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

Do you have experience promoting economic empowerment for underrepresented communities?

Have you led strategies to advance economic inclusion and justice through design, implementation, research, partnerships, alliances, and advocacy?

Do you have at least 15 years of experience in economic inclusion and justice work with national and international NGOs or similar organizations?

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

The Role:

The Head of Economic Inclusion and Justice at Oxfam in Bangladesh (OiBD) is crucial during the growth phase, implementing the new Country Strategy and Operating Model. As part of the Country Management Team, the role shapes program quality, portfolio, and market presence, collaborating across the confederation. It supports the country program, including the Rohingya response, focusing on economic inclusion and justice for underprivileged groups. Responsibilities include strategy design, implementation, research, partnerships, and advocacy, positioning Oxfam as a ‘Thought Leader’. Key areas are innovating livelihoods and food security for underrepresented groups, partnering with the private sector for social enterprises, and creating platforms to empower young business leaders. The role provides strategic leadership to promote economic empowerment for women, youth, and people with diverse backgrounds.

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:

• Master’s degree in business administration, development studies, or relevant social sciences (e.g., Feminist Economics).
• Minimum 10 years of experience in economic inclusion and justice, with at least 7 years in a managerial or leadership role.
• Strong leadership, influencing, and negotiation skills with a track record of driving organizational change in economic justice.
• Expertise in market assessment, gender-transformative value chain development, gender lens investing, social enterprise and SME development, skills development and TVET, food security and livelihood, capacity assessment, and capacity building.
• Extensive experience in popular mobilization, feminist research methodology, policy advocacy, and campaigning.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, and representation skills.

We offer:

We offer a competitive salary and a range of additional benefits to staff including flexible working options, a generous gratuity 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.  

[ONLY BANGLADESHI NATIONALS ARE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY]

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.