Head of Humanitarian, Oxfam in Africa

• Provide strategic leadership and oversight of humanitarian preparedness and response across Sub-Saharan Africa.
• Shape and drive Oxfam’s humanitarian strategy, ensuring timely, high-quality responses aligned with global standards.
• Lead a team of humanitarian advisors, drive regional preparedness, oversee emergency responses, and strengthen collaboration across country offices and affiliates.
• Contribute to humanitarian policy and influencing, advancing the LHL agenda and Oxfam’s global commitments.

This role ensures Oxfam remains a leading humanitarian actor across Africa, shaping responses to crises that save and rebuild lives, and advancing locally-led, equitable humanitarian systems.

• Strategic and experienced humanitarian leader with proven experience managing complex emergency responses across diverse contexts.
• Deep expertise in humanitarian preparedness, response coordination, and policy development, with understanding of gender, protection, and international humanitarian standards.
• Strong communication skills in both English and French, ability to navigate complexity, lead high-performing teams, and influence stakeholders.
• Values-driven, committed to feminist principles, and passionate about advancing equality, resilience, and social justice across Africa.

Fair compensation package based on a 36-hour work week, including core benefits and global entitlements for internationally relocated staff. Flexible working arrangements available. Opportunity to shape humanitarian action in Africa and develop career in a global movement.

Oxfam is a global movement working together to end the injustice of poverty, tackling inequality that keeps people poor. Oxfam in Africa is a continental platform overseeing country offices, working with partners to create a more equal Africa by challenging power structures that perpetuate inequality and injustice.