About Us

At Oxfam Australia, we believe all lives are equal and no-one should live in poverty. We are a member of Oxfam International, a global confederation working with partners and local communities in 87 countries.

Would you like to join this global movement of people working together to eliminate the inequalities that keep people in poverty?

Job Description

• An exciting opportunity to join Oxfam Australia's Programs team
• 18 months, Full-time, 35 hours per week
• Melbourne based

Why you will love working at Oxfam

As part of the Programs team, you will use your skills, qualifications, lived experience and initiative to tackle inequality and fight poverty. Yes, you read that right, lived experience and initiative, because it’s not all about the key selection criteria.

Research shows that women will only apply for a job if they meet 100% of the selection criteria, while men will apply if they meet an average of 60%. We understand that life teaches us so much, so if you don’t meet all the criteria but just know that you have what it takes, then please apply.

The Role

This role is pivotal in overseeing the delivery of Oxfam Australia’s strategy, particularly as it relates to partnering with Oxfam’s country and regional offices to implement impactful international development and humanitarian programs. As a key agency leader, the HoIPM facilitates cross-agency collaboration to ensure Oxfam Australia aligns its overseas program investments to agency priorities, diversifies income, and maximises impact. The role leads a dynamic team of international development practitioners, supported by the Head of Grant Management, that oversee high-quality development and humanitarian programming that adhere to industry standards. The HoIPM is an essential member of the Program Leadership Team, responsible for setting strategic direction, solving operational challenges, driving organisational improvements, and building a strengths-based and inclusive culture. The role works closely with the Head of Humanitarian and Head of Program Development and Effectiveness in particular, thus ensuring Oxfam Australia delivers on being a strategic, values-driven and impact focused organisation.

Desired Skills and Experience

A little about you (the key selection criteria)

To be successful in this role you will:

• Experience in providing strategic leadership to diverse teams, including those with oversight of international programs strategic and operational risk management, and program management policies and processes.
• Demonstrated and extensive skills and experience in leading, managing and motivating teams including leading through change, that fosters continuous improvement and delivers on strategy.
• Demonstrated experience in managing diverse and complex international development and/or humanitarian programs in the non-government Sector including sophisticated understanding of a broad range of development, humanitarian and inequality issues.
• An excellent track record of building internal and external relationships, with a demonstrated ability to work across diverse teams, broker and negotiate engagement, manage competing interests and take a diplomatic and pragmatic approach to achieving results.
• Strong understanding and application of program quality, monitoring, evaluation and learning and gender equality & social inclusion.

We can offer you

• A base salary of $125,780 plus superannuation, superior leave benefits and access to generous non-for-profit salary packaging program (up to $18,450 of your salary tax-free).
• The opportunity to use your talents and expertise to make a positive impact around the world.
• We value flexibility and seek to support our people to work in ways that meet their work/life commitments and support their wellbeing.
• Cultural leave.
• Superannuation matching.

Our culture is shaped by our values, which reinforce what we care about and how we do things, not just what we do. Our five core values of Accountability, Empowerment, Equality, Inclusiveness and Sustainability drive everything we do at Oxfam.

Oxfam is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour at work including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and financial misconduct. We are committed to 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. Therefore, our people are required to comply with the One Oxfam Child Safeguarding and Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse policies and sign the Oxfam Australia Child Safeguarding and One Oxfam Employee Codes of Conduct.

How to Apply

Complete the online application form, then, as three separate documents, upload:

1. a cover letter that tells us how your professional history and lived experience makes you the right candidate.
2. your CV.
3. your response to the selection criteria outlined in the advertisement.

Here is the link to the Position Description.

Our people are at the heart of everything we do. We care deeply about creating a safe and inclusive workplace where our people feel valued, respected and empowered. We are committed to providing equal opportunities and encourage applicants with personal experience of the forms of injustice we seek to address to apply for opportunities at Oxfam Australia.

Applicants will be required to show proof of their right to work in Australia with the subject to satisfactory clearance of a Police Records Check, and Counter Terrorism and Aid Diversion Check.

We give priority to protecting the health, safety and wellbeing of our people, supporters, and the communities we work with. If successful you may be required to provide evidence of your COVID-19 vaccination or approved medical contraindication prior to commencing employment with Oxfam Australia.