Project Delivery Lead – Oxfam Business Advisory Service Full Time

Project Delivery Lead – Oxfam Business Advisory Service (0960)

Location: Oxford Office or Home Based
Hours: 36
Salary: £39,655
Job Type: Fixed Term
Closing Date: 23 January 2022

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

Are you an experienced project manager looking for your next challenge? Is managing multiple projects at the same time something you thrive on?

• Do you have an understanding of the role of the private sector in improving human rights?
• Do you have excellent verbal and written communication skills?
• Are you able to work in an organised way, adapting and prioritising work to meet deadlines?
• Are you excited by the idea of working with business to deliver positive impact for workers and communities in global supply chains?

If the answer is yes, then we would like to hear from you at a time of pivotal growth in our Oxfam Business Advisory Service.

Role

Oxfam GB is looking for a Project Delivery Lead for the Oxfam Business Advisory Service (OBAS).

In this role you will project manage the delivery of an increasing portfolio of work with corporate clients, on a variety of issues relating to human rights in their supply chains, ensuring the projects are delivered on time and to budget.

Oxfam Business Advisory Service supports companies to improve their impact in global supply chains. We enable businesses to access the wealth of experience and expertise within Oxfam to strengthen corporate human rights, labour rights and gender strategies, policies, implementation and impact.

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:

• Expertise and experience in managing complex projects and be able to work to tight deadlines.
• Strong people skills to build and manage relationships and project teams including navigating the internal Oxfam structures and bringing in associates with different areas of expertise and skill sets as needed.
• Understanding of the role of the private sector in improving human rights, poverty reduction and sustainable development, either from a consultancy, corporate or civil society organisations background
• Excellent verbal (including presentation) and written communication skills and interpersonal skills, including influencing and negotiation skills.
• Numerical reasoning skills and experience of financial administration
• Able to organise work effectively, have the drive to achieve results and be adaptable and flexible

We offer:

This role will give you an opportunity to be a key contributor to the growth of an innovative side of Oxfam’s work; to work with a group of passionate people that are specialists in their fields; and to make a positive difference to the human rights impact of businesses. It offers fair pay and a 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.

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 19 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.

In response to Covid-19 if you are offered a role where you are required to travel between countries please ensure you have been briefed by the Hiring Manager about any changes to working or precautions you should take as part of your role.

HOW 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.