Funding Process Support Team Manager (Part-time)

Oxfam is a global movement of people working together to end the injustice of poverty. Do you love to nurture and help others grow, develop and achieve their potential as part of a diverse and values-led team? Do you have a passion for delivering Oxfam’s strategy, vision and cultural aspirations? Do you have experience in working across organizational boundaries, business units, and teams in an effective and productive way? Do you have experience in problem-solving, managing complexity and identifying solutions? Do you want to manage a team and function that is at the heart of Oxfam’s operational support and that is geared to supporting country programmes and other Oxfam GB departments? If so, then this role could be for you.

The Role: Oxfam GB's Funding Process Support Team Manager (Part Time) provides essential day-to-day operational management of funding related processes, supporting country teams, regions and Oxfam GB departments to navigate the funding assurance and authorization process. The role works closely with contract risk teams, country staff, as well as with donor leads, bid developers, and programme finance colleagues. The role is also responsible for developing and improving the function. We are looking for someone who can commit to 0.5FTE and is prepared, and able, to work on a job-share basis.

What you will be doing: In this role, you will provide essential day-to-day operational management of funding related processes including:

• Supporting Country teams, regions and Oxfam GB departments to navigate opportunity sign-on, proposal, partnership agreement and contract sign-off processes, as well as repayments to donors where required.
• Supporting others with funding and donor administrative processes and requirements, providing standardised and quality information where required.
• Working closely with contract risk staff, country staff, as well as with donor leads, bid developers, and programme finance colleagues.
• Being responsible for the development and improvement of the function as we look to decolonise and improve our systems and processes.

You’ll have: We’re looking for a candidate who cares about Oxfam's mission to end poverty and is both personally aligned to the values of empowerment, accountability and inclusion in all you do and also our feminist principles. We are looking for someone who can commit to 0.5FTE (ideally Monday, Tuesday and half-day Wednesday) and can work effectively as part of a job share. An ideal candidate for the role will also be / have:

• Self-aware with the ability to make a positive impact on others.
• 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.
• Demonstrated ability, tact, and sensitivity in working across organisational boundaries, business units, and teams in an effective and productive way.
• Managing system complexity, problem-solving skills and able to initiate solutions.
• Excellent knowledge of and use of Microsoft Office tools and software.
• Demonstrable resource management, administrative, planning, numerical and analytical skills.
• Ability to resolve conflicts and competing requirements.

We offer: This role will give you an opportunity to enable Oxfam GB to maximise its impact on the lives of those living with poverty; you will act as a key contributor to the development of a critical organizational function; you will thrive in a group of dynamic and passionate people that are passionate about delivering and improving an exemplary service to our key stakeholders; you will receive extensive training and development; and we will offer you fair pay and a competitive benefits package.

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. We will look to interview shortlisted candidates in the week commencing 20th April, 2026. The interview process will comprise of:

• A panel interview (up to one hour, with interview questions provided to candidate 24hrs in advance).
• A staff panel interview (up to one hour).
• A written test (up to one hour).

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.