Strategy Coordinator (Rights Resilience Response and Humanitarian)

Strategy Coordinator (Rights Resilience Response and Humanitarian) (1337)

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

Do you have a solid interest and prior experience in humanitarian, development or peacebuilding funding and programmes or project delivery?

Do you have project management experience and ability with administrative systems and cross-organisational communications?

Are you committed to gender equality, anti-racism, and decolonisation?

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

The role:

Oxfam Great Britain is looking for a Strategy Coordinator – Rights Resilience Response and Humanitarian. The role will support the delivery of Oxfam’s humanitarian response and broader Rights, Resilience, and Response (RRR) strategy in contexts where conflict and/or systemic root causes of fragility prevent sustained and inclusive peace. The role will work collaboratively and cross-organisationally with Oxfam GB teams and the wider Confederation, managing significant operational processes, acting as a focal point, communicating organisation wide and supporting the RRR workstream to integrate values-based learning and accountability mechanisms.

What we are looking for:

Our Strategy Coordinator – Rights Resilience Response and Humanitarian will support the the development and delivery of the RRR workstream as a cross-organisational initiative, working with the Lead to hold the timeline and deliverables, monitoring and managing gaps, interdependencies and risks. The job holder will lead the management and reporting of financial flows, coordinate an internal communications and engagement plan and provide a link between the Oxfam humanitarian response and public facing teams in Oxfam GB to ensure smooth coordination and alignment. We are looking for an experienced project manager and team player to act as a focal point, develop and maintain information management systems and to represent the workstream in internal and external humanitarian forums.

We offer:

This role will give you an opportunity to support Oxfam’s work on Rights, Resilience, and Response (RRR) as a key contributor and enabler of humanitarian response funding and focal point driving forward the Oxfam GB RRR workstream. You will work with a group of passionate people that are seeking to address the systemic root causes of conflict and fragility. Oxfam GB also offers training and development, a fair pay and competitive benefits package.

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 an up-to-date CV and Cover Letter responding to both following questions:

• Selecting only one of Oxfam’s values of Empowerment, Accountability or Inclusion, please share how you have lived this value in the past. You can draw from examples within a work context or your personal life (please limit your answer to 200 words).
• Using the ‘Experience, Knowledge and Competencies’ criteria in the job profile, outline how you meet this – drawing on your experience, skills and knowledge from work or your wider life. Please note you do not need to include values or attributes in this section, as values are covered in question 1 and will also be assessed at interview (please limit your answer to 600 words).

Your application will be shortlisted based on your CV and your responses to the above questions.

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.