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

Do you have a Masters or equivalent degree in Human Resources, Organisational Development, Psychology, or equivalent qualification. A Bachelor’s degree combined with relevant postgraduate or professional qualifications and significant experience of at least 10 years may be considered?

Do you have Proven experience in organisational transformation, workforce planning, change management, multi-country labour systems, strategic HR leadership?

Do you have 6 years progressive HR leadership experience in HR leadership, organisational development, or people strategy roles?

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

The Role:

Oxfam is looking for  People Culture and Organisational Development Lead

Strategic People Leadership & Organisational Design (12%)

The role provides strategic leadership for Oxfam’s people agenda, ensuring workforce systems are aligned with strategic priorities and organisational transformation.

• Lead the design and implementation of a cluster-wide People, Culture & Organisational Development Strategy aligned with SAF Strategy (2026–2030).
• Advise Cluster Leadership Team on organisational design, workforce risks, leadership decisions, and structural adaptation
• Guide role profiling, restructuring, and workforce alignment.

Workforce Planning, Talent Management & Leadership Pipelines (15%)

The role ensures the SAF Cluster has the right talent, structures, and leadership capability to deliver long-term strategic objectives.

• Lead cluster-wide workforce planning aligned to funding realities, programme priorities, and strategic transformation
• Oversee recruitment, onboarding, deployment, and retention systems.
• Strengthen talent management, succession planning, leadership development, and career pathways

Transformation, Change Management & Organisational Culture (18%)

A central function of the role is leading organisational transformation and sustaining an inclusive, feminist, and high-performing culture.

• Lead complex change processes including restructuring, workforce transitions, organisational redesign, and leadership adaptation
• Embed feminist leadership, decolonial approaches, inclusive organisational culture, and systems thinking
• Support leaders and teams to navigate ambiguity, complexity, and change fatigue.

Partner-Centred HR Systems, Localisation & Organisational Strengthening (15%)

The role ensures people systems effectively support Oxfam’s partner-led strategic model.

• Develop HR frameworks that strengthen partner-hosted and partner-led delivery systems.
• Support partner HR due diligence, partner safeguarding systems, workforce compliance, organisational development
• Strengthen partner organisational capacity in HR systems, leadership, compliance, and safeguarding

Performance Management, Learning & Capability Development (10%)

The role strengthens workforce performance and institutional learning systems.

• Lead implementation of performance management systems across the Cluster.
• Strengthen competencies aligned with SAF’s strategic direction, including systems thinking, influencing, partnership management, and leadership
• Promote continuous learning, coaching, and professional development.

Staff Wellbeing, Safeguarding & Duty of Care (10%)

The role leads systems that protect staff wellbeing and ensure safe organisational culture.

• Design and implement staff wellbeing strategies.
• Monitor burnout risks, workload balance, morale, and duty of care systems

HR Systems, Policy Harmonisation & Compliance (12%)

The role ensures strong governance and consistency across regional HR systems.

Harmonise HR policies, procedures, and systems across multiple countries and affiliates.

Ensure compliance with national labour laws, donor requirements, Oxfam frameworks, and Safeguarding policies

Strengthen HR systems, digital tools, and people data management.

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 or equivalent degree in Human Resources, Organisational Development, Psychology, or equivalent qualification. A Bachelor’s degree combined with relevant postgraduate or professional qualifications and significant experience of at least 10 years may be considered.
• 6 years progressive HR leadership experience in HR leadership, organisational development, or people strategy roles
• Proven experience in organisational transformation, workforce planning, change management, multi-country labour systems, strategic HR leadership.
• Demonstrated ability to influence senior leadership and drive strategic outcomes
• Strong facilitation, coaching, and interpersonal skills
• High emotional intelligence and ability to manage sensitive issues
• Strong analytical and systems thinking capabilities
• Excellent leadership and people management abilities, with motivational, talent development and change management skills. Able to manage and develop other people’s professional standards and potential.
• Good knowledge and experience of using tools and methodologies for conducting needs analysis, training programme development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation.
• Strong project management and organisational skills, with experience using formal project management techniques.
• A strategic perspective and approach with ability to develop long term plans and implement them effectively. Ability to work with others to develop vision into strategy and communicate and influence this to a wider audience.
• Ability to build strong, credible relationships with internal and external individuals and organisations.
• A high level of self-awareness, personal energy, stamina and flexibility. Ability to work creatively, effectively and in an innovative manner, adjusting to constantly changing situations while maintaining focus on delivery and follow-through.
• Commitment to Oxfam’s overall aims and policies and experience of promoting gender equity and diversity and the interests of marginalized people in all aspects of Oxfam’s work.

• Experience in working with and supporting multi located teams with a good understanding of the local labour laws.

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.