Role Supervisor: Mark Dearn
Location: WaterAid, London
Time commitment: 2/3 days per week, approximately 3 months, flexible working available
Purpose:
To support the End Water Poverty (EWP) international secretariat in the planning, and implementation of two campaigns, Keep Your Promises, focused on the human right to water and sanitation, and World Walks for Water and Sanitation, an international mobilisation with a human right to water and sanitation theme. EWP is a 270+ member campaign coalition – the biggest in the water, sanitation and hygiene sector - hosted by WaterAid.
Tasks:
1. For World Walks for Water and Sanitation: assisting in developing campaign materials and messaging, including via social networking sites, and communicating with member and partner civil society groups in Asia, Africa and Latin America on advocacy strategies, to gather information on and provide support for campaigns.
2. For Keep Your Promises: monitoring implementation of the campaign among members, especially around campaign materials, and supporting and communicating with members on national advocacy plans.
3. Providing administrative support to all campaigns and other workstreams (e.g., the Sustainable Development Goal process), including writing communications such as newsletter content, blog posts and web content.
4. Depending on the skills of the intern, there may be opportunities to engage in policy analysis and writing other communications products for publication.
Skills
• Strong communication skills -ability to write clearly and concisely about complex topics
• Strong analytical skills, ability to understand complex ideas
• Good organisational and time management skills
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Creativity and strategic thinking
Experience
• Communications, including social media
• Using MS Office
• Knowledge of using social media for influencing
Other
• Proven interest in and knowledge of international development, interest in campaigning (essential)
• Commitment to working to improve the lives of others (essential)
• Proven interest in and/or knowledge of human rights (desirable)
• French language ability (desirable)
• Knowledge/ideas of what makes a good campaign (desirable)
• Experience of/interest in coalition work (desirable)
W4MP Note:
The role being advertised is a voluntary one. As such, there are no set hours and responsibilities and you should be free to come and go as you wish. If the post demands set hours and/or has a specific job description you may be deemed to be a ‘worker’ and be covered by National Minimum Wage/National Living Wage legislation. See http://www.w4mp.org/jobs-listings-events/jobs/
advertising-jobs-with-w4mp/volunteers/what-is-the-national-minimum-wage/ for more information about National Minimum Wage/National Living Wage.
Interviews likely to held in the week beginning Monday October 1. Start date negotiable, but likely in the last two weeks of October.
To apply, please send a CV and letter of motivation (addressing required skills and experience) to: markdearn@endwaterpoverty.org All applications will be acknowledged.