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

Do you enjoy publishing processes and want the chance to work in a team shaping publications with global impact?

The Team:

The Communications for Impact (Publishing) Team supports the development of Oxfam’s long-form content for advocacy, campaigning, research, learning and knowledge exchange.  Oxfam publications are shared widely with policy-makers, researchers and practitioners across the world through Oxfam Policy & Practice and other sites.

The Role:

The Publishing Production Assistant’s role is to provide support on the production aspects of publications, reports and white papers developed by teams around the world.  The role will involve working with Editorial Project Managers, authors, freelance editors and designers, and with translations, operations support and finance staff.  The role requires close attention to detail, multiple deadlines, and good digital publishing skills. 

Key Responsibilities:

• Undertake production tasks, including formatting text and graphics, generating metadata and PDFs, uploading papers to Oxfam’s digital repository and making ad hoc corrections.
• Provide support on answering queries about publishing processes, scheduling future publishing projects and tasks.
• Administer project costings, freelance contracts, payments and recharges.
• Preparing text and images for use in translation.
• Contribute to innovations which improve publication accessibility and reach and which remove barriers in the editorial workflow.

This role will give you an opportunity to join a friendly and supportive team who make a difference to the way Oxfam communicates with professional and practitioner audiences, influencing sector debates and practices. It also offers the opportunity to work with a group of skilled and diverse people from around the world who are passionate about what they do.

Diversity and Inclusion:

We would welcome applications from people from a wide range of backgrounds, including those with lived experience of the issues we work on and those from under-represented or disadvantaged groups.

Disability Confident Employer Commitment: Oxfam is a disability confident employer, which means that we strive to recruit people and retain them in ways that are flexible to the requirements they may have as a result of disability.

Flexibility:

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. We think this role would work well as a full-time job connected with our Oxford, UK office or our Nairobi, Kenya office (with flexibility to work from home within our hybrid working arrangements).

How to apply:

As part of your online application, please provide a response to this question related to your experience:

"What experience would you bring for this role that aligns with the essential and desirable characteristics that we are seeking?"

This question is asked in our application form, which you can access by following the "apply for this role" link on the right.

Please note we are not asking candidates to submit a cover letter or CV for this role.

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.