Head Of Strategy Learning

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

Do you have experience in designing the architecture for strategic learning about systems change in large global organisations?

Do you get energy from co-creating novel, feasible learning approaches that use experiential and programmatic knowledge for strategic decisions?

Are you inspired to embed a feminist, anti-racist lens and shifting power for learning and accountability so it is transformative?

If the answer is yes, then read on!

The Role

Oxfam Great Britain is looking for a Head of Strategy Learning who will maximise the use of evidence for strategic management guided by our learning and accountability framework. This role will involve providing conceptual and technical leadership for the learning architecture for strategic priorities of the Impact division. Our themes include climate justice, decolonizing partnerships, valuing women’s work, policy and advocacy, and the triple nexus approach. The work is highly collaborative, working with colleagues in the Global South and the UK, and Oxfam International to provide advisory support on learning processes, and design and pilot learning innovations. The postholder will manage the Learning and Accountability Manager and a divisional strategic learning budget.

To develop learning and communication processes and enable systems that are key for organisational learning, by working closely with others in Oxfam Great Britain (OGB) and the Confederation. To bring coherence to distinct pieces of learning and accountability as per organisational commitments.

What we are looking for

Our next Head of Strategy Learningwill be highly experienced in strategic planning, evaluative practice and learning approaches. You will be a skilled facilitator of reflective practice with programmatic / national teams, able to work sensitively with power dynamics. You will able to build and hold many strong relationships across many contexts globally, including high-profile external relationships. You show deep commitment to and experience with decolonial, safe, anti-racist, intersectional feminist and partner-led learning. You have a high level of analytical and strategic thinking. You enjoy thinking creatively about learning processes and products, and getting stuck in to make them happen. Given the strategic communication needed to senior levels of the organisation and externally, you have excellent written and verbal communication skills.

We offer

This role will give you an opportunity to continue developing Oxfam GB’s learning and accountability architecture and approaches, in collaboration with colleagues in the confederation. It is innovative and creative work, working with diverse topics and scales in many different geographies. The work is on the cutting edge of learning and accountability practice. You will be able to model approaches that decolonise knowledge processes and shift power away from the traditional power centre.

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. The role will give you many avenues to stretch and learn. Our wide range of learning and development opportunities includes in-house courses, e-learning modules, on-the job learning opportunities, coaching and mentoring, and 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.

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.