End Water Poverty - Global Coordinator at WaterAid

About the role:

• The Global Coordinator leads the coalition's strategic direction, fundraising, and campaign delivery—steering EWP towards a stronger southern-led model, securing funds to expand regranting and advocacy capacity, and ensuring impactful campaigns.

Strategic Leadership

• Define and implement EWP's vision, governance, and strategic priorities
• Lead strategic and annual planning with regional leads
• Ensure alignment with southern-led values, decolonisation, and localisation principles
• Monitor, evaluate, and adjust strategy to maximise impact
• Represent EWP in external forums and build partnerships

Fundraising

• Identify and secure new funding opportunities
• Draft proposals, manage grants, and increase resources for regranting
• Collaborate with fundraising teams, members, and partners

Campaigns & Delivery

• Oversee the Claim Your Water Rights campaign and other initiatives
• Ensure campaigns have clear objectives, strong delivery structures, and member engagement
• Guide research to address systemic water and sanitation issues
• Support advocacy skill-building and share best practices

Governance & Finance

• Ensure effective governance, managing Steering Committee meetings and membership engagement
• Deliver annual reports and manage budgets per WaterAid procedures
• Team Leadership
• Manage and support secretariat staff and consultants
• Maintain a collaborative, inclusive working environment

Requirements

To be successful, you'll need:

• 10+ years' experience in the global south, preferably in human rights/water justice
• Experience leading or working with global coalitions.
• Experience working in or with grassroots organizations
• Proven fundraising and budget management success
• Experience in international networks, particularly in Africa, Latin America, or Asia
• Track record of impactful campaigns achieving policy change
• Strong political judgement from a southern perspective
• Excellent interpersonal, team management, and communication skills
• Fluent in English; conversational French or Spanish

Desirable:

• Born and raised in the global south
• Trilingual (English, French, Spanish)
• Media and spokesperson experience