WaterAid

Community, Events and Education Team Lead

WaterAid

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: London • United Kingdom

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Salary

💰 £61,645 per year

Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Driving forward both marketing and fundraising from a range of audiences
  • Leading our Special Events and volunteering activities
  • Reimagining this area and setting a new transformational direction for the team
  • Focusing efforts on the largest opportunities for income growth
  • Balancing raising income from individuals and groups with delivering first-class volunteering experiences
  • Managing relationships with key partners, such as Glastonbury Festival

Requirements

  • Passionate about ending poverty and want to be a part of making it happen, with commitment to WaterAid’s mission and values, and a working style that reflects these.
  • Alignment with WaterAid’s values and a commitment to driving Diversity, Equality and Inclusion.
  • Experience of leading teams with demonstrable success of managing a motivated and high performing team.
  • A strategic thinker who can demonstrate successful delivery of a broad programme of activities and events.
  • Experience of developing a comprehensive strategy for an income area, with a particular focus on income growth opportunities and new product development.
  • Proven experience of working in a marketing or fundraising role, including experience understanding and reaching different audiences, and growing income from them.
  • Experience of delivering events and a strong understanding of the key processes and health and safety requirements. Calm under pressure and decisive in live event environments, with a proactive, solution-focused approach to problem solving.
  • Excellent inter-personal skills, and the ability to build strong relationships internally and to manage relationships with external agencies, suppliers and consultants.
  • Proven ability to analyse data to inform evidence-based decision making.
  • Proven ability to deliver against objectives, work under one’s own initiative, and manage one’s workload while overseeing multiple projects simultaneously.
  • An entrepreneurial attitude and an energetic desire to continuously improve how we work and what WaterAid delivers.
  • Although not essential, we’d prefer you to have:
  • Understanding of and interest in international development.
  • An understanding of law and best practice relating to fundraising events and activities.
  • Familiarity with CRMs and GDPR legislation.
  • Experience supporting and motivating volunteers.
Benefits
  • 36 days’ holiday (including 8 Bank Holidays)
  • Option to buy an extra 5 days’ annual leave
  • Employer pension contribution up to 10 %
  • Flexible and hybrid working arrangements
  • Season ticket loan
  • Free annual eye tests
  • ‘Give as you Earn’ charitable giving scheme
  • Enhanced parental leave (maternity, adoption/surrogacy, shared parental and paternity)
  • Sabbaticals
  • One paid volunteer day each year
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Hard Skills & Tools
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Soft Skills
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