Racial Justice Lead

Oxfam is a global movement of people working together to end the injustice of poverty. Do you have experience in leading on the delivery of strategic interventions on racial justice? Do you have experience in advising leadership teams on matters of racial justice and successes? Do you have experience in identifying key advocacy and funding opportunities within the sector to support a commitment to racial justice and organizational goals? If the answer is yes, then we would like to hear from you.

The Role

Oxfam GB is looking for a Racial Justice Lead, who will play a pivotal role in OGB by strategically leading the transformation into a more equitable, anti‑racist, and inclusive organization. This position will champion and embed racial justice, decolonization, feminist and equality principles across OGB’s influencing work in the UK and internal culture. Working collaboratively across all teams, including partners and stakeholders, the Racial Justice Lead will work on strategy and advocacy in the UK to progress Oxfam’s leadership on racial justice, including across people‑powered movements. The Lead will hold decision‑making responsibility in strategic and operational work in racial justice, as well as setting and leading the delivery of specified work for racial justice.

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 have:

• Proven experience in shaping organisational strategy and/or implementation through collaborative learning with communities engaged in racial justice.
• Expertise, understanding and experience of working with race, gender and power analysis and practical action to address issues stemming from it.
• Ability to engage with and influence traditional and non‑traditional stakeholders in ways that lead to increased impact for the organization.
• Commitment to Oxfam's values of anti‑racist, safe and intersectionally feminist— including tangible examples of operationalising those values into organisational initiatives, policy or programming.
• Experience of supporting community organising in diverse communities.
• Decision‑making skills, aligned to Oxfam's organisational strategies and values.
• Significant project management skills and expertise.
• Can act as a spokesperson for Oxfam GB on racial justice, aid/decolonisation and thematic issues around conflict/peace or climate justice or gender.
• Analytical and conceptual thinking skills, able to engage on complex issues, and use a diversity of information to develop and lead strategic, workable action plans.
• Lived experiences with intersecting systems of oppression, with knowledge and experience of how power and privilege play out.
• Dedication to self‑awareness, power, and deconstructing personal privilege in systems of oppression.

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.

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. This role is hybrid, with an agreed number of days based in our Oxford office, to be discussed and confirmed with the line manager. Some national travel will be expected as part of the role.

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 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 the 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.