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Oxfam is a global movement of people working together to end the injustice of poverty.
The Role
As Oxfam’s Social Media Manager, you will play a central role in shaping how our audiences experience, understand and engage with our mission. You will lead the day-to-day planning, delivery and optimisation of social media activity across our key business areas — including campaigning, fundraising, public engagement and retail — ensuring every post, story and interaction reflects our organisational priorities and strengthens our brand.
You will be responsible for aligning daily social content with core activity and brand messaging, maintaining high standards across all channels, and ensuring best-practice approaches are consistently applied. Working closely with teams across Oxfam, you will help bring our work to life online, grow meaningful engagement, and support the impact of our campaigns and income-generating activity.
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 Have
- Demonstrable specific experience and knowledge of major social media platforms and their technical requirements.
- Experience of planning, delivering and project-managing social media activity on behalf of a brand or organisation.
- Understanding and demonstrable ability to develop and deliver strong digital marketing activities with a focus on fundraising, campaigning, retail and engagement.
- Experience of using audience insight and performance data to inform strategies and optimise results.
- Strong copywriting, content creation, editing and communication skills, with the ability to adapt tone, messaging and formats to different channels and audiences.
- Experience of building engagement and understanding how to create content that drives action.
- Strong administrative and organisational skills, with the ability to manager competing priorities, work to deadlines and deliver high-quality outputs in a fast-paced environment.
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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.
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.
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.
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We are committed to ensuring diversity and gender equality within our organisation and encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply.
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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