Senior Advocacy Advisor, Germany

Senior Advocacy Advisor - Germany

Contract type: One-year Fixed Term Contract, with possibility of renewal

Location: Berlin, Germany

Salary: €50,000-58,000/year

About WaterAid

Want to use your skills in advocacy to play a vital role in making clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene for everyone everywhere?

We need passionate, creative and dedicated people. In return, you will be encouraged and empowered to be yourself at your very best. Together, we will make a bigger difference.

Join WaterAid as Senior Advocacy Advisor - Germany to change normal for millions of people so they can unlock their potential, break free from poverty and change their lives for good.

About the Team

The Global International Affairs team plays a leadership role across the WaterAid Federation to drive the design and delivery of WaterAid’s major influencing with key donors, international and multilateral institutions to achieve SDG 6. The team’s purpose is to convince influential political decisionmakers to prioritise water, sanitation and hygiene in their policy and funding agendas, and to create the conditions that enable everyone, everywhere to access WASH by 2030.

About the Role

The Senior Advocacy Adviser will lead WaterAid’s Germany’s policy and advocacy work. The ideal candidate should be politically savvy, experienced in devising advocacy strategies, have strong networking skills and be able to build on existing contacts to relevant stakeholders in government, Parliament, civil society, and others.

To be successful, you’ll need: 

• At least 3-4 years of experience working in an NGO, think tank or German governmental institutions in the field of development policy and/or advocacy 
• Experience working on issues of German development policy
• Experience of developing and implementing advocacy strategies 
• Strong political judgement and understanding of the German political environment and relevant parliamentary and policy processes. 
• Ability to synthesize complex policy language and to seek out key facts and statistics that help explain complicated policy topics to broad audience. 
• Entrepreneurial spirit and ability to work remotely and autonomously, with shifting priorities.
• Ability to work as part of a global, diverse team across time zones. 
• Fluency in German at native speaker level, and excellent English skills are essential for the role. 

Although not essential, we also prefer you to have:

• Good political network in Germany
• Knowledge of the EU decision-making process, in particular of the Council

View the full job description here

Closing date: Applications will close at 12:00pm UK Time on 06 May 2025. Interview shall start w/c 14 May 2025.

How to Apply: Click ‘Apply’ to upload your CV and Cover Letter.

*Please indicate in the summary the relevant skills and experience you bring that makes you an ideal candidate for this role. 

Can I use Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology in my application? At WaterAid, we 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 post, you must be able to demonstrate your eligibility to work in the respective country. All pre-employment checks will be carried out according to the applicable laws in the respective country.

As an organisation WaterAid is committed to creating an environment where you can thrive and be yourself at your very best. So, in addition to our inspiring global mission and engaging work environment, we have a generous benefit package to help you take care of your health, happiness and wellbeing.

Our People Promise

We will work with passion and focus to ensure safe and sustainable water, toilets and hygiene are available to everyone, everywhere. 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 put the wellbeing of our people first, to be a place where people feel safe and able to contribute their voice and truly live our values.     

Equal opportunities

We are an equal opportunity, disability-confident employer and are dedicated to achieving the highest standards of diversity, equity and inclusion. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, beliefs, customs, traditions and ways of life. This includes, but is not limited to, race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion, national or social origin, health status, and economic or social situation.

Safeguarding

We are also 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 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).