Oxfam

Oxfam is a global movement of people working together to end the injustice of poverty.

Do you have a Master’s degree in Public Policy, Strategic Communication, Media Studies, International Human Rights, International Affairs or equivalent qualification. A Bachelor’s degree combined with relevant postgraduate or professional qualifications and significant experience of at least 10 years may be considered?

Do you have 6 years of relevant experience in advocacy, communications, or public campaigning within development or humanitarian contexts. Strong ability to develop and deliver strategic communications and influencing initiatives, including at least 3 years in a team leadership or management role?

Do you have a Strong technical expertise and ability to integrate programme design with influencing and policy work and Proven experience in managing teams and working across multi-country or multi-stakeholder environments?

If the answer is yes, then we would like to hear from you.

The Role:

Oxfam is looking for Advocacy and Finance Manager

The Advocacy and Communications Manager provides strategic leadership and team management for Oxfam’s advocacy, campaigns, and communications across the SAF Cluster. The role ensures that public-facing narratives are aligned with programme evidence and influencing priorities.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Strategic Advocacy & Communications Leadership (15%)

The role provides overall strategic direction for advocacy and communications across the Cluster, ensuring alignment with programme priorities and influencing goals. It supports positioning Oxfam as a credible and influential voice on justice issues.

• Define advocacy and communications priorities aligned with cluster strategy
• Ensure coherence between messaging, campaigns, and policy engagement

People Management & Leadership of Advocacy and Communications Function (20%)

A central responsibility of the role is the direct leadership and management of the advocacy and communications team across the Cluster, ensuring high performance and effective coordination.

• Line manage advocacy, communications, and campaigns staff, ensuring clarity of roles and accountability
• Establish strong performance management systems, including objective setting, feedback, and development

Narrative Development & Strategic Messaging (15%)

The role leads the development of clear, compelling, and evidence-based narratives that support influencing and public engagement.

• Translate programme evidence into strategic messaging
• Ensure consistency of narratives across themes and countries

Campaigns, Media & Public Engagement (15%)

The role drives coordinated campaigns and media engagement to enhance visibility and influence.

• Lead development and delivery of advocacy campaigns
• Strengthen media engagement and relationships

Integration with Programme & Influencing (15%)

The role ensures that advocacy and communications are fully integrated with programme work and influencing priorities.

• Work closely with Programme and Influencing Lead and thematic managers
• Ensure alignment between programme evidence and advocacy messaging

Partner Voice Amplification & Localisation (10%)

The role ensures that partner and community voices are central to advocacy and communications efforts.

• Support partners in engaging in advocacy and communications
• Amplify local voices in regional and global platforms

Digital Strategy & Innovation (5%)

The role strengthens the use of digital platforms to support advocacy and communications.

• Promote effective use of digital tools and platforms
• Support innovation in campaigns and communications approaches

Knowledge Management & Learning (5%)

The role ensures that learning and evidence are captured and used to improve advocacy and communications.

• Document and share lessons from campaigns and engagement
• Support continuous improvement and adaptation

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:

• Master’s degree in Public Policy, Strategic Communication, Media Studies, International Human Rights, International Affairs or equivalent qualification. A Bachelor’s degree combined with relevant postgraduate or professional qualifications and significant experience of at least 10 years may be considered.
• 6 years of relevant experience in advocacy, communications, or public campaigning within development or humanitarian contexts. Strong ability to develop and deliver strategic communications and influencing initiatives, including at least 3 years in a team leadership or management role.
• Strong technical expertise and ability to integrate programme design with influencing and policy work.
• Proven experience in managing teams and working across multi-country or multi-stakeholder environments.
• Strong communication, analytical, and decision-making skills.
• Ability to build strong, credible relationships with internal and external individuals and organisations
• Excellent personal communication skills, in written and verbal English, with strong influencing and persuasive skills
• A high level of self-awareness, personal energy, stamina and flexibility.
• Proven experience as a team worker and demonstrably cooperative with members of other teams
• Commitment to Oxfam’s safeguarding policies to ensure all people who come into contact with Oxfam are as safe as possible.

Desirable

• Commitment to Oxfam’s overall aims and policies and experience of promoting gender equity and diversity and the interests of marginalized people in all aspects of Oxfam’s work
• Ability and willingness to travel regularly, at times at short notice, locally and regionally.
• Excellent personal communication skills, in written and verbal English and ideally Portuguese.

• Define advocacy and communications priorities aligned with cluster strategy
• Ensure coherence between messaging, campaigns, and policy engagement
• Line manage advocacy, communications, and campaigns staff, ensuring clarity of roles and accountability
• Establish strong performance management systems, including objective setting, feedback, and development
• Translate programme evidence into strategic messaging
• Ensure consistency of narratives across themes and countries
• Lead development and delivery of advocacy campaigns
• Strengthen media engagement and relationships
• Work closely with Programme and Influencing Lead and thematic managers
• Ensure alignment between programme evidence and advocacy messaging
• Support partners in engaging in advocacy and communications
• Amplify local voices in regional and global platforms
• Promote effective use of digital tools and platforms
• Support innovation in campaigns and communications approaches
• Document and share lessons from campaigns and engagement
• Support continuous improvement and adaptation

• Strong communication, analytical, and decision-making skills.
• Ability to build strong, credible relationships with internal and external individuals and organisations
• Excellent personal communication skills, in written and verbal English, with strong influencing and persuasive skills
• A high level of self-awareness, personal energy, stamina and flexibility.
• Proven experience as a team worker and demonstrably cooperative with members of other teams
• Commitment to Oxfam’s safeguarding policies to ensure all people who come into contact with Oxfam are as safe as possible.
• Excellent personal communication skills, in written and verbal English and ideally Portuguese.

• Master’s degree in Public Policy, Strategic Communication, Media Studies, International Human Rights, International Affairs or equivalent qualification. A Bachelor’s degree combined with relevant postgraduate or professional qualifications and significant experience of at least 10 years may be considered.
• 6 years of relevant experience in advocacy, communications, or public campaigning within development or humanitarian contexts. Strong ability to develop and deliver strategic communications and influencing initiatives, including at least 3 years in a team leadership or management role.
• Strong technical expertise and ability to integrate programme design with influencing and policy work.
• Proven experience in managing teams and working across multi-country or multi-stakeholder environments.
• Commitment to Oxfam’s overall aims and policies and experience of promoting gender equity and diversity and the interests of marginalized people in all aspects of Oxfam’s work