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

Do you have experience leading strategic Humanitarian Action and Disaster Resilience initiatives, including vision setting, partnership development, and cross-sector collaboration?

Do you have experience providing technical leadership in programme design, quality assurance, localisation, and cash-based humanitarian programming?

Do you have experience representing organisations in national and international humanitarian coordination platforms and driving policy advocacy at multiple levels?

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

[ONLY BANGLADESHI NATIONALS ARE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY]

The Role:

Oxfam in Bangladesh is looking for a Head of Humanitarian Action and Disaster Resilience (HADR) who provides strategic and technical leadership to ensure that Oxfam in Bangladesh delivers high-quality, evidence-driven humanitarian and resilience programming aligned with the Oxfam Country Strategy, thematic priorities, and global commitments. The role oversees the full spectrum of HADR work across the country programme, including the Rohingya response and other national initiatives focused on underprivileged and underrepresented communities.

This position leads the design, implementation, and quality assurance of humanitarian and resilience interventions; drives research, innovation, and knowledge generation; and strengthens partnerships, alliances, and localisation efforts. The role also plays a central part in business development, policy engagement, and representation in national and international humanitarian coordination platforms.

This role aims to position Oxfam as a recognised thought leader in Humanitarian Action and Disaster Resilience—advancing sectoral discourse, shaping policy, and driving strategic influence through evidence, collaboration, and advocacy.

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 Social Sciences or a related field, or a Bachelor’s degree with substantial experience in humanitarian preparedness and response.
• Minimum 10 years of progressive experience in humanitarian programming, including at least 6 years in leadership roles.
• Demonstrated expertise in Anticipatory Action, Cash-Based Programming, WASH, and Local Humanitarian Leadership (LHL).
• Proven ability to design, implement, and deliver capacity-building initiatives for diverse teams and partners.
• Experience providing technical leadership in research, evaluation, and knowledge generation.
• Excellent communication, media engagement, facilitation, influence, and representational skills.
• Ability to work with diplomacy, tact, and sensitivity, particularly in insecure or resource-limited humanitarian contexts.
• Strong understanding of diverse cultural contexts and the ability to design context-sensitive humanitarian responses.
• Proven experience managing large-scale humanitarian responses, including financial oversight and human resource management.

We offer:

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