Deadline: 09 April 2024
Job Description
Oxfam is a global movement of people working together to end the injustice of poverty.
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.
Do you have an MA in Accounting or Business Administration or a related discipline with relevant experience, with 10 years of international NGO managerial experience out of which 5 years should be supervisory/managerial experience?
Do you have experience Good understanding of information systems and information technology with a sound knowledge of their development and capabilities?
Do you have experience in Proactively address the interface between different functions and program teams in-country to ensure efficiency and accountability
If the answer is yes, then we would like to hear from you.
The Role:
Oxfam is looking for candidates who have overall responsibility and control for all financial aspects of the country’s strategy. This includes quality financial management and planning in the Country program, ensuring timely and quality financial reports as required both internally or externally, being accountable for the implementation of defined areas of work within the Finance function including people management, and ensuring compliance to all relevant Government, Donor and Oxfam policies, procedures and guidelines.
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:
- Post-graduate academic qualification in MA in Accounting or Business Administration or related discipline with relevant experience, with 10 years of international NGO managerial experience out of which 5 years should be supervisory/managerial experience.
- Demonstrated experience of successfully leading the implementation of operational improvements and the persistence to achieve change in a challenging environment
- Good understanding of information systems and information technology with a sound knowledge of their development and capabilities
- Leadership, management, negotiation, and coordination skills (of people and projects) in a complex multi-stakeholder, networked, global, and largely virtual environment
- Demonstrate leadership behaviours and ways of working within the program team that promote value addition, non-duplication of roles across functions, empowerment and role enrichment of the team, and a culture of cost-effectiveness by all functional managers.
- Development of customer service attitude within the program team and a focus on integrated teamwork.
- Proactively address the interface between different functions and program teams in-country to ensure efficiency and accountability
- Excellent personal communication skills, in written and verbal English, with high-impact influencing and persuasive skills. Able to use different approaches to achieve followership
- Demonstrated organizational awareness and understanding of knowledge management
- Strong analytical and conceptual thinking skills; able to understand complex issues and translate them into simple, workable actions and plans
- Persuasive influencing, motivation, team building, and facilitation skills
- Good understanding of management roles and dynamics in organizations
- Developing organizational strategies and plans for financial management effectiveness and measuring the effectiveness
We offer:
We offer a competitive salary and a range of additional benefits to staff including flexible working options, a 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 that might work for you. This is a full-time role; however, Oxfam offers various flexible arrangements that candidates can discuss with the Recruiting Manager at the interview stage
Documents
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 through: https://jobs.oxfam.org.uk/vacancy/head-of-finance-and-systems–1999/20846/description/.
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
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.