Grants And Fundraising Coordinator Intern at WaterAid Tanzania

Contract type: 6 months Fixed‑term, 40 hours per week

Location: Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania with possibility of travel to field offices

Salary: Daily Stipend

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

At WaterAid Tanzania, our team is dedicated to advancing access to clean water, decent sanitation, and good hygiene for all. We work collaboratively across programs, partnerships, and communities to drive lasting change and support the national agenda for sustainable development. Every role on our team plays a vital part in creating a healthier, more inclusive future helping transform lives through the power of clean water.

About the role

As our Grants and Fundraising Coordinator - Intern you will support donor engagement, proposal development, and grant management to help strengthen WaterAid Tanzania’s resource mobilization efforts and work closely with WaterAid Tanzania staff to drive sustainable change.

In this role, you will:

• Support in drafting concept notes and proposals
• Organizing meetings and taking meeting notes and draft reports
• Support in carrying out administrative and logistics duties to aid programme implementation such as raising partner financial requests; organise workshops, prepare letters and correspondences etc.
• Tracking reporting timelines for secured restricted grants by regularly update reporting timelines and setup each schedule in individual calendars
• Support fundraising travels by drafting ToRs and requesting for advance payments
• Work collaboratively with other teams as may be required to deliver Country Programme business development and fundraising initiatives
• Other responsibilities as directed by the Head of Business Development
• Champion WaterAid’s commitment to equity, inclusion and safeguarding.

Requirements

To be successful, you will need:

• Bachelor’s degree in social science, Development Studies, Business Administration, Economics or any other relevant discipline.
• The person should be confident and fluent in conversation with donor, consortium lead and at external forums with good presentation and communication skills.
• Experience of fundraising in the NGO sector would be an advantage.

Although not essential, we’d prefer you to have:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Competency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook)
• Willingness to learn and work in a fast-paced environment
• Strong research and report writing skills an advantage
• Strong interpersonal skills. Able to build relationships with colleagues and stakeholders, negotiate and influence across teams in order to achieve the best outcomes

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Closing date: Applications will close 12 PM UK Time on 01st August 2025. Interviews may be scheduled on a rolling basis, and the role may close earlier if a suitable candidate is found.

How to apply: Click Apply to upload your CV only 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.

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

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 !