About Abundant Water

Abundant Water is a Canberra-based Not for Profit delivering health and hygiene benefits by using the power of social business to design and develop sustainable and scalable clean drinking water projects. We empower individuals and communities to secure their own sustainable access to safe water. Working in remote rural areas in Laos and Timor-Leste, we train local potters and vendors to launch scalable micro-businesses as part of our social business model, ensuring their communities have a supply of clean water into the future.

About the Role

The Director of Communications will lead Abundant Water’s communications team in Canberra, work closely with a small team to promote Abundant Water’s work and message across the world. The team has a supportive culture and flexible environment where you can use and develop your skills to make a real difference. If you have an interest in design, leadership and strategic communications we’d love to hear from you!

Some of the key tasks you’ll be doing include: ● Lead a small team to deliver Abundant Water’s communications activities ● Strategic communication planning and implementation ● Work with the team to ○ Create content and manage the organisation’s social media accounts, including working with our overseas teams to create content ○ Update the Abundant Water website when required ○ Lead development of the Abundant Water annual report ○ Manage the Abundant Water email newsletter ● Contribute to a positive Board and organisational culture, with a focus on collaborative leadership models.

This role is based in Canberra, with work being carried out remotely. The time commitment is approximately 2-4 hours per week, or 1-2 days per month - but more time may be required occasionally.

About You

The successful candidate will: ● Understand and commit to the values of Abundant Water ● Work effectively as part of a team ● Have experience in strategic communications and/or social media management ● Excellent written and verbal communication skills ● Ability to craft content that aligns with the organisation’s vision and goals. ● Can effectively identify the needs of the organisation and identify appropriate opportunities to meet those needs.