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Division: Impact
Team: Senior Leadership Team
Location: Oxford with hybrid working
Contract Type: Open-ended
Grade: Director
Pay range: £100k – £110k p.a.
Hours: 36 hours per week
Post Holder Reports To: CEO
Jobs Reporting to this Post: Head of Humanitarian Influencing, Head of Gender Justice, Head of Climate Justice, Head of Scotland, Head of Wales (Cymru), Director of Safe Programming & Research, Team Coordinator
Budget Responsibility: Yes

Flexible Working

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.

Division Purpose

We will tackle the root causes of poverty and suffering working in solidarity with people and partners in fragile contexts and by addressing some of the world’s most pressing barriers to equality.

Team Purpose

The Influencing Division is responsible for influencing the UK, including the devolved nations, based political and corporate decision makers, the UK public and global institutions, to achieve change in OGB strategic priority areas.

Job Purpose

Leadership responsibility for the strategic direction of OGB’s influencing functions across three nations (England, Scotland and Wales). Leadership responsibility for policy development and campaign strategy development as well as stakeholder and political risk management.

Dimensions of the Role

• Develop a long-term strategy for this new and exciting division to achieve our influencing objectives for Oxfam GB. This strategy will look at how both the division and Oxfam GB as a whole can best achieve major shifts in policy and practice to tackle the root causes of poverty and suffering in the world and shift the INGO sector towards more locally led development and strengthening of national civil society, underpinned by global solidarity.
• Sit on the Strategic leadership team of Oxfam GB and support the cross-organisational leadership challenges in SLT.
• Maintain Oxfam’s strong external policy presence and political influence, ensuring strategically driven developments – through frameworks for proactive and reactive influencing and campaigning.
• Build and grow strategically aligned external partnerships and coalitions – adding value, yet maintaining Oxfam’s own presence externally.
• Oversee specific change initiatives within the division and delegate and support teams to work across the organisation to successfully implement cross organisational goals around influencing, and building people powered movements.
• Recruit, manage an agile and responsive team that can influence key external audiences and relationships for Oxfam GB.
• Alongside the CEO, represent Oxfam GB to senior external stakeholders.
• Proactively lead on shaping advocacy objectives and media influencing within the UK context around aid, beyond aid and towards a transformative change for the INGO sector as a whole.
• Represent the division inside Oxfam GB and the wider Oxfam confederation, getting to grips with and influencing this complex organisatonal structure amidst high levels of transformation.
• Effectively support fundraising work (alongside Engagement teams) and oversee divisional teams and allocation of resources.
• Anticipate, analyse and manage highly complex and diverse policy, practice, politics and strategy issues as they arise. Help Oxfam GB and the wider confederation understand what impact they will have on our work.

Key Responsibilities

• Provides strategic leadership for the Climate Justice, Gender Justice, Humanitarian Influencing, Safe Programming and Research, Scotland, and Wales teams, nurturing and motivating a culture-lead, diverse team to work collectively to help Oxfam to put its strategy, values, and culture into practice.
• Lead OGB role as a decision maker with members of the confederation in the advancement of harmonised policy and campaigns and the management of reputational risk to OGB and the wider confederation.
• Oversee Oxfam’s relationships with UK politicians and institutions, including in the devolved nations, collaborating across different Oxfam GB divisions and offices to ensure a coherent and consistent approach.
• Oversee OGB’s contribution to global goods and shared services within the confederation, including the Research and Publishing function, MEAL and Safe Programming. This includes overseeing OGB’s shared responsibility within the confederation to uphold safe and accountable programming and to
  support raising restricted funds on behalf of our country teams and partners.
• Represent Oxfam externally and oversee the development of a strong network of UK stakeholders (civil society, corporate, media, politicians and global influencers.)
• Working with thematic plans, develop approaches to strengthen Oxfam GB’s thought leadership and advocacy in the UK to be visible, influential, with strong alignment to long-term campaign goals.
• With colleagues, lead the development and integration of an organisational culture that upholds the organisational values.
• Advise the chief executive and trustees on issues of global and domestic advocacy and influencing.
• Foster a collaborative, supportive, and inclusive work environment where diverse perspectives are valued.
• Lead, communicate, and oversee high quality and complex campaigns and policy content.