Country Relations Lead

Country Relations Lead (1339)

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

Do you have experience of working at senior leadership level in country or regional level with international organisations?

Do you have experience of working in complex contexts, including extended conflict contexts, and navigating challenging spaces and identifying risks that arise from these contexts?

Do you have proven leadership and management skills of a geographically dispersed and high performing team?

If so, we’d like to hear from you!

The Role:

Oxfam GB is looking for a Country Relation Lead to lead the country relations team which offers the main interface between OGB’s support, broker and enabling offer to Oxfam countries and regions. Country Relations Brokers are a strategic resource for channelling OGB’s collective capabilities (I.e. programming; influencing; knowledge; funding; grant and risk management etc) in support of countries as well as being a critical bridge providing an in-depth understanding for OGB, of the overarching needs, priorities and challenges faced by countries. The CR team will play a critical part in helping the organisation to engage in its partnerships with country offices in decolonial and racially just ways, and to complement the work of the regional teams in Oxfam

Please note we are ideally looking for a candidate based in the global South (subject to Oxfam GB’s ability to employ in that location). The role would ideally suit a candidate in the HECA and SAF regions.

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 the values of empowerment, accountability and inclusion in all you do and our feminist principles.

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

• Experience of working at senior leadership level in country or regional level with international organisations, in regions supported by the Country Relations Team (Asia, MENA, Africa)
• Experience of working in complex contexts, including extended conflict contexts, and navigating challenging spaces and identifying risks that arise from these contexts
• Proven strong team leadership and management skills of a geographically dispersed and high performing team
• Experience managing performance of others and helping people to develop, grow and achieve their potential, including increasing diversity and inclusion in teams and / or workplaces
• Strong team building skills and the proven ability to build relationships within a team and with other teams in a collaborative way in line with feminist principles.
• Proven ability in significant budget oversight and management
• Strong negotiation and positive, inclusive problem-solving experience.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills with internal and external audiences.
• Outstanding collaboration skills, effective networking skills and ability to assemble the right people into networks
• Good understanding. commitment and experience in embedding and continuously learning to embed a decolonial, anti-racist, safe, intersectional feminist and partner led approach in your work.
• Proven sound judgement in complex internal organisational situations and external context situations, and ability to make quick and sound decisions

We offer:

This role will give you an opportunity to make a difference and support Oxfam in being a partner of choice and fit for purpose organization. It will support you in being a key contributor in fulfilling our promise to be safe, feminist and partner led in all Oxfam does, (including the Confederation).

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.

How to apply:

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

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.