For Oxfam Pilipinas

Philippine Nationals Only

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

About Oxfam Pilipinas

We seek lasting change. We at Oxfam Pilipinas dream and work for a future where Filipinos are free from poverty. For more than 30 years, serving in a country where close to 27 million now live in poverty, we have relied on the power of people to carry out programs designed to achieve our shared vision. Central to our strategy is working with partners to transform the unequal power relations, structures, norms, and values that cause poverty and inequality, including gender-based violence and injustice. 

We strive to apply a feminist lens to all our analyses and actions. We seek to save lives, provide access to services, and reduce the impact of disasters, particularly on the most vulnerable and disadvantaged. We belong to the larger Oxfam family of over 20 organizations networked with partners and grassroots communities in all corners of the globe. We are part of a global movement for genuine change, seeking to rid the world of the scourge of poverty, with gender justice at the core of what we do.

Background

The Philippines is one of the most disaster‑prone countries globally, facing recurrent typhoons, floods, and other hazards. Traditional humanitarian response often arrives after disasters strike, leaving vulnerable communities exposed. Anticipatory Action (AA) shifts this paradigm by acting ahead of forecasted shocks to reduce impacts and protect lives and livelihoods.
Oxfam’s AA journey began with the B-READY (Building Resilient, Adaptive, and Disaster Ready Communities) project in 2017 in Eastern Samar. B-READY combined forecast-based model, disaster risk financing, and digital financial services to disburse pre-disaster cash transfers to help vulnerable households prepare before typhoons.

In 2019, Oxfam Pilipinas expanded AA through Strengthening Urban Preparedness through Preemptive Action (SUPPA) which piloted pre-emptive cash assistance in flood prone communities in Cotabato City, and through SHARPER (Strengthening Harmonized Action for Disaster Risk Reduction, Preparedness, and Recovery), which strengthened community-based typhoon triggers in Eastern Samar and Catanduanes with local partners such as the Center for Disaster Preparedness, People’s Disaster Risk Reduction Network, Grameen Philippines, and SIKAT.
In 2022, Oxfam Pilipinas and partners launched the SUPREME BARMM consortium to address drought risks in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. Supported by the European Union Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid, SUPREME BARMM distributed essential water conservation kits to approximately 2,000 families and worked with local governments, science institutions, and civil society to strengthen resilience, policy development, and early warning systems for anticipatory action.

In 2025, Oxfam conducted a feasibility study on expanding AA into the health sector, focusing on outbreak prevention. The study highlighted the link between extreme weather events and diseases such as dengue and cholera, proposed locally developed outbreak triggers, and identified early actions such as search and destroy campaigns, mosquito net distribution, and water treatment. It emphasized the role of barangay health workers (BHWs) as frontline responders, the importance of integrating Gender Equality, Disability, and Social Inclusion (GEDSI), and the need for policy reforms to enable anticipatory financing for outbreak prevention. 

In the same year, Oxfam Pilipinas played a key role in the passage of the Philippine Imminent Disaster Law (Republic Act No. 12287), which established a national framework for anticipatory action. Oxfam, alongside other humanitarian NGOs, advocated for the law’s enactment and contributed to shaping its Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR). RA 12287 mandates government agencies to act before disaster impacts peak, through prepositioning supplies, organizing preemptive evacuations, and releasing early cash or in-kind support, thus institutionalizing anticipatory action in national disaster risk management policy.

Together, these initiatives demonstrate Oxfam Pilipinas’ evolving AA practice: from early warning and cash-based pilots (2017–2019), to multi-hazard anticipatory systems (2020 and beyond), and now to health focused outbreak prevention and policy advocacy of RA 12287. This evolution reflects both local innovation and alignment with global Oxfam priorities to scale anticipatory approaches, strengthen localization, and integrate GEDSI into disaster risk reduction and resilience programming.

Scope of Work

The consultant will review Oxfam Pilipinas AA project designs, reports, and documentation from 2017 to date to:

• Trace and document the evolution of AA programming from pioneering pilots to current iterations and implementation;
• Capture and synthesize meta‑analysis and harvested outcomes from project reports, focusing on the impact of Anticipatory Action (AA) interventions in covered areas and populations. This includes but is not limited to the integration of GEDSI approaches and the documentation of AA interventions beyond cash assistance, such as forecast-based early warning dissemination, community preparedness activities, linkages with social protection systems, partnerships with local governments and financial service providers, and digital innovations.
• Highlight innovations, including digital tools, forecast-based financing, and community-driven approaches, challenges, enabling factors and partners and stakeholders’ perspectives that shaped AA in the Philippines.
• Analyze how AA has shaped practice on localization, strengthening the role of local governments, civil society, and communities in anticipatory systems.
• Document contributions to policy and practice improvement, highlighting how Oxfam Pilipinas’ AA experience has influenced national dialogues on disaster risk financing, shock-responsive social protection, resilience programming, and within global AA discourse, showing contributions to scaleup.

Period of Engagement : January 2026 – April 2026

Other Responsibilities 

• Adhere to Oxfam’s principles and values as well as the promotion of gender justice and women's rights.
• Perform priority organizational tasks related to his/her competencies as may be assigned from time to time.

Organizational Values:

• Equality -  We believe everyone has the right to be treated fairly and to have the same rights and opportunities.

• Empowerment - We acknowledge and seek to expand people’s agency over their lives and the decisions that impact them.

• Solidarity -  We join hands, support, and collaborate in working towards a just and sustainable world.

• Inclusiveness – We are open to everyone and embrace diversity. We believe everyone has a contribution to make, regardless of visible and invisible differences.

• Accountability – Our purpose-driven, results-focused approach means we take responsibility for our actions and hold ourselves accountable. We believe that others should also be held accountable for their actions

• Courage - We speak truth to power and act with conviction on the justice of our causes

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 promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. 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.

How to apply

To apply, please submit the following documents in a single file to ophrecruitment@oxfam.org.ph using the.

1.    Up-to-date Curriculum Vitae.  If the consultant is submitting an application in behalf of an organization, a profile of the organization showing their suitability and a letter from the organization’s Director authorizing the applicant to submit a bid in behalf of the organization. 
2.    Expression of Interest letter (1-2 pages maximum) which describes the consultant’s relevant experience and expertise, as well as detailed proposal for the scope of work and indicative timeline and budget for the assignment.

Please use the email subject format: Position Applied For - Surname, First Name.

Note: All offers of consultancy will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records and terrorism finance checks.

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.