Senior Community and Events Fundraiser

Senior Community and Events Fundraising Officer

Contract: Permanent, Full Time, 35 hours per week.

Location: London, UK.

Hybrid Working: A minimum of 40% (2 days) of working time is spent face to face, either in London office, or as a result of external engagement or travel for Water Aid. Water Aid is located at Canary Wharf, London and this will be your location and contract base. In order to apply for this post, you must be able to demonstrate your eligibility to work in the UK.

Salary: £39,358 - £41,325 per year with excellent benefits.

Change starts with water. Change starts with you.

Every day, millions of people live without clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene. Water Aid exists to change that – for everyone, everywhere. Join us, and your energy will help unlock people’s potential and create a fairer future.

We’re a global federation driven by one vision: a world where everyone, everywhere has clean water, sanitation and hygiene by 2030. Powered by our values of Respect, Accountability, Courage, Collaboration, Integrity and Innovation, we work alongside communities, partners and supporters to make change happen.

This role is in the Community, Events and Education team who sit within the Mass Engagement department. The team manage and deliver a diverse portfolio of fundraising and engagement activity ranging from challenge events, our partnership with Glastonbury festival to a busy community fundraising programme, our volunteer Speaker Network and an education engagement programme.

The team delivers far more than income by deepening the engagement of new and existing supporters and raising awareness of Water Aid’s work.

The Senior Community and Events Fundraising Officer is responsible for managing fundraising partnerships with small and medium‑sized enterprises, including developing new business opportunities and creating stewardship journeys for employee fundraising. The role also manages Water Aid’s corporate events such as Water Aid’s Dragon Boat Race, working with choir groups to fundraise as part of the Sing for Water event, and stewards the 4

Water volunteer network.

In addition, the role supports the delivery of Water Aid’s virtual fundraising products, including Walk for Water, Just Water and Swim Marathon. This includes delivering excellent supporter journeys and developing fundraising resources to effectively steward and engage these audiences.

We are looking for an ambitious and proactive fundraiser with experience in community, events and corporate fundraising.

You will have:

• At least 4 years’ experience working within a community and events fundraising team, with responsibility for corporate or SME fundraising and employee engagement, events management and delivery, and fundraising product development.
• Experience of managing budgets, analysing data, and reporting on performance.
• Experience of working on virtual fundraising products.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, with a proven ability to inspire supporters and communicate the impact of their support.

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Applications will close 12:00 PM UK time on Monday 23 February.

1st interview via Teams on Thursday 26 February PM time and Friday 27 February AM time. 2nd interviews are expected to take place face to face at our Canary Wharf office on Wednesday 4 March PM time.

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At Water Aid, we strongly advise against using AI technology at any stage of the recruitment process. Our goal is to ensure a fair and transparent process that provides every applicant with an equal opportunity to succeed. We value hearing about your unique experiences and perspectives in your application, and, if shortlisted, during the interview as well.

To apply for this role, you must be able to demonstrate your eligibility to work in the respective country. All pre-employment checks will be carried out according to local law and Water Aid’s Safer Recruitment policy. All UK based roles require a basic Disclosure and…