Head of Humanitarian Influencing

Oxfam is a global movement of people working together to end the injustice of poverty.

Do you have experience managing performance of others and helping people to develop, grow and achieve their potential?

Do you have extensive knowledge and experience of international humanitarian policy and practice issues?

Do you have a proven track record of leading successful influencing work?

If the answer is yes, then we would like to hear from you.

The Role:

Responsibility for OGB's influencing approach to Humanitarian Influencing across the UK. Responsibility for campaign and influencing strategy development as well as stakeholder and political risk management

What we are looking for:

We're looking for a candidate who cares about Oxfam's mission to end poverty and is personally aligned to our feminist principles and values of empowerment, accountability and inclusion in all you do.

An ideal candidate for the role will also be / have:

• Experience managing performance of others and helping people to develop, grow and achieve their potential and increasing diversity and supporting a culture of inclusion in teams and / or workplaces.
• Extensive knowledge and experience of international humanitarian policy and practice issues with an understanding of the priorities and practices of a range of donors supporting humanitarian action internationally.
• A proven track record of leading successful influencing work, including the generation of original ideas and innovative approaches in leading initiatives, and experience with funding, campaigns, policy, influencing, programme, and coalitions.
• Experience of overseeing and managing team budgets.
• Experience of representing and communicating an issue effectively externally in policy, influencing, lobbying and media work.
• Experience of mobilising internal stakeholders around a vision for a major area of work and driving change within a large and complex globally networked confederation.
• Experience in using research data and learnings for the development of programmes and/or policy.
• Ability to explain decisions based on organisational values.
• Capacity to make complex information accessible and understandable to non-technical audiences.
• Proven sound judgement in complex situations.

We offer:

We offer a competitive salary and a range of additional benefits to staff including flexible working options, generous pension scheme, annual leave, additional leave allowances, company sick pay, life assurance and a range of other benefits.

From the day you join Oxfam we invite you to stretch and learn in your role. Our wide range of Learning & Development opportunities includes in-house courses, e-learning modules, on-the job learning opportunities, coaching and mentoring, and much more.

You can read more about all Oxfam has to offer
here.

Flexfam:

We believe flexible working is key to building the Oxfam of the future, so we're open to talking through the type of flexible arrangements which might work for you. We are open for this role to support part-time, job share or partially home-based.

How to apply:

As part of your online application, please upload your up to date
CV and Cover Letter
explaining your
suitability against the essential criteria in the job profile.

Our values and commitment to safeguarding

Oxfam is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour at work including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and financial misconduct; and committed to promoting the welfare of children, young people, adults and beneficiaries with whom Oxfam GB engages. Oxfam expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment through our code of conduct. We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate our
values
are recruited to work for us.

The post holder will undertake the appropriate level of training and is responsible for ensuring that they understand and work within the safeguarding policies of the organisation.

All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records and terrorism finance checks. Oxfam GB also participates in the
Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme
. In line with this Scheme, we will request information from job applicants' previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms his/her understanding of these recruitment procedures.

We are committed to ensuring diversity and gender equality within our organisation and encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply.

About us

Oxfam is a global community who believe poverty isn't inevitable. It's an injustice that can be overcome. We are shop volunteers, women's right activists, marathon runners, aid workers, coffee farmers, street fundraisers, goat herders, policy experts, campaigners, water engineers and more. And we won't stop until everyone can live life without poverty for good.

Oxfam GB
is a member of
international confederation
of 21 organisations working together with partners and local communities in the areas of humanitarian, development and campaigning, in more than 90 countries.

A thriving diverse Oxfam:

It's people power that brings about change. To play our part as a global organisation working to overcome poverty and inequality, we need equality, diversity and inclusion across our community of staff, partners and volunteers. Together, we're committed to becoming a more diverse workforce, better able to tackle the global challenges that face our world today.

To do that:

• We need to dismantle the unequal power structures that exist everywhere, this including Oxfam and the wider development and charity sectors.
• We need an inclusive Oxfam where everyone can bring who they are to our work and feels celebrated for the differences they bring.
• We want and need everyone, and that means
  we need you
  .

Documents

• Head of Humanitarian KB)
• Feminist KB)