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DEPARTMENT PURPOSE
The Influencing and Engagement hub focuses on achieving systemic change and
impact using Oxfam’s presence at every level from local to regional and global, aligned with the vision of the global strategic framework and horizon roadmap. It seeks to support the influencing of and engagement with audiences around the world – through action and by generating financial support – to fight inequality to end poverty and injustice.
TEAM PURPOSE
The Oxfam International Public Fundraising Team supports the Oxfam confederation with
strategic leadership to accelerate unrestricted income growth as a key enabler to deliver our 2030 Strategic ambitions.
JOB PURPOSE
To drive strategic growth in supporter retention and lifetime value across the Oxfam confederation, supporting affiliates to embed data-led, audience-centered supporter journeys that strengthen long-term unrestricted income. This role leads high-impact initiatives, plays a key role in advancing our global public fundraising strategy and builds global capacity through knowledge sharing and innovation.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES (Technical, Leadership, People and Resource management)
- Lead global strategic fundraising initiatives to strengthen donor retention and supporter journeys across the Oxfam confederation, with a focus on maximizing supporter lifetime value and growing unrestricted income.
- Optimize fundraising performance across key channels (email, digital, telephone, and offline) by embedding best practice, testing innovations, and enabling affiliates to improve retention performance. Can we not use brilliant basics jargon? JD has to last beyond the life of that strategy and make sense to externals in future
- Champion insight-led fundraising by translating data and supporter research into actionable strategies that improve retention rates, increase second gifts, and enhance conversion from acquisition to regular giving.
- Convene and facilitate global working and sharing spaces ideally led or co-led by affiliates fostering cross-affiliate collaboration, knowledge sharing, and community among retention and journeys practitioners.
- Build fundraising capacity across the confederation, including onboarding, facilitating mentoring from peers, and signposting to best practice.
- Maintain a strong external focus to identify and bring in fundraising best practices, trends, tools and innovations from across the nonprofit sector and beyond.
- Engage and influence senior stakeholders across Oxfam to champion donor-centered fundraising approaches and embed supporter retention as a core driver of income growth.
- Collaborate closely with colleagues, across the Public Fundraising and Influencing and Engagement Hub and especially the Recruitment Strategy Partner, to ensure alignment and integration of supporter journeys across the funnel.
How to apply
Please upload an up-to-date CV and a covering letter, clearly explaining your suitability against the essential criteria of the role. Please Click Here to apply.
Kindly note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted- usually within 2 weeks of the closing date.