Editorial Manager at Oxfam

Oxfam is a global movement of people working together to end the injustice of poverty.
Note that we are also recruiting an Editorial Manager on a 6 month fixed-term contract.
See here for details if you wish to apply for this as well: https://ift.tt/R0xP1pk

Are you a strong project manager able to juggle multiple deadlines and working relationships?
Do you enjoy publishing processes and want the chance to shape publications with global impact?
Would you enjoy collaborating with people working on fascinating projects all over the world?

The Role:
Oxfam GB is looking for an Editorial Manager.
• This role will be part of our Communications for Impact team at Oxfam GB. You will work with authors and commissioning managers across Oxfam and its partners to develop and shape publications which communicate knowledge and learning.
• You will project manage papers in support of Oxfam’s advocacy, campaigning, and programmatic work, working with freelancers and providing editorial oversight to ensure high quality content which aligns with our values.
• The role involves managing digital publishing processes to ensure broad dissemination and discoverability.

What we are looking for:
Our next Editorial Manager will work with others to generate engaging and informative content about our policy and practice work and deliver this to international sector audiences through research reports, briefing notes, policy papers and other publications You will be passionately committed to ensuring that what we communicate and how we work aligns with our values to be feminist, anti-racist and partner-led.

We offer:
This role will give you an opportunity to join a friendly and supportive team who make a difference to the way Oxfam communicates with professional and practitioner audiences, influencing sector debates and practices. It also offers the opportunity to work with a group of skilled and diverse people from around the world who are passionate about what they do.

Diversity and Inclusion:
• We would welcome applications from people from a wide range of backgrounds, including those with lived experience of the issues we work on and those from under-represented or disadvantaged groups.
• Masked applications: All of our applications for this role will be ‘masked’ which means that when we shortlist, we cannot see your name or any of the Personal Details you supply us. We shortlist purely on the merit of the content of individual applications, and masking names helps us to make extra sure we’re doing just that.
• Disability Confident Employer Commitment: Oxfam is a disability confident employer, which means that we strive to recruit people and retain them in ways that are flexible to the requirements they may have as a result of disability.

Location
This role is ideally suited to being based in Oxford, UK. We are also open to applications from those who wish to be home based in the UK or from people based in the following locations, subject to agreement with the local Oxfam Regional or Country office provided the candidate has the right to work from their preferred location; Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe. The terms and conditions of the role will be in line with the National Contract of the country in which the role is based.

 

As part of your online application, please provide a response to this question related to your experience:
1. What experience would you bring for this role that aligns with the essential and desirable characteristics that we are seeking?
Please include this as a Word or PDF attachment on the “CV” section of the application form. You may also include a CV if you wish to do so, but please remove any personal details from any documents you attach to this section so that we can ensure we are able to maintain anonymity in the shortlisting process.

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.

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.

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.

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