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

The Role:

The Roving Senior International HR Business Partner (HRBP) plays a pivotal role in strengthening Oxfam GB’s global people support by delivering high‑quality strategic and operational HR partnership to country programmes. Working closely with the Senior International HR Manager, this role ensures that Oxfam’s HR standards, policies, and practices are consistently applied across diverse and complex operating environments.

As a senior member of the International HR team, you will coordinate and contribute to the delivery of complex, multi‑country HR initiatives, collaborating with a network of International HRBPs to drive organisational effectiveness and support country leadership teams. You will provide expert, solutions‑focused HR advice to senior managers and in‑country HR staff, ensuring alignment with Oxfam’s strategy, safeguarding commitments, and local legal and regulatory requirements.

This role works in close partnership with HR centres of expertise across Oxfam GB and Oxfam International, ensuring that country teams have access to specialist guidance on areas such as employee relations, reward, organisational development, and workforce planning. As a roving position, you will travel regularly to provide hands‑on support, build capability, and strengthen HR systems and practices in country offices.

This is a high‑impact role for a seasoned HR professional who thrives in dynamic, multicultural environments and is committed to enabling people‑centred, equitable, and mission‑driven HR across Oxfam’s global operations.

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:

• MCIPD or equivalent HR qualification/or commensurate level of demonstrable international HR experience
• Ability to prioritise/manage conflicting demands
• Flexible/adaptable to support working across different time zones/working weeks
• Experience managing performance of others and helping people to develop, grow and achieve their potential, including increasing diversity and inclusion in teams and / or workplaces
• Significant HR Business Partnership (HRBP) experience gained within a large international organisation and with multiple stakeholders
• Experience in contributing to medium term strategic and operational business planning and delivering outcomes aligned to business strategy
• Analytical skills, including using data to inform decision making, and being able to weigh up and take decisions when there are unknowns
• Demonstrable experience of managing and delivering complex change management projects
• Demonstrable experience delivering transition/country closure projects
• Excellent communication skills with fluency in English
• Ability to travel at short notice (deployment periods up to 3 months, this role requires flexibility to travel to support countries).

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.

Flexfam:

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. The working base and country of employment would be restricted to locations where Oxfam GB (OGB) is registered as a legal entity or has the ability to host.

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.