Senior Community and Events Fundraising Officer
Contract: Permanent, Full-time, 35 hours per week
Salary: £41,325 per annum with excellent benefits
*We offer competitive, market-aligned salaries based on the grade and scope of each role. Roles are offered at the advertised starting salary, with any exceptions considered only in exceptional circumstances.
Location: London, UK.
Hybrid Working: A minimum of 40% (2 days) of working time is spent face to face, either in London office, or as a result of external engagement or travel for WaterAid. WaterAid is located at Canary Wharf, London and this will be your location and contract base. In order to apply for this post, you must be able to demonstrate your eligibility to work in the UK.
Change starts with water. Change starts with you.
Every day, millions of people live without clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene. WaterAid exists to change that – for everyone, everywhere. Join us, and your energy will 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. Powered by our values of Respect, Accountability, Courage, Collaboration, Integrity and Innovation, we work alongside communities, partners and supporters to make change happen.
About the team:
This role is in the Community, Events and Education team who sit within the Mass Engagement department. The team manage and deliver a diverse portfolio of fundraising and engagement activity ranging from challenge events, our partnership with Glastonbury festival to a busy community fundraising programme, our volunteer Speaker Network and an education engagement programme.
The team delivers far more than income by deepening the engagement of new and existing supporters and raising awareness of WaterAid’s work.
About the Role
The Senior Community and Events Fundraising Officer is responsible for leading, project managing and delivering against income and participation targets for third party challenge events – including London Marathon and other running, cycling and swimming events at WaterAid.
This role will also manage virtual events and be responsible for recruiting events participants to events and providing excellent stewardship to events participants across the events portfolio along with support for the wider Community and Events team (such as events inbox management, support with peer-to-peer active events, Sing for Water, treks, merchandise and equipment management). As part of this, they will deliver excellent supporter journeys and create fundraising resources to effectively steward the audiences they support.
Person Specification / To be successful, you’ll need:
Significant experience of community and events fundraising (including experience managing third-party mass participation events) through working or volunteering in the charity sector.
Demonstrable experience of project management of events activities.
Experience of managing budgets, analysing data, and reporting on performance.
Excellent interpersonal skills, with a proven ability to inspire supporters and communicate the impact of their support.
View the full Job Description here .
Closing date: Applications will close at 12:00 PM (UK time) on Wednesday 18 November 2026 .
1st interview via Teams on w/c 23 November 2026. 2nd interview face to face at our Canary Wharf office w/c 30 November 2026.
How to Apply: Click Apply to upload your CV and cover letter.
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