build WaterAid’s federation-wide advocacy approach.

Campaigns operations

  • Project Manage the delivery of the global advocacy priority, leading the execution plan, holding team members to account, chairing meetings and managing the budget.
  • Provide operational leadership on cross-federation and cross-department collaboration on the global advocacy priority, to ensure the organisation has the buy-in and collaborates effectively for maximum impact.
  • Work with WaterAid members, media and communications team, regional teams and country programmes on strategically important campaign moments to ensure strong strategic value and high-quality delivery
  • Working with the fundraising teams to identify a pipeline of funding opportunities, collaborate in the development of fundraising proposals as opportunities emerge.
  • Budget management responsibilities for the team
  • Be an active participant in the Advocacy Steering Group (co-chair), the federation-wide group that has oversight of the roll out of both the global advocacy priorities, and raise up major issues to the Global Campaigns Director
  • Work with particular countries or members where strategic support is required to have effective advocacy impact

Team management

  • Line manage a Senior Campaigner that drives forward WaterAid campaign priorities and matrix manage a Campaigns Officer on specific projects (and external consultants as needed)
  • Play an active role in facilitating strong team communication and coordination across policy, international affairs and campaigns teams within the department for effective delivery of the global advocacy priority.
  • Deputies for the Global Campaigns Director when appropriate and undertake any other responsibilities commensurate with the role.

Person Specification
Essential Skills

  • An expert in campaigning – public engagement and mobilization.
  • Successful track record of campaigning on a specific issue(s)
  • A creative force – someone who can find creative ways to meet our goals.
  • Experience of working alongside policy colleagues to deliver advocacy that has impact.
  • 8-10 years experience of networking, lobbying, advocacy communications, public mobilisation and policy experience on any of the sustainable development goals or similar themes.
  • Experience of managing complex projects with multiple stakeholders.
  • Proven experience in strategy leadership, with excellent analytical and critical thinking skills with an entrepreneurial ability that has delivered concrete change.
  • A creative leader who sees the big picture but has the creativity to build the tactics, events and moments to achieve our goals.
  • A keen political ‘savviness’ and an understanding of how political change can happen in different country contexts, including awareness of country differences in government structures, differing contexts of open or repressive governments, threats to civil society and freedom of expression.
  • Some campaign/advocacy experience in developing countries, with an in-depth understanding of the functioning and relationships of key players in the development arena.
  • Experience of representing organisations externally, being a spokesperson and influencing decision makers across institutions and processes.
  • Ability to collaborate effectively, embrace diversity and maximise on its benefits, build strong relationships and networks based on trust, respect, and a partnership approach.
  • Experience in managing, leading, motivating and developing a high performing team. Able to work in a matrix, flexible or distance management culture to deliver change.
  • Strong interpersonal skills and ability to successfully manage complex and sensitive organisational relationships to achieve cross-organisational goals
  • Excellent written and verbal communications skills in English.
  • Demonstrates effective management of finances, and effectively utilises financial processes and information
  • Ability to travel internationally for approximately 6-8 weeks a year and occasionally work anti-social working hours
  • Working style that reflects WaterAid’s values of Respect, Accountability, Courage, Collaboration, Integrity and Innovation.

Desirable Skills

  • An understanding of the climate sector and baseline policy is desired but not essential.

Closing date: Applications will close at 23:59 on 14th August 2024. Shortlisting and interviews may take place on a rolling basis and the application process will close if a suitable candidate is found prior to the advertised closing date.


How to Apply: To see the full job pack, please click ‘Apply’. Please apply by submitting your CV and a cover in one document 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 respective country. All pre-employment checks will be carried out according to the applicable laws in the respective country. All our UK-based vacancies require a basic Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check to comply with our Safer Recruitment policy.


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

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.


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