Water Industry Partnerships Team Assistant

Job Description

Water Industry Partnerships Team Assistant

Contract: Permanent, part-time time, 17.5 hours per week.

Location: Glasgow, UK

Salary: £25,393 - £26,633 pro-rata with excellent benefits

Hybrid Working This post is hybrid, with a proportion of time spent working from home and part from a workspace within Scottish Water, Glasgow. To apply for this post, you must be able to demonstrate your eligibility to work in the UK.

About WaterAid:
Want to use your skills in administration 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 Water Industry Partnerships Team Assistant 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:
The WaterAid Water Industry Partnerships Team is responsible for developing and supporting WaterAid's relationships with water companies and the wider water industry in the UK.

About the Role:
As our organised and dynamic team assistant, you will support the administrative function of the team and help organise high value fundraising events.

In this role, you will develop and maintain digital platforms as well as ensuring that income is correctly attributed to our partners and projects.

You'll also:

• Manage equipment and materials stocks
• Be the first point of contact for the team
• Ensure the CRM database is updated accurately
• Organise logistics for team meetings and away days
• Proof read partner reports
• Attend events

About You:

• Experience in a customer service role
• Proven ability to manage a varied and busy workload
• Strong administrative and IT skills
• Great organisational and prioritising skills

Although not essential, we also prefer you to have:

• Experience in charity fundraising
• Experience and knowledge of sustainability / corporate responsibility
• Experience of working or volunteering in the voluntary sector
• Experience of the water industry and or other utilities

Closing date: Applications will close at 23:59 on 28th January 2024. Shortlisting and interviews may take place on a rolling basis and the application process will close if a suitable candidate is found before the advertised closing date. Interviews will take place the week commencing 5th February over Teams.

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 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.