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

Do you have significant experience in humanitarian, partnership, advocacy, program or strategic coordination roles in complex crisis contexts?

Do you have prior humanitarian and partnership experience in Ukraine?

Do you have experience managing strategic relationships with local or national partner organizations, including in ways that support partner autonomy, leadership and mutual accountability?

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

The Role:

The Ukraine Strategic Engagement Lead will lead and coordinate Oxfam’s post-phase-out engagement in Ukraine, ensuring delivery of the “Strategic Framework for Post-Phase-Out Partner Engagement in Ukraine” and maintaining coherence across partner relationships, fundraising, influencing, learning, and confederation engagement.

The post holder will act as Oxfam’s primary focal point for strategic partners in Ukraine after the closure of Oxfam’s physical presence, maintaining regular dialogue with partners and ensuring that their priorities, perspectives, and contextual analysis inform Oxfam’s continued engagement. The role will coordinate across Oxfam affiliates, Oxfam International, the Global Humanitarian Team, Rights in Crisis, Gender Rights and Justice, media and communications, fundraising, programme, finance, and business support colleagues to ensure coherent and realistic delivery of the model.

The role will hold responsibility for the implementation and adaptive management of the Ukraine post-phase-out strategic framework, including oversight of relevant budgets, coordination of Ukraine-related funding opportunities, strategic coherence and sign-off for Ukraine and Russia-related influencing and communications, and Oxfam’s role in the continued Women’s Humanitarian Leadership Fund in Ukraine.

In addition, and in alignment with the confederation transformation process, the function will play a significant role in testing new models of engagement without physical presence in a crisis affected country, will harvest learnings and insights about opportunities and challenges faced.

This role is Fixed Term, 18 months with possibility of extension.

This is an urgent recruitment and applications will be reviewed as they are received. Please state your availability in your application.

Please note, this role can be located in one of the following countries: 

Kenya; Ethiopia; Lebanon; Malawi; Nepal; Philippines; Spain; UK - subject to right to work requirements being met. 

Please state your preferred location and whether you have the right to work there in your application. 

Existing staff members in Oxfam’s Global Humanitarian Team (GHT) can apply for all GHT roles regardless of their place of residence. 

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 have:

• Strong understanding of local humanitarian leadership, feminist humanitarian action, equitable partnerships, and partner-centered humanitarian models.
• Experience supporting or coordinating funding opportunities, proposal development, donor engagement, or bid/no-bid processes.
• Strong understanding of humanitarian advocacy, influencing, media and communications risk in politically sensitive crisis contexts.
• Demonstrated ability to coordinate across complex internal stakeholder groups, including global, affiliate, program, advocacy, funding and support functions.
• Experience managing budgets, financial planning, risk monitoring and compliance processes.
• Strong strategic judgement, including ability to balance partner priorities, organizational risk, humanitarian principles, reputational considerations and practical feasibility.
• Excellent communication, facilitation and relationship management skills, including the ability to convene colleagues and partners across cultures, functions and levels of seniority.
• Ability to work independently in a remote role, manage ambiguity, and maintain momentum without a large team structure.
• Strong analytical and writing skills, including ability to produce briefings, strategic updates, learning products and decision-making documents.

We offer:

Competitive salary and benefits packages will be offered in line with local cost of living and national pay structures. The exact details will depend on the country of employment and will be shared with shortlisted candidates. 

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 and Cover Letter explaining your suitability against the essential criteria in the job profile.  

Please also state your availablity and preferred location (one of the following countries: Kenya, Ethiopia, Lebanon, Malawi, Nepal, Philippines, Spain, UK) and whether you have the right to work there. 

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.