Senior Partnerships Officer (Fundraising and Events)

About this role

Senior Partnerships Officer (Fundraising and Events) – Scotland and Northern Ireland

Contract: Permanent, full-time, 35 Hours per week
Location: Glasgow, with travel within Scotland and Northern Ireland and to WaterAid’s London office.
UK hybrid working – a minimum of 40 % of working time is spent face-to-face (Scottish Water office, Stepps, Glasgow, external meetings or travel). 60/40 hybrid working at WaterAid means roughly three days wherever you work best and two days together in person.

Salary: £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. At WaterAid, we’re working to change that – for everyone, everywhere.
Join us and bring your energy, creativity and partnership-building skills to a role where your work can help unlock people’s potential and create a fairer future.
About WaterAid
We’re a global federation driven by one vision: a world where everyone, everywhere has clean water, sanitation and hygiene by 2030. Guided by our values of Respect, Accountability, Courage, Collaboration, Integrity and Innovation, we work alongside communities, partners and supporters to make lasting change happen.
About the team
The Water Industry Partnerships Team builds and strengthens WaterAid’s relationships with water companies and the wider UK water industry.
We inspire and support volunteers, develop high-income corporate events and create opportunities for water company employees and customers to connect with WaterAid’s work and make a difference.

What you can expect from us:
As our Senior Partnerships Officer, you’ll play an important role in growing and strengthening WaterAid’s partnerships across Scotland and Northern Ireland.
You’ll develop and deliver the partnership strategy for Northern Ireland Water, while managing the Scottish Water partnership day-to-day. You’ll help grow fundraising income, build excellent relationships with partners and supporters, and lead exciting mass participation fundraising activity across the UK water industry.
This is an exciting and rewarding opportunity for someone who enjoys bringing people together, spotting opportunities and turning ideas into successful partnerships and events.

This role will develop you by giving these opportunities:

• Managing existing water company partnerships in Scotland, at employee level, and in Northern Ireland, at strategic and employee level.

• Leading the planning and delivery of mass participation events across WaterAid’s UK water industry partnerships, maximising participation and fundraising income.

• Leading the delivery and growth of mass participation fundraising events and campaigns across the UK water industry.

• Managing high-value events with water company partner organisations, ensuring they deliver an excellent experience for everyone involved.

• Developing strong, trusted relationships with partners and provide excellent stewardship.

• Owning account and partnership development plans, delivering on commitments and personalised stewardship to achieve agreed KPIs.

• Supporting the Senior Partnerships Manager by helping to shape work plans and providing coaching and support to the WIP Team Assistant.

• Leading on systems, fundraising and events compliance across the UK team, ensuring partner activity meets fundraising, gambling and data protection requirements and protects the reputation of both WaterAid and our partners.

• Championing WaterAid’s commitment to equity, inclusion and safeguarding in everything you do.

What you will be great at:

• A proactive and creative approach to relationship building, with the confidence to work independently, identify opportunities and develop new approaches that strengthen partnerships and grow fundraising income.

• Experience in managing high-value events.

• An ability to manage a busy workload, prioritise effectively and deliver across multiple projects and teams.

• Confidence engaging with people externally through written communication, verbal communication, presentations and face-to-face meetings.
Although not essential, we’d love you to have:

• Proven fundraising experience and an understanding of fundraising compliance.

• Experience organising mass participation events.

• Experience working or volunteering in the voluntary sector.

• Familiarity with the UK water industry.
View the full job description here
Closing date: Applications close at 12:00 PM UK time on 23 November 2026.
How to apply: Click Apply to complete the pre-screening questions and upload your CV and cover letter.

Can I use Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology in my application?
At WaterAid, we strongly advise against using AI technology at any stage of the recruitment process. We want you to bring your authentic self to make sure our recruitment process is fair and transparent, giving every applicant an equal opportunity to succeed.
Most importantly, we want to hear about you – your experiences, your perspectives and what motivates you. We’ll also value your own voice and experiences.
Pre‑employment screening
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 WaterAid’s Safer Recruitment policy. All UK based roles require a basic Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check
Benefits

• 36 days’ holiday (including 8 Bank Holidays)

• Option to buy an extra 5 days’ annual leave

• Employer pension contribution up to 10 %

• Flexible and hybrid working arrangements

• Season ticket loan

• Free annual eye tests

• ‘Give as you Earn’ charitable giving scheme

• Enhanced parental leave (maternity, adoption/surrogacy, shared parental and paternity)

• Sabbaticals

• One paid volunteer day each year
As part of our annual leave policy, all employees receive three additional days of annual leave on top of their standard…