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

Do you have experience Leading organizational Leadership and development, Strategic People Management, Workforce Planning, change management and restructuring initiatives?

Do you have experience in Talent, Performance, Leadership and Capability Development?

Do you have experience in Employee Relations, Employment Compliance, People risk, Reward, HR Operations, systems and People Information?

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

The Role:

Oxfam is looking for  Head of People and Culture to lead Oxfam Ethiopia's People & Culture function and provide independent strategic people advice to the Country Director and Country Leadership Team, ensuring the organisation has the people, structures, capabilities, culture and employment practices required to deliver its strategic priorities. The role will provide;

Organizational Leadership, Strategic People Management and Workforce Planning

• Contribute actively to the strategic leadership and overall management of Oxfam Ethiopia as a member of the Country Leadership Team (CLT), integrating people, culture and organizational development considerations into organizational strategy and decision-making.
• Promote collective leadership, cross-functional collaboration and organizational accountability, fostering an enabling environment for effective programme delivery and organizational performance.

Organizational Development, Culture and Change

• Lead organizational development, change management and restructuring initiatives ensuring that changes to structures, roles, systems and ways of working are appropriately designed, communicated, implemented and embedded. Monitor the effectiveness and impact of change initiatives, identify lessons and facilitate continuous improvement.

Talent, Performance, Leadership and Capability Development

• Lead organisational development initiatives that strengthen role clarity, ways of working, leadership capability, accountability, collaboration and organisational effectiveness. 

Employee Relations, Employment Compliance and People Risk 

• Provide strategic and confidential advice on employee relations, grievances, disciplinary matters, performance concerns and other sensitive employment issues, ensuring appropriate process, documentation and escalation. 

Reward, HR Operations, Systems and People Information 

• Provide oversight of compensation and benefits, job evaluation/grading interfaces, payroll-related P&C inputs, employee records and HR systems in coordination with Reward, Finance and other relevant teams. 

Staff Wellbeing, Safeguarding Responsibilities and Safe Workplace 

• Lead staff wellbeing and employee-support approaches within the P&C mandate and support managers to address workload, morale and workplace wellbeing concerns. 

Partner-led P&C Support and Localisation 

• Provide or coordinate proportionate P&C technical support and capacity strengthening to partner organisations where agreed, including people-management systems, employment practices, safer recruitment and organisational development. 

P&C Leadership, Administration and stakeholder engagement

• Lead, coach and manage the People & Culture team, including the Roving Senior P&C Officer and Admin Assistant / Reception, setting clear priorities and ensuring high-quality service delivery across locations.

If you have any questions about the role, we'd love to hear from you.  Please e-mail us at recruitmentteam@oxfam.org.uk, making sure you include the job title and reference number of the role you're asking about.  Please be aware we are unable to accept CVs or applications via e-mail.  To apply, please use the "apply now" button on the right hand side of this advertisement

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:

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resource Management, Organizational Development, Organizational Psychology, Business Administration or a related field, with at least 8 years of relevant progressive HR/P&C experience; a relevant professional or postgraduate HR qualification is an advantage.
• At least five years of progressive experience in senior HR, People and Culture or Organizational Development leadership roles.
•  Significant progressive experience in senior HR/People & Culture or organisational development roles, including leadership responsibility in a complex organisation. 

• Proven experience in strategic People & Culture management, workforce planning, organisational design, organisational change/restructuring and talent management.
• Strong practical knowledge of Ethiopian employment/labour requirements and experience managing complex employee-relations and sensitive people matters.
• Demonstrated experience in performance management, leadership/capability development, reward/HR operations and use of people data to support management decisions.
• Proven ability to advise and influence senior leaders, exercise sound judgement, maintain confidentiality and manage significant people risks.Experience leading and developing P&C teams and working effectively across multiple locations/functions in an INGO, humanitarian/development or similarly complex environment. 
• Commitment to Oxfam values, feminist leadership, inclusion, safeguarding and equitable/partner-led ways of working.

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.

How to apply:

As part of your online application, please upload your up to date CV and Cover Letter explaining your suitability against the essential criteria in the job profile.  

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.