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

Do you have experience in leading project management portfolios with strong donor compliance, risk management, and grant governance responsibilities?

Do you have experience in developing and implementing partnership strategies, including partner assessment, engagement, and capacity strengthening plans?

Do you have experience in leading teams through change management, managing complex operational challenges, and supporting organizational strategy delivery at a senior level?

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

The Role:

Oxfam in Bangladesh is looking for a Head of the Project Management Unit (PMU) to provide strategic leadership and oversight for the country’s portfolio of restricted grants, ensuring strong project delivery, donor compliance, and effective risk management.

This role will lead the PMU team to strengthen project management systems, coordinate grant implementation across multiple projects, and ensure robust partnership management and monitoring mechanisms. As a member of the Country Management Team (CMT), the role will also contribute to country strategy development, operational planning, and organizational growth priorities.

Key focus areas include:

• Leading and overseeing grant compliance, donor reporting, and risk mitigation across the national portfolio.
• Ensuring quality DIP development, tracking, and integration across projects.
• Strengthening and executing partnership strategies, including partner capacity building and performance monitoring.
• Maintaining a strong grant archiving and project documentation system aligned with donor requirements.
• Managing regular engagement with donors, affiliates, and external stakeholders to ensure smooth coordination and delivery.

What we are looking for: 

Oxfam in Bangladesh 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.

We seek a Project Management professional and champion to lead a diversified team and support a partner based long-term development programmes spread across various geographic locations within Bangladesh. The person must have demonstrated experience to deal with a large team in Bangladesh and maintain functional collaboration across a networked organization globally.

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

• Minimum Post Graduate Degree from a recognized institution/ university. 
• At least 10 years of overall professional experience, including a minimum of 6 years in project management roles and at least 3 years of proven leadership/managerial experience.
• Demonstrated experience in change management within a large organizational setup.
• Proven capacity in conflict resolution, reconciliation, and strategic negotiations.
• Strong experience and understanding of governance, management systems, and relevant tools/policies.
• Ability to effectively manage complex and high-risk operational situations.
• Ability to perform under high pressure and deliver results within tight deadlines.

[ONLY BANGLADESHI NATIONALS ARE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY]

We offer:

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

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.