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Ashford, Kent (On-site)
Canterbury, Kent
£24,133. - £26,133 per year (upon completion of ISVA accreditation)
Full-time
Contract (1 year )
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Job description
KSAAS (formerly East Kent Rape Crisis Centre) has provided sexual violence services in East Kent since 1981. We offer ongoing practical support and therapeutic services for survivors who have experienced any form of sexual violence, at any time in their lives, across Kent & Medway.
KSAAS holds UKAS accreditation through The Survivors Trust and is Professionally Approved by Rape Crisis England & Wales, demonstrating the consistent, high-quality services we provide.
KSAAS operates specialist Independent Sexual Violence Adviser (ISVA) services, including joint ISVA and Independent Domestic Violence Adviser (IDVA) provision for those experiencing sexual violence alongside domestic abuse.
We also offer trauma-focused therapeutic counselling for children, adolescents and adults, accessible through hubs across Kent & Medway.
Our Vision
KSAAS’s vision is a community where everyone is free from all forms of sexual violence. We work within a feminist, equalities and human rights framework, providing help, hope and healing to those impacted by sexual violence and helping to cultivate a safe, non-violent community.
Our Mission
It is our mission to:
- Respond to and promote the needs of those who have experienced sexual violence through a feminist empowerment model of work.
- Reduce the impact of sexual violence by supporting, educating, informing and advocating for all survivors.
- Challenge oppression in all forms.
- Challenge societal attitudes that condone and collude with sexual violence.
Please note that this post is restricted to women under the Equality Act 2010 (Schedule 9, Part 1). Your supporting statement should demonstrate how you meet the candidate profile and should be no more than four A4 pages.
Role details
Salary: £24,133.20 (increasing to £26,133.20 once ISVA accredited).
- Base: Ashford / Canterbury
- Travel to other sites may be required.
- Hours: 35 hours per week (initial 1-year contract). Occasional out-of-hours meetings may be required.
- Benefits: 3% pension contribution; employee discounts scheme; 28 days’ annual leave (pro rata) plus bank holidays; employee assistance programme; flexible working negotiable.
- Requirements: right to work in the UK; enhanced DBS check (carried out through KSAAS); full UK driving licence and use of own car.
- Responsible to: Head of ISVA Services
Core functions
- Work as a committed member of the Kent Sexual Assault & Abuse Service (KSAAS) team.
- Support KSAAS’s aims, values and working principles, and work in line with KSAAS policies and procedures.
- Take all possible steps to ensure the safety and confidentiality of service users, staff, volunteers and KSAAS management.
Specific duties
- Provide support to children and young people, and their families, through a range of channels as appropriate, including face-to-face, video, text and telephone.
- Travel to schools and community venues to provide support as required by your caseload.
- Contact young people or the parents/carers of allocated child service users in a timely and professional manner.
- Work with children and young people who are survivors of sexual abuse to promote their emotional and physical wellbeing.
- Listen to service users’ needs and use a trauma-informed approach to develop an appropriate support plan.
- Undertake risk and needs assessments and provide ongoing support and advice on risk management.
- Support service users to report (if they choose to), and through each stage of the criminal justice process, explaining procedures and their rights and entitlements, including under the Victims’ Code.
- Support service users to make informed choices about their options.
- Support service users to access the services they need and to which they are entitled.
- Support service users to identify and work towards personal goals.
- Work in line with data protection legislation (including UK GDPR) and confidentiality requirements when working within multi-agency protocols.
- Identify and respond to child and adult safeguarding concerns, following relevant legislation, policies and procedures.
- Advocate and, where appropriate, challenge on behalf of service users.
- Develop and maintain effective communication with key partners including police, CPS, court services, education/schools, mental health and sexual health services, Victim Gateway, the Witness Service and other voluntary sector organisations.
- Highlight the needs of child survivors of sexual abuse and promote the service to partner agencies and local communities.
- Manage a caseload.
- Maintain accurate, timely notes and records for all service users, in line with UK GDPR and organisational requirements.
- Contribute to the development of service policies, protocols, guidelines and strategies within your area of practice, as required.
- Attend and contribute to supervision sessions.
- Work with a clear understanding of the myths and realities of sexual violence and trauma, including longer-term mental health impacts.
- Contribute accurate information, anonymised case studies and quantitative data to help monitor and evaluate service effectiveness.
- Complete ISVA/ChISVA training (if not already completed) and undertake ongoing training as directed throughout the role.
General responsibilities
- Support the team to inform and educate the public, media, schools and other statutory agencies through networking, talks, training and presentations.
- Work flexibly to help KSAAS offer the best possible service to service users.
- Attend team and service meetings as required and collaborate with colleagues to achieve team and organisational objectives.
- Attend relevant training, conferences and workshops in line with identified professional objectives.
Performance will be monitored through regular line-management supervision and reviewed at the annual appraisal.
Due to the nature of work at KSAAS, tasks and responsibilities can be unpredictable and varied. All employees are therefore expected to work flexibly when required, including undertaking additional duties not specifically covered in this job description. These duties will normally be in response to unforeseen circumstances or changes in work and will be compatible with the post holder’s usual role.
Please note that you will be required to undertake a DBS check and may also be required to complete additional security checks to work in some settings.
A full driving licence and access to a vehicle are essential.
Person Specification
Qualifications
• Good standard of education (graduate level or equivalent experience)
• ISVA trained, or willing to attend training
• Child-related qualification
• Trauma-informed training
• Safeguarding training
• ISVA training
• Domestic abuse training
• Sexual abuse training
Experience
• Extensive knowledge and understanding of sexual violence, sexual abuse, sexual exploitation and sexual coercion
• Experience of working with a range of statutory, non-statutory and voluntary agencies
• Experience of working with vulnerable adults or children
• Experience of working within the violence against women and girls’ sector
Knowledge & Understanding
• Knowledge of adult and child safeguarding issues, legislation and best practice
• Ability to maintain professional notes and records of interactions and interventions with service users
• Understanding of the effects of abuse on children
• Proficient IT skills (Windows, Microsoft Office, SharePoint, email and internet)
• Understanding of professional confidentiality and its boundaries in relation to service delivery, legal, ethical and safeguarding issues
• Specialist knowledge of the immediate and longer-term impacts of sexual violence, sexual abuse, sexual exploitation and sexual coercion
• Understanding of the need for accurate monitoring
• Knowledge of the Victims’ Code of Practice
Skills
• Able to prioritise own workload and manage competing demands
• Ability to use line management and supervision effectively
• Good communication skills (verbal, non-verbal and written)
• Ability to keep the service user at the centre of all processes
• Understanding of inequality and commitment to anti-oppressive practice
• Willingness to be creative in approach when working with children and young people
• Ability to work on own initiative, in partnership, and as part of a team
• Experience of proactive advocacy, representing the voices and needs of service users
Other
• Required to work flexibly to meet service users’ needs
• Expected to travel to meet service user needs; a driving licence and access to a vehicle are essential
How to Apply
To apply, please email a detailed CV along with a supporting statement explaining your suitability for the role, to the Head of ISVA Services, Caroline Carter.
The deadline for applications is 5pm on Monday 20 May 2026.
Organisation
Posted on: 06 May 2026
Closing date: 27 May 2026 at 16:24
Job ref: ChISVA
Tags: Advice / Information, Advocacy, Child Protection, Domestic Violence / Abuse, Women's Rights
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Canary Wharf, Greater London (On-site)
£47,423 per year
Full-time
Contract (12 Months )
Job description
Communications Manager - Partnerships
Contract type: 12 Months Fixed-term contract | Full Time, 35 hours per week
Location: London, UK
UK hybrid working – a minimum of 40 % of working time is spent face-to-face (London office, 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: £47,423 per year with excellent benefits
We offer competitive, market-aligned starting salaries. While most roles are offered at the advertised starting salary, we may adjust this in exceptional cases depending on a candidate’s experience, skills, and potential.
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
The Brand and Strategic Communications team is a strategic, collaborative and creative function focussed on driving WaterAid’s advocacy, brand and fundraising objectives. We lead the development of brand and communications strategies to inspire audiences and support organisational goals, working closely with colleagues across the Communications and Fundraising directorate and with external partners.
About the role
As one of our Communications Managers, you will manage the delivery of communications strategies for corporate partnerships working closely with WaterAid’s Communications and Fundraising directorate and key partners to drive sustainable change.
In this role, you will:
- Manage the development and execution of communications strategies for WaterAid’s flagship partnerships, specialising in maximising brand impact and income-raising potential.
- Originate and develop stand out creative ideas for partnership campaigns and activations, leading cross-functional project teams to shape and deliver integrated activities that cut through.
- Act as the primary communications adviser for partnership managers and corporate partners, identifying communications opportunities and advising on strategic messaging, content and tactics that meet partnership objectives.
- Ensure insight led and on-brand messaging and creative which resonates with target audiences.
- Advise on best use of project budget to meet objectives.
- Monitor and evaluate the impact of communications activity, fostering a proactive and positive approach to learning and improvement.
- Champion WaterAid’s commitment to equity, inclusion and safeguarding.
To be successful, you will need:
- Proven experience designing and executing high-impact brand or corporate partnership communications strategies, ideally for a non-profit organisation.
- Strong track record of developing and delivering integrated communications campaigns across owned, earned, shared and partner channels, targeting a range of audiences.
- Demonstrable ability to generate creative and innovative ideas, with examples turning audience insight into compelling campaign activity.
- Highly collaborative and able to build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders and motivate others in a cross-functional project setting.
- Ability to brief, critique and develop creative work constructively, with a good eye for brand, design, film and photography.
- Excellent organisation and project management skills, able to drive projects forward while navigating competing priorities.
- Experience of monitoring and evaluating communications impact, using data and insight to drive learning and improvement.
Closing date: Applications close at 12:00 PM UK time on Tuesday, 26 May 2026. First round interviews will be held the week commencing June 8th on Microsoft Teams. Second round interviews will be held the week commencing June 15th in our offices in Canary Wharf.
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. Our goal is to ensure a fair and transparent process that provides every applicant with an equal opportunity to succeed. We value hearing about your unique experiences and perspectives in your application, and, if shortlisted, during the interview as well.
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 allocation of 25 days. These days are designated to cover the period when our UK office closes between Christmas and New Year, allowing all UK WaterAiders to take a well-deserved break.
These days are automatically scheduled and cannot be changed or moved. Annual leave is accrued based on your start date. If sufficient leave has not been accrued by the time of the closure, the 3 days will be taken as unpaid leave or pro-rated, depending on your circumstances.
Our Global Commitment:
Our people promise
We will work with passion and focus to make sure everyone everywhere has clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene. WaterAid is a place of purpose – where people have a real commitment and shared responsibility for the impact we have. We are a global community with diverse backgrounds and perspectives, motivated by inspiring, stimulating work. We are determined to be a place where people feel safe and able to contribute their voice and truly live our values.
Equal Opportunities
We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, beliefs, customs, traditions, ways of life and status. This includes, but is not limited to, race, ethnicity, caste, colour, gender, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth, disability status, neurodiversity, age, marital and family status, sexual orientation and gender identity, health status, place of residence, economic and social situation.
Safeguarding
We are committed to protecting everyone we come into contact with. We have a zero- tolerance approach to abuse of power, privilege or trust across our global work, and to any form of inappropriate behaviour, discrimination, abuse, bullying, harassment, or exploitation. Safeguarding the people and communities we work with, our staff, volunteers and anyone working on our behalf is our top priority, and we take our responsibilities extremely seriously. All offers of employment are subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks (which can include counterterrorism, safeguarding and criminal records checks).
Together, we’ll change the world through water.
Join us and be part of the change !
Organisation
WaterAid
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Registered Charity
More than 1000
Registered Charity
More than 1000
Our vision is a world where everyone, everywhere has sustainable and safe water, sanitation and hygiene.
Posted on: 05 May 2026
Closing date: 26 May 2026 at 12:00
Tags: Communications, Fundraising, Partnerships
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Accra, Accra Metropolis (Hybrid)
Kigali, Nyarugenge
Uganda
Canary Wharf, Greater London
For all country programme locations, we offer a competitive salary package For UK location: £52,468 per year with excellent benefits*
Full-time
Contract (14 Months)
Job description
Senior Health Advisor
Contract type: 14 months fixed-term contract, Full-time
Location: The role can be based in London, United Kingdom or one of the following countries, subject to right to work eligibility in the respective countries.
Ghana, Liberia, Mali, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Zambia, Mozambique, Malawi, Nepal, Pakistan
For the UK location, we have hybrid working – a minimum of 40 % of working time is spent face-to-face (London office, 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: Salaries and benefits for different countries will vary in line with the location of the successful candidate and depending on experience. For all country programme locations, we offer a competitive salary package aligned with the local market and candidate experience.
- For all country programme locations, we offer a competitive salary package
- For UK location: £52,468 per year with excellent benefits*
*We offer competitive, market-aligned starting salaries. While most roles are offered at the advertised starting salary, we may adjust this in exceptional cases depending on a candidate’s experience, skills, and potential.
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
WASH Technical Effectiveness is part of the Programme Support & Knowledge team (PSK), a key unit of the WaterAid UK International Programmes Department (IPD) operating in 17 African and Asian countries. PSK is a diverse and motivated group of 20+ technical specialists and advisors, passionate about bringing sustainable WASH to the world’s poorest and most marginalised people. PSK leads and supports organisation-wide programme learning and knowledge management, collating and disseminating programme knowledge and facilitating knowledge exchange. The team provides technical advisory expertise and fosters and supports internal and external programme and technical partnerships and networks.
About the role
As our Health Senior Advisor, you will provide and coordinate targeted technical support to WaterAid WASH and health programming and work closely with Country Programmes and partners, regional and global teams to drive sustainable change.
In this role, you will:
- Provide in-depth strategic and technical advisory support on WASH and health integration, WASH in health care facilities, health systems and programming, public health, environmental health, and/or other inter-related topics such as nutrition, cholera, neglected tropical diseases, maternal and child health, infection prevention and control, for high quality WASH programming in both urban and rural, low-income settings, including households, schools, health care facilities and/or other relevant public places, incorporating WaterAid’s and the sector’s leading practices, innovations and methods.
- Provide high quality, detailed technical analysis and advisory support to project design, inception, implementation, troubleshooting, monitoring, and/or assessments.
- Co-lead capturing of organisational programme knowledge and experience on health-related topics.
- Support country, regional and global colleagues to develop a consistent understanding and application of health-related technical considerations into WaterAid's core programme work, and in applying relevant guidance, standards and considerations to their specific context.
- Support fundraising, external engagement, and communications
- Champion WaterAid’s commitment to equity, inclusion and safeguarding.
To be successful, you will need:
- Strong technical experience in WASH and health integration, WASH in health care facilities, health systems and programming, public health, environmental health, and/or other inter-related topics such as nutrition, cholera, neglected tropical diseases, maternal and child health, infection prevention and control, across different settings, demonstrated through a progressive career record.
- A relevant post-Graduate degree or equivalent work experience.
- Strong experience in offering technical assistance, consulting, and/or advisory services to empower and to develop capacities.
- Ability to handle highly specialised, unusual, and challenging technical assignments, resolve complex issues in practical and imaginative ways.
- Strong writing ability in English. Experienced in producing practical knowledge products targeting needs of diverse audiences.
- Organised and efficient. Demonstrated ability to drive tasks forward to completion in a timely manner while maintaining high quality.
- Solid IT skills, particularly with core Microsoft Office software.
- Ability to travel internationally up to 30%.
Although not essential, we’d prefer you to have:
- Relevant technical experience in systems strengthening, sustainable development, water, sanitation, hygiene, behaviour change, gender, inclusion, environment and/or other WASH-related topics.
- Working knowledge in Portuguese
Closing date: Applications close 12:00 PM UK time on 19 May 2026. Interviews are expected to take place week commencing 26 May 2026.
How to apply: Click Apply to complete the pre-screening questions and upload your CV and cover letter.
In your cover letter, please briefly summarise the skills you bring to this role, the reason you are passionate about applying for this role and explain your experience (with specific examples where possible) in providing WASH and health technical support and working on integrated WASH into public health programmes in Africa and/or South Asia.
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. Our goal is to ensure a fair and transparent process that provides every applicant with an equal opportunity to succeed. We value hearing about your unique experiences and perspectives in your application, and, if shortlisted, during the interview as well.
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
As a global organisation, WaterAid is committed to creating an environment where you can thrive and be yourself at your very best. Alongside our inspiring mission and meaningful work, we offer a range of benefits tailored to each country’s context and policies. These will be shared during the process (or you may choose to insert your specific country’s benefits here)
Our Global Commitment:
Our People Promise
We will work with passion and focus to make sure everyone everywhere has clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene. WaterAid is a place of purpose – where people have a real commitment and shared responsibility for the impact we have. We are a global community with diverse backgrounds and perspectives, motivated by inspiring, stimulating work. We are determined to be a place where people feel safe and able to contribute their voice and truly live our values.
Equal Opportunities
We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, beliefs, customs, traditions, ways of life and status. This includes, but is not limited to, race, ethnicity, caste, colour, gender, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth, disability status, neurodiversity, age, marital and family status, sexual orientation and gender identity, health status, place of residence, economic and social situation.
Safeguarding
We are committed to protecting everyone we come into contact with. We have a zero- tolerance approach to abuse of power, privilege or trust across our global work, and to any form of inappropriate behaviour, discrimination, abuse, bullying, harassment, or exploitation. Safeguarding the people and communities we work with, our staff, volunteers and anyone working on our behalf is our top priority, and we take our responsibilities extremely seriously. All offers of employment are subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks (which can include counterterrorism, safeguarding and criminal records checks).
Together, we’ll change the world through water.
Join us and be part of the change!
Organisation
WaterAid
View profile
Registered Charity
More than 1000
Registered Charity
More than 1000
Our vision is a world where everyone, everywhere has sustainable and safe water, sanitation and hygiene.
Posted on: 05 May 2026
Closing date: 19 May 2026 at 12:00
Tags: Health / Medical, Humanitarian Aid, Water and Sanitation
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