Special Events Logistics Officer

Special Events Logistics Officer

Contract type: 16 months Fixed term (Maternity Cover), 35 hours per week

Hybrid Working: 60/40 hybrid working: 60% of employee's time in a location of their choice; 40% face to face, defined as in the London office; conferences or stakeholder meetings or other locations as relevant for the proper performance of the duties of the role. WaterAid is located at Canary Wharf, London and this will be your location and contract base.  

Salary: £33,233 - £34,894 with excellent benefits

About WaterAid

Want to use your skills in event logistics 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 Special Events Logistics Officer 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 Community, Events and Education team sit within the Mass Engagement department. The team manage and deliver a diverse portfolio of fundraising and engagement activity ranging from challenge events, our partnership with Glastonbury festival to community fundraising, our volunteer Speaker Network and education engagement. The team delivers far more than income by deepening the engagement of new and existing supporters, raising awareness of WaterAid’s work.
The Special Events team is responsible for the management and delivery of unique festivals partnerships and special events. This role is managed by the Special Events Manager – Partnerships & Operations.

About the Role

As our organised and enthusiastic Special Events Logistics Officer you will support on operations and logistics across all of WaterAid’s festival and special events projects, and act as a key onsite team member at some of the UKs biggest and most loved public events.

In this role, you will support onsite delivery across festivals and special events. You will be responsible for equipment management, leading on planning, sourcing, storing and transporting of all event equipment.

• Manage, with support from the Special Events Manager – Partnerships and Operations on the delivery of all event logistics and operational plans for all our festival activity, including onsite operations, equipment management, schedules, logistics and onsite delivery.
• Manage, with support from the Special Events Manager – Partnerships and Operations, all operations and processes around merchandise and stock management at Glastonbury and other festivals.
• Develop and create risk assessments and support with incident management planning for all areas of our onsite events activity.
• Attend and lead teams onsite at festival events as required with support from the Special Events team.
• Provide support on project management and delivery of other non-festival special events. 

To be successful, you’ll need: 

• Experience of working on large scale events, preferably at multi-day events/festivals.
• Proven experience of event operations and delivery and logistics management.
• Experience of managing relationships with both internal and external stakeholders.
• Experience of leading or working with volunteers.
• Enthusiasm, a positive and proactive approach to work and the ability to work under own initiative and collaboratively as part of teams.

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Closing Date: Applications will close at 12:00pm UK Time on Monday 31 March 2025. Interview shall start w/c 14 April 2025.

How to Apply: Click ‘Apply’ to complete the pre-screening questions and upload your CV.

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 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 countries to comply with our Safer Recruitment policy. All our UK-based vacancies require a basic Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

Our Benefits:

• 36 days' holiday (including 8 Bank Holidays)
• Option to buy an extra 5 days annual leave
• We offer a generous pension plan with employer contribution of up to 10%
• Wide range of flexible and agile-working arrangement
• Season Ticket Loan
• Free annual eye tests
• Pay as You Give charitable giving scheme
• Enhanced Maternity and Adoption/Surrogacy pay, Shared Parental Leave and Paternity Leave.
•  Sabbaticals
• Volunteer Day

Our Commitment:

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. As a safeguarding measure, WaterAid carries out background checks on all potential employees. This is done following the conclusion of recruitment and prior to assuming full employment.