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

The Role:

We’re looking for a Creative Copywriter to join our Brand and Creative team and help bring bold, purposeful ideas to life across campaigns that fight inequality and injustice. You’ll craft compelling copy that moves people to donate, volunteer, campaign, and shop with us—writing across a wide range of digital and print channels with clarity, heart, and imagination. Working closely with designers and creatives from across the organisation, you’ll help shape powerful, audience-focused campaigns and content that stand out and get results. Ethical storytelling will be at the heart of everything you do—ensuring the people and communities we work with are represented truthfully and respectfully. From shaping the big idea to delivering the final draft, you’ll manage projects with care and attention to detail, building strong relationships along the way. 

Please be aware, we are also recruiting for a part-time position in the same team if you are also interested in exploring this opportunity.

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

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

• Demonstrate the ability to apply outstanding creative thinking in response to complex issues.
• Excellent and proven writing skills, which can be applied to a wide range of print and digital materials – for example social media storytelling and digital mobilisation, fundraising and experiential marketing.
• Lived experience(s) of the issues Oxfam works on or evidence of taking action on anti-racism and inequalities.
• Experience producing bold and disruptive creative concepts that challenge social injustice and drive change.
• Good communication skills, with the ability to work in partnership with people from other disciplines.
• Excellent project management skills – able to see creative projects through to completion from brief to production.
• The ability to recognise your own biases and in turn how they may be impacting your decisions and influencing your work.

We offer:

We offer a competitive salary and a range of additional benefits to staff including flexible working options, generous pension scheme, annual leave, additional leave allowances, company sick pay, life assurance and a range of other benefits. 

From the day you join Oxfam we invite you to stretch and learn in your role. Our wide range of Learning & Development opportunities includes in-house courses, e-learning modules, on-the job learning opportunities, coaching and mentoring, and much more. 

You can read more about all Oxfam has to offer here.

Flexfam:

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.

How to apply:

As part of your online application, please upload your up to date CV, Cover Letter, and Portfolio explaining your suitability against the essential criteria in the job profile.  Please note, you will be required to provide a portfolio of your work to accompany your application. This can be in the form of a PDF attachment in the "CV" section of the application form, or a link to an online portfolio (which could be provided in your cover letter).

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 21 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.