# Senior Policy Analyst - WASH (Cross-cutting)

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Company: WaterAid

Category: NGO, Non-Profit & Development

Location: Kenya, Nairobi

Work type: Full-time

Work arrangement: On-site

Published: 2026-08-04

Expires: 2026-08-11

## Job Description

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 
Although not essential, 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) 

### In this role, you will

- 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 

## Requirements

Education: Post-graduate education
Experience: 0 months
Languages: English

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