EDITORIAL MANAGER

JOB DETAILS
DIVISION: Impact TEAM: Evidence and Strategic Learning

LOCATION: Oxford, UK or flexible CONTRACT TYPE: 6 months Fixed Term Contract

(see below)

GRADE: C JOB FAMILY: Communications

SALARY: £34,098-£41,676 (national HOURS: 36

scale dependent on location)

FLEXIBLE WORKING
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 well as a full-time
job connected with our Oxford, UK office. 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.

DIVISION PURPOSE: We will tackle the root causes of poverty and suffering working in solidarity with people
and partners in fragile contexts and by addressing some of the world’s most pressing barriers to equality.
TEAM PURPOSE: The Evidence and Strategic Learning Team contributes to shaping and communicating
Oxfam Great Britain’s understanding and experiences of policy and practice in ways that further a just and
sustainable future for all. It generates evidence, curates and brokers knowledge and communicates for
impact across the confederation.
JOB PURPOSE: To work with authors and commissioning managers across Oxfam and its partners to
develop and shape publications. 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. Manage digital publishing processes to ensure broad dissemination
and discoverability.

POST HOLDER REPORTS TO Head of Communications for Impact

JOBS REPORTING TO THIS POST None

BUDGET RESPONSIBILITY No
DIMENSIONS OF THE ROLE

• Make a significant and strategic contribution to the development of publications which increase
the impact and influence of Oxfam's policy and practice and that of its partners
• Work with authors and commissioning teams to ensure inclusive and intersectional language and
to improve the quality, accessibility and impact of publications and their findings

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 • Works independently to make decisions on content and to identify solutions to communications
challenges, willing to work ‘hands on’ and to trouble-shoot.
• Strong team-working and interpersonal skills including working well with others from different
cultures and contexts.
• Ensures all content and the way in which we work aligns with our values and with a decolonial,
safe, anti-racist, intersectional feminist and partner led approach.
• Decisions have major impact on Oxfam’s public image.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
• Project manage the writing and development of Oxfam policy papers, campaign reports,
programme resources and other papers, including agreed support products, within budget and to
an agreed schedule
• Provide support, advice and training to other Oxfam teams on publishing processes
• Manage the flow of work and ongoing contracts with freelance editors, designers, and the
translations team
• Manage production tasks, including design and formatting, allocating document identifiers,
generating metadata and PDFs, and uploading papers to Oxfam’s digital repository
• Contribute to innovations which improve publication accessibility and reach and which remove
barriers in the editorial workflow
• Manage project costs related to publishing and oversee recharging where necessary

PERSON SPECIFICATION
Most importantly, every individual at Oxfam GB needs to be able to:
• Live our values of INCLUSION, ACCOUNTABILITY and EMPOWERMENT (read more about these here).

• Ensure you commit to our ORGANISATIONAL ATTRIBUTES (including adhering to the Code of Conduct):

1. Be committed to our feminist principles, and to 2. Be committed to undertaking Oxfam’s

applying them in your day-to-day behaviour and safeguarding training and adhering to relevant
your work. Be ready to keep learning, with policies, to ensure all people who come into Oxfam
accountability to those who experience oppression are as safe as possible.
as a result of their identities, such as their
gender, race/ethnicity, disability, class, or
LGBTQIA identity."

Experience, Knowledge & Competencies

Essential

For this role, we have selected three of the most relevant feminist leadership practices which we will
use for assessment purposes (which you can read more about here):

• Self-Awareness
• Mutual accountability
• Strategic Thinking and Judgment
In addition, an ideal candidate will also have:

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 • Excellent project management skills and the proven ability to work effectively under pressure and
with constrained deadlines and budgets.
• Excellent communications skills and the ability to work with a range of stakeholders from different
countries and contexts across a large and complex organisation and to manage risk and sensitive
issues with care.
• Strong editorial skills, including copy-editing and proofreading.
• Proven ability to assess the writing (content and quality) of others.
• Good understanding, commitment to and ideally experience with embedding and continuously
learning to embed a decolonial, safe, anti-racist, intersectional feminist and partner led approach
in your work.
• Fluent written and spoken English.

Desirable
• Experience with light graphic design, infographics and data visualization.
• Experience of structural editing and re-writing.
• Ability to work in Oxfam GB’s other official languages (French, Arabic or Spanish) and/or in other
world languages.
• Good working knowledge and understanding of international policy issues including humanitarian
issues, inequality, conflict, and human rights.
• Lived experiences with intersecting systems of oppression, with knowledge and experience of
how power and privilege play out in the countries we work with, including the UK.

Safer recruitment: All offers of employment are subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening
checks (which can include counterterrorism, safeguarding and criminal records checks). You can find out what
this means here.
DBS CHECK REQUIRED No

FOR HR USE ONLY

Graded and reviewed by: Lee Sanders

Job Title: HR Business Partner Date:28/03/2023

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