Background information about the job or company

WaterAid overall goal is to influence, deliver and scale-up WASH solutions that are sustainable, climate-resilient, gender-responsive and address key cross-cutting elements of other development goals including health, education, poverty, economic growth, and nutrition.

About the role

As our Senior Policy Analyst – WASH (Cross-cutting), you will lead the development of cross-cutting policy positions and coordinate strategic influencing across global policy processes, working closely with teams across WaterAid and external stakeholders to drive sector-wide change.

Responsibilities or duties

• Influence key cross-cutting global policy processes (e.g. UN systems, global summits) and develop sector-leading policy positions
• Coordinate planning and implementation of cross-cutting policy priorities across the WaterAid federation
• Provide agile policy advice and rapid responses to strategic opportunities, including media engagement
• Build and maintain strong relationships with internal teams and external partners to strengthen collective impact
• Champion WaterAid’s commitment to equity, inclusion and safeguarding

Qualifications or requirements

To be successful, you will need:

• Extensive experience in policy, advocacy, or influencing in WASH or related development sectors
• Strong understanding of global policy processes and multilateral systems (especially the UN)
• Proven experience developing and delivering impactful policy influencing strategies
• Excellent analytical, writing, and communication skills, including producing high-impact policy outputs

We’d prefer you to have:

• Postgraduate qualification in a relevant field (e.g. international development, water, public policy)
• Experience working across multiple countries or regions, particularly in low-income contexts
• Additional language skills (European, African, or Asian languages)

• Influence key cross-cutting global policy processes (e.g. UN systems, global summits) and develop sector-leading policy positions
• Coordinate planning and implementation of cross-cutting policy priorities across the WaterAid federation
• Provide agile policy advice and rapid responses to strategic opportunities, including media engagement
• Build and maintain strong relationships with internal teams and external partners to strengthen collective impact
• Champion WaterAid’s commitment to equity, inclusion and safeguarding

• Extensive experience in policy, advocacy, or influencing in WASH or related development sectors
• Strong understanding of global policy processes and multilateral systems (especially the UN)
• Proven experience developing and delivering impactful policy influencing strategies
• Excellent analytical, writing, and communication skills, including producing high-impact policy outputs

• Postgraduate qualification in a relevant field (e.g. international development, water, public policy)
• Experience working across multiple countries or regions, particularly in low-income contexts
• Additional language skills (European, African, or Asian languages)