The Global Day Of Action saw many thousands of people marching for climate justice in cities and towns across the world (credit: Andy Aitchison/Oxfam)

We are looking for individuals who are committed to Oxfam’s values and mission and  are able to fulfil the overall brief.

Required Knowledge and Skills

• An ability to contribute significantly to the work of the Trustees, particularly through the application of relevant senior management or practitioner
• Understanding of the role of a Trustee and how Trustees can interact with Oxfam’s executive Strategic Leadership Team to best
• Experience of operating strategically at board level or of leadership and management of organisations and networks.

Required Attributes

• Proven track record of successfully implementing and overseeing effective policies and processes, driving accountability throughout an organisation  or otherwise bringing
• Strong leadership skills, with the ability to motivate staff and volunteers and bring people
• A demonstrable commitment to Oxfam’s aims, values and
• Credibility in your sphere of work and personal gravitas to help lead a major charitable organisation to deliver sustainable progress towards a bold mission and to live its its values.
• Strong interpersonal and relationship- building
• Experience of working internationally and an ability to work cross-culturally. Lived or working experience in the Global South is desirable.

Trustee One

One Trustee will bring senior-level executive experience of overseeing significant and challenging organisational development and change agendas helping organisations develop fit-for-purpose cultures in an international context for the digital age. You will help guide and inform our work in the delivery of our People Strategy for our 4,000 employees, over half of whom are based internationally, and about 1,000 of whom manage our network of retail outlets and our 20,000+ volunteers. This future-focused People Strategy will enable Oxfam to continue to evolve into the safe, decolonised, feminist, and anti-racist organisation we aspire to be. How we work is at the heart of how we define our success.

For this role, candidates may have gained their organisational development and transformation experience in a large, complex organisation, ideally with an international dimension, leading through periods of transition. Oxfam is keen to hear from those who have significant links to or have spent a significant part of their life in the Global South.

The successful candidate will:

• You will have experience of the People agenda at the most senior level, bringing a track record of leading complex organisations through strategic people leadership, change management, and cultural change
• Be a progressive people-focused person who brings an understanding of what being safe, feminist and anti-racist can look and feel like for our teams and how we can truly become a partner-led and decolonised organisation
• Support us forge effective relationships with senior stakeholders, external peers, team members, trades unions and employee representatives
• Be passionate about building a radically better world, fighting poverty, and equipping others to join the fight
• Support a cause-driven organisation to embrace new ways of working to enhance the charity’s overall effectiveness in a complex global partnership context.

Trustee Two

Another Trustee will bring deep experience in fundraising in the charity/not-for-profit sector with the proven ability to engage and mentor senior-level leadership teams in this context.

The successful candidate will have:

• Wide experience and expertise in public fundraising in the UK
• Understanding of the fundraising regulatory environment
• Understanding of reputational risk
• Outstanding mentoring skills to support the Oxfam Engagement Team
• The candidate may be, for example, a senior fundraising consultant or a recent fundraising director for one of the big UK fundraising charities.

This Trustee would also be invited to join the Audit and Risk Committee. The Audit and Risk Committee has strategic oversight of the control environment and risk management in Oxfam GB and of internal and external audit and reviews and recommends to the Board the annual budget, any multi-year financial plans and the Annual Report and Accounts.

Most importantly, every individual at Oxfam GB needs to be able to:

• Live our values of INCLUSION, ACCOUNTABILITY and EMPOWERMENT (read more about these here)
• Ensure you commit to our ORGANISATIONAL ATTRIBUTES (including adhering to the Code of Conduct):

1. Be committed to our feminist principles, and to applying them in your day-to-day behaviour and your work. Be ready to keep learning, with accountability to those who experience oppression as a result of their identities, such as their gender, race/ethnicity, disability, class, or LGBTQIA identity
2. Be committed to undertaking Oxfam’s safeguarding training and adhering to relevant policies, to ensure all people who come into Oxfam are as safe as possible.