Company Profile

WaterAid is an international not-for-profit, determined to make clean water, decent toilets, and good hygiene normal for everyone, everywhere within a generation.  

Since we started in 1981, we’ve remained resolutely focused on tackling these three essentials that transform people’s lives.

Without all three, people can’t live dignified, healthy lives. With all three, they can unlock their potential, break free from poverty, and change their lives for good. Children grow up healthy and strong, women and men get to earn a living, and whole communities start to thrive. 

WaterAid is fully committed to protecting those with whom it comes into contact. WaterAid is committed to ensuring that wherever we work in the world there is no tolerance for the abuse of power, privilege or trust. WaterAid reinforces a culture of zero tolerance towards any form of inappropriate behaviour, discrimination, abuse, bullying, harassment, or exploitation of any kind.

The safeguarding of the communities in which we work, our staff, volunteers and anyone working on our behalf, is our top priority, and we take our responsibilities extremely seriously. We are passionately committed to WaterAid being an organisation where everyone is welcome, respected, included, and empowered to be their best. We represent and celebrate the diversity of our staff, partners, and everyone with whom we work to create a culture where everyone can reach their full potential. All staff and volunteers are required to share in this commitment through our Global Code of Conduct.

We will conduct the most appropriate pre-employment references and checks to ensure high standards are maintained.   

WaterAid will carry out disclosure checks for roles that involve direct contact with children and vulnerable adults. Applicants are required to provide details of convictions that, in other circumstances, would be considered spent. For more information about safeguarding at WaterAid, please visit our safeguarding webpage at: https://www.wateraid.org/uk/safeguarding-at-wateraid   

Job Description

• Undertake Digital advocacy sessions.
• Promote WAG Visibility (especially on social media)
• Develop a quarterly newsletter - Dawuro.
• Organize two media/press tours to selected WAG project sites.
• Publish quarterly blog posts on innovative approaches, and successes that highlight the impact of WAG interventions.
• Daily media tracking and analysis of WASH issues
• Strengthen WAG's relationship with Ghana WASH Journalist Network (GWJN)
• Work closely with the funding Manager to update/develop project summary documents.

Required Skills or Experience

• Qualifications & Experience: Minimum of master’s degree in relevant discipline, preferably Media Communications. Minimum five years’ experience working in a communications and media role, including the production of a variety of content and materials, for different media. INGO work experience preferable.
• Communication and ICT Skills: Have strong communication and presentation skills, ensuring the clear and compelling conveyance of ideas and proposals. Computer-literate (word processing & spreadsheet packages including power point). 
• Policy, Advocacy & Influencing: Experience of influencing policy development and reform through knowledge and evidence generation, assess and communicate the potential impact of new evidence or policy on WASH improvements, working with a range of stakeholders in other sectors/departments e.g. overall town/district planning department, health, education and environment to influence and drive policy change, incorporate human rights principles of participation and equity and non-discrimination into policy and practice with a focus on poverty, gender and disability
• Relationship-building, partnering & stakeholder engagement: Civil society networking, coalition building, and consortium partner engagement with NGOs, public, private, and non-governmental organisations, media, youth, women’s and human rights groups, strong partnerships and collaborations with institutions, particularly government, CSOs, community groups/representatives, media and academic institutions. Internal stakeholder engagement between CPs’ policy/advocacy and programme teams.
• Learning, Research and Evidence Building: Ability to use evidence and learning from monitoring, evaluation and research to inform communication and media content.   
• Eligibility & WaterAid Knowledge: Eligible to work in Ghana and knowledge of WaterAid Program Aims and safeguarding principles is a plus.
• Proactive and Results-Oriented: Proactively tackle challenges, showcase resourcefulness, and maintain a solutions-oriented and results-focused approach.
• Language & Literacy: Fluent in English (oral and written); Fluency in Twi and/or FraFra is an added advantage. 

• Knowledge of International Development and Fundraising
• Experience working in a communication and/or media role for an international organization.
• Facilitation/training skills.
• Experience using media as an influencing tool.
• An interest and experience in fundraising
• Experience in managing content on an intranet.
• Public speaking skills and Communication skills, both for a professional/specialist and lay audience.
• Team player