New Partnerships Advisor

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

Do you have experience in building partnerships with donors such as Multilateral Development Banks, Gulf donors or climate funds?

Do you have strong relationship management and networking skills, including influencing and negotiation at senior levels?

Do you have experience developing business cases and identifying new funding opportunities

Does new funding modalities like innovative finance and blended finance interests you?

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

The Role:

Oxfam GB is looking for a New Partnerships Advisor to support the identification, development, and management of new and diverse institutional donor partnerships. The role focuses on engaging non-traditional donors such as Multilateral Development Banks, Gulf donors, and climate funds, as well as innovative financing mechanisms.

You will play a key role in implementing business development strategies, building strategic relationships, strengthening Oxfam’s global positioning, and identifying high-value funding opportunities. The role involves close collaboration with programme, technical, and influencing teams across the Oxfam confederation to ensure a strong and coherent value proposition to donors.

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:

• Strong experience in donor account management, particularly with non-traditional funding partners such as Multilateral Development Banks, Gulf donors, climate funds, and innovative financing mechanisms
• Excellent interpersonal, networking, and negotiation skills with the ability to influence and build relationships at senior levels
• Proven experience in building and maintaining partnerships and securing outcomes through successful negotiations
• Ability to initiate donor engagement, identify opportunities, and represent organisational priorities effectively
• Strong analytical skills, including experience developing business cases in development, humanitarian, or social enterprise contexts
• Experience working across teams and influencing without direct line management authority
• Knowledge of emerging donor trends and ability to translate insights into strategic opportunities

Desirable:

• Experience with innovative funding models such as impact investing, blended finance, or public-private partnerships
• Familiarity with Gulf donors, World Bank processes, or climate financing mechanisms
• Additional language skills (e.g. Arabic or French)

We offer:

We offer a competitive salary and a range of additional benefits to staff including flexible working options, generous pension scheme, annual leave, additional leave allowances, company sick pay, life assurance and a range of other benefits.

From the day you join Oxfam we invite you to stretch and learn in your role. Our wide range of Learning & Development opportunities includes in-house courses, e-learning modules, on-the job learning opportunities, coaching and mentoring, and much more.

You can read more about all Oxfam has to offer here.

Flexfam:

We believe flexible working is key to building the Oxfam of the future, so we’re open to talking through the type of flexible arrangements which might work for you. We think this role would work particularly well as hybrid role with partial home-based working, in line with Oxfam GB’s flexible working approach.

How to apply:

As part of your online application, please upload your up to date CV and Cover Letter explaining your suitability against the essential criteria in the job profile.