Deadline: 9 August 2015
The WaterAid is currently seeking applications from the eligible applicants for the post of Strategic Partnership Director based in London, UK.
The WaterAid visions of the world where everyone, everywhere has safe water, sanitation and hygiene.
Key Job Responsibilities
The Strategic Patnership Director will perform the following functions-
- Provide leadership, input into strategic planning and advice and support to all staff and stakeholders concerned.
- Instil and enable a culture of collaborative working, responsibility, accountability, authority, drive and support at every level. Work effectively alongside and supporting other WaterAid countries.
- Formulate and communicate a simple but clear picture to the organisation for the future of private sector strategic engagement and drive this to maximise delivery of our 2030 strategy.
- Foster an environment for creativity, innovation and high performance that liberates our talent to think creatively, beyond traditional fundraising focused methods and act confidently, by balancing leadership and management within the team.
- Champion stewardship that surpasses expectations establishing WaterAid as the partner of choice for the private sector and in the Philanthropy sector (individuals, trust and foundations).
- Champion and promote collaborative working with Supporter Development, and Communications to create and optimise opportunities to deliver cross team objectives and benefits, particularly using private sector as conduit to reach and engage mass audiences.
- Champion and promote collaborative working with Programme Funding and Strategic Funding Unit to formulate and optimise consortia partnerships.
- Work collectively and build effective working relationships with relevant stakeholders in the International Programme Dept., Policy and Campaigns Dept. and Country Programmes to engage private sector in sector strengthening and behavioural change.
- Support the work of the other WaterAid Members, specifically ensuring that the Corporate Fundraising team provides a coordination role (on behalf of WaterAid International) with regard to the global
- Ethical Fundraising policy and use of WaterAid’s name and logo for fundraising purposes.
- Ensure compliance with relevant legislation, policies and UK Institute of Fundraising Codes of Practice.
- Drive efficiencies and strengthen internal & external ways of working across the department (processes, systems).
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants must have-
- 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.
- Experience of working within the corporate sector and ideally NGO sector.
- Strong track record of delivering targets, financial and non-financial.
- Experience of delivering solutions and opportunities through collaboration and partnership, with proven ability to create an environment that nurtures and drives creativity and innovation.
- Entrepreneurial spirit – makes decisions based on strong commercial awareness to improve the overall organisation; fosters successful relationships and partnerships with key external stakeholders/ influencers relevant to the sector.
- Strong networker with excellent negotiation and persuasiveness skills.
- Experience of driving and managing change (including others) to achieve the organisation’s goals and aspirations.
- Ideally experience of international development and campaigns or a proven understanding of it.
- Experience of successfully working with supporters and volunteers at board and senior executive level, with an ability to identify new strategic partnerships.
- Substantial experience of strategy development, planning, budgeting and monitoring.
- Ability to work effectively and build strong relationships within a matrix structure.
- Excellent spoken and written communication skills with the ability to produce documentation to a high standard and adjust content of information that needs careful explanation or interpretation to suit the needs of different audiences.
- Promote and use smarter ways of working and digital solutions to overcome issues and support organisational delivery.
How to Apply
Applications must be submitted through online process.
For more information, please visit WaterAid.
