Water Witness works at the frontline of the global water crisis to shine a light on its impacts, to understand its root causes and to activate an effective and lasting response. Our ambitious 2030 Strategy sets out five imperatives for a water secure future: accountable governance, progressive financing, redefining corporate responsibility, confronting climate change and activating people power.

We are seeking an outstanding international development practitioner, with a technical background in water and environmental management, to support our growing portfolio of work to secure lasting water security and justice for some of the world’s most vulnerable communities.

From our headquarters in Edinburgh, the postholder will respond to the evolving support needs of our partners globally and ensure that the evidence emerging from their work drives positive change locally, and systemic change at scale. The successful candidate will support the design, launch and operation of the SDG6 Accountability Facility – a long-term initiative to channel financial, technical and legal support to those working for water justice on the front line of the global water crisis. We are looking for an exceptional individual who has a solid technical understanding of the issues and experience in forming effective relationships with international partners, ensuring joint ownership and positive impact. The post holder will support sub-granting to partners, coordinate monitoring, evaluation and learning, programme planning, oversight, problem solving and reporting, as well as external liaison and programme communications.

The post will be based in Water Witness’s Edinburgh offices, with flexibility for home working. The role will involve some travel within the UK and travel overseas.

If you are looking for an exciting opportunity to use your experience and skills to support positive change in the world, then come join our team!

We are seeking a well-organised and motivated professional, with strong administrative and financial management skills to support the Business Manager and colleagues across the wider organisation, including in our offices in Africa.

The Business Support Officer will play a key role in effective delivery of our strategic objectives and will be responsible for a range of administrative and financial management duties including processing transactions and reporting, supporting audits, fundraising, facilities, and asset maintenance, supporting meetings, correspondence, convening, monitoring, evaluation, and compliance with internal policies.

The Business Support Officer will be based in our Edinburgh headquarters with some flexibility for those wishing to work part time. This is an exciting opportunity to join a world-leading team for those seeking to develop their skills and experience in international development, or for a seasoned office support or financial management professional.

Water Witness works at the frontline of the global water crisis to shine a light on its impacts, to understand its root causes and to activate an effective and lasting response. Our ambitious 2030 Strategy sets out five imperatives for a water secure future: accountable governance, progressive financing, redefining corporate responsibility, confronting climate change and activating people power.

We are seeking an exceptional individual to help us build on our successes as we grow support, inspire and engage key audiences, and activate people power with impactful, evidence-based comms and campaigns

This is a new and strategically important role in a small but mighty team, reporting to the Director of Campaigns and Communications. We are seeking an energetic, proactive and enthusiastic individual to help gather and create compelling content, and support the delivery of public engagement advocacy campaigns, agenda-setting press, and purpose-driven social media.

The post holder will take a leading role in content creation, creating reports, case studies and social media posts and videos. They will lead on identifying and drafting press stories, and will be responsible for press monitoring, social media channel management and analytics.

The role will also help coordinate comms training and practical comms support to our wider teams in Tanzania, Ethiopia and Malawi. The post-holder will lead on coordination of activities around major international conferences including UN climate COP, Stockholm World Water Week and our own events across the UK.

The post will be based in Water Witness’s Edinburgh offices, with flexibility for home working. The role will involve some travel within the UK and occasional travel overseas.

We are looking for an enthusiastic individual with passion for our mission, expertise in public engagement advocacy campaigns and content creation, experience in a wide range of comms, and the ability to reach audiences with the right information, in the right way, in the right place and at the right time to help us build a movement for change.

If you are looking for an exciting opportunity to use your experience and skills to support positive change in the world, then come join our team!

Water Witness works at the frontline of the global water crisis to shine a light on its impacts, to understand its root causes and to activate an effective and lasting response. Our ambitious 2030 Strategy sets out five imperatives for a water secure future: accountable governance, progressive financing, redefining corporate responsibility, confronting climate change and activating people power.

We are seeking a well-organised and motivated professional, with strong administrative and financial management skills to support the Business Manager and colleagues across the wider organisation, including in our offices in Africa.

The Business Support Officer will play a key role in effective delivery of our strategic objectives and will be responsible for a range of administrative and financial management duties including processing transactions and reporting, supporting audits, fundraising, facilities, and asset maintenance, supporting meetings, correspondence, convening, monitoring, evaluation, and compliance with internal policies.

The Business Support Officer will be based in our Edinburgh headquarters with some flexibility for those wishing to work part time. This is an exciting opportunity to join a world-leading team for those seeking to develop their skills and experience in international development, or for a seasoned office support or financial management professional.

Water Witness works at the frontline of the global water crisis to shine a light on its impacts, to understand its root causes and to activate an effective and lasting response. Our ambitious 2030 Strategy sets out five imperatives for a water secure future: accountable governance, progressive financing, redefining corporate responsibility, confronting climate change and activating people power.

Water Witness is seeking a high calibre individual to join its Edinburgh-based team where they will be responsible for research and investigations into the water and climate challenges facing vulnerable communities around the world, their root causes, and actionable solutions.

Their work will build the evidence base of reliable knowledge and stakeholder voices which are the foundations of global advocacy and action for a fairer water future. This exciting position will play a key role in delivering the Accountability for Water and Fair Water Footprints Programmes, which focus on holding governments and corporations to account for sustainable and equitable water management and stimulating citizen action for water justice.

The position will involve regular overseas travel to support research in sometimes challenging contexts.

Water Witness works at the frontline of the global water crisis to shine a light on its impacts, to understand its root causes and to activate an effective and lasting response. Our ambitious 2030 Strategy sets out five imperatives for a water secure future: accountable governance, progressive financing, redefining corporate responsibility, confronting climate change and activating people power.

We are seeking to appoint a well-organised, self-motivated, and flexible professional, with strong administrative and finance skills, to assist and support the Business Manager with a broad range of administrative and financial duties and to support colleagues across the wider organisation, including our offices in Africa.

The Administration and Finance Officer will be responsible for ensuring transparent and efficient office administration and financial activities contributing to the achievement of Water Witness’s overall objectives.

S/he will be responsible for general administrative and financial management duties including recording income and expenditure, arranging payment of invoices, supporting financial audits, fundraising applications, support to the Senior Management Team and other staff, facilities and asset maintenance, supporting meetings including correspondence, convening, and preparing material and documentation, as well as taking minutes and tracking and chasing actions as required. The post holder will also support the setting up and management of contact databases and filing systems and management of our media and photo library. They will also assist the CEO and SMT with diary management.

Some hybrid working and international travel may be required.