Country: Bangladesh
Closing date: 10 Jan 2019
Oxfam is a global movement of people working together to end the injustice of poverty.
Our Team
The Campaigns Team is a dynamic team of policy, media and comms working on the Rohingya Response in Bangladesh. The team works in coordination with country Policy Advocacy Campaign and Communication team as well as with Regional and Global program to define advocacy influencing and campaign strategy to improve the lives of Rohingya refugees and the host community in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh.
The Role:
Oxfam GB is looking for an experienced Media person to generate high quality offline and online media coverage of Oxfam’s campaign messages and its humanitarian work on the Rohingya crisis, to help deliver strategies for humanitarian emergencies and support fundraising needs. Specifically, this job will be within the Campaigns team to deliver messages in priority markets across the globe on the situation for Rohingya refugees and host community in Bangladesh. *
What we are looking for:
We are looking confident and motivated self-starter with proven international experience and exposure to a wide range of humanitarian assistance and related global displacement issues, preferably with knowledge of INGO humanitarian operations.
Experience working on communications or media for an NGO or in journalism.
Experience in managing large amounts of information, and ability to summarise and make sense of it quickly.
Experience of writing clear, compelling communications products including press releases, articles, opinion pieces, Q&As, case studies, factsheets/briefings etc
Experience in managing risk and organisational reputation,
Experience in collecting human interest case studies, including photography and basic filming.
Extremely strong interpersonal and negotiating skills, enjoying building and maintaining a wide range of relationships
High levels of organisation and planning skills, understanding how to plan and implement a strategy and capable of working independently
High level of verbal and written communication skills, with an emphasis on a clear and direct, easy to read written style.
Ability to work effectively and calmly in a high-pressure environment and to prioritise and manage assignments in a timely fashion
Ability to work well in a collaborative team as well as remotely with global teams across different time zones and with cultural differences
Fluency in written and spoken English and computer literate
Commitment to Oxfam’s overall aims, policies and values.
Experience of promoting gender equity and diversity and the interests of marginalised people in all aspects of Oxfam’s work
We offer:
This role will give you an opportunity to make a difference in Oxfam GB, to act as key contributor to Rohingya refugee response programme, to work with a group of passionate people that are specialists in their Humanitarian fields, offers fair pay and competitive benefits package.
Our values and commitment to safeguarding:
Oxfam is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behavior 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.
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 movement of people working together to end the injustice of poverty. That means we tackle the inequality that keeps people poor. Together we save, protect and rebuild lives. When disaster strikes, we help people build better lives for themselves, and for others. We take on issues like land rights, climate change and discrimination against women. And we won’t stop until every person on the planet can enjoy life free from poverty. Oxfam GB is a member of international confederation of 19 organisations working together with partners and local communities in the areas of humanitarian, development and campaigning, in more than 90 countries .
How to apply:
If this sounds like you, click the following link below. If you would like to learn more about this role, please refer to job profile.
• Go to: for external applicants: https://jobs.oxfam.org.uk
• For internal applicants: https://jobs.oxfam.org.uk/internal
• Search for the vacancy using the reference number INT5170
• Complete the online application process
• Ensure you submit your application before midnight (GMT) on the closing date. Unless a different time is specified in the advert.
We are committed to ensuring diversity and gender equality within our organisation and encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply.
Note: All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and may be subject to appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records and terrorism finance checks.