Country: Bangladesh
Closing date: 15 Jan 2019
Oxfam is a global movement of people working together to end the injustice of poverty.
Our Team:
To ensure Oxfam has the management, technical and HR capacity to scale up and to respond rapidly to humanitarian emergencies. Working with other members of the Senior Management Team to ensure an effective, safe, accountable and timely emergency response that adheres to Oxfam, country and donor requirements.
The Role:
To provide a proactive, efficient and effective business support service to the Cox’s Bazar Programme in Bangladesh. To ensure support functions are working efficiently and effectively together and in compliance with Oxfam, local and donor requirements
To develop behavioural ways of working within the BS teams that promotes value addition, non-duplication of roles across functions, empowerment and role enrichment of team and a culture of cost effectiveness by all functional managers. Ensure all business support functions operate in an effective manner, complying with all Oxfam and donor requirements and procedures.
To provide direction to the Finance and Logistics Manager on financial and supply chain management, policies and procedures, ensuring that the programme is informed of all developments in financial and procurement policies. Ensure the programme is complying with financial standards set by Oxfam, Bangladesh government and donors.
What we are looking for:
We are looking confident and motivated self-starter with proven senior business support management experience of managing and supporting complex emergency programmes in a variety of settings.
Significant experience of managing emergency projects and programmes in complex environments at large field office levels. A proven record of effective and complex management including managing budgets, staff and funding of the programme. This includes excellent people management skills, with a good understanding of team development and proven financial management skills.
Strong experience and understanding of effective management of supply & logistics including procurement processes,
Good understanding and experience of management of IT systems.
Experience of working with donor agencies and knowledge of their reporting requirements.
Ability to prioritise own workload, work independently, be pro-active and innovative, and work to deadlines. being an active member of senior management teams, and ability to take charge and manage a team when required.
Ability and confidence to take high impact decisions, ensure implementation and manage and mitigate associated risks.
Ability to communicate with and influence senior managers and peers over a wide range of issues and deliver complex messages in clear terms.
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:
How to apply:
If this sounds like you, click the following link. 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 INT5183
• 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.
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.