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. 

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.

We are committed to ensuring diversity and gender equality within our organisation and encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply.

OUR WORK IN ETHIOPIA

Since the early 1970s, we have been working to address the underlying causes of poverty and marginalization by focusing on developing sustainable livelihoods, providing water and sanitation, agriculture, climate research, gender, and humanitarian issue.

Team Purpose

To provide a professional, business-focused organizational development and human resource management service, delivering a proactive solutions-based approach for resolving issues and ensuring that staff are effectively managed and developed to deliver organizational results, which are focused on developing capacity.

OBJECTIVE OF THE INTERNSHIP

The internship program is designed to provide a unique professional development opportunity for fresh graduates. The program will help address the future workforce needs within Oxfam GB in particular and also aims to increase the role and participation of women. The program intends to recruit and onboard highly motivated individuals who have an interest in areas relevant to the organization in an internship program.

The intern will be given assignments on different grants and partnership-related issues, including report editing, desktop research, review of secondary literature and developing summary outcome documents, note taking in review meetings, etc.

Based on the need, to contribute to the organization’s mission while at the same time focusing on meeting their developmental needs and providing an opportunity to explore careers and develop and learn skills on the job.

Role Description  

The Grants and Partnership Intern will be delivering:

• Review the different draft reports, edit, compile, and finalize the reports as necessary
• Review various internal and external assessment reports, support in copyediting and developing succinct reports
• Attend different internal and external meetings, and support the development of proceedings
• Desktop research, including donor/partner mapping, identification of relevant research/secondary documents that will be relevant for proposal development
• Support the Grants Coordinator, Sr. Offices in the day-to-day management of the tasks

  TECHNICAL SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE

•   Degree from a recognized University or College in Economics, Development Studies, English Literate, and other social science-related subjects 
• High proficiency in English, including copy editing and writing skills
• Fresh graduates with no experience
• Strong desire to grow professionally
• Have good communication skills 
• Ability to work under pressure
• Energetic and able to grasp new ideas.
• Computer literate (MS Word, PowerPoint, Excel)

Other

• Required to adhere to Oxfam’s principles and values as well as the promotion of gender justice and women's rights
• Understanding of and commitment to adhere to equity, diversity, gender, child safety, and staff health and well-being principles 

Key Attributes

• Ability to demonstrate sensitivity to cultural differences and gender issues, as well as the commitment to equal opportunities
• Ability to demonstrate an openness and willingness to learn about the application of gender/gender mainstreaming, women’s rights, and diversity for all aspects of development work
• Commitment to Oxfam’s safeguarding policies to ensure all people who come into contact with Oxfam are as safe as possible

Most importantly, every individual at Oxfam GB needs to be able to:

Live our values of INCLUSION, ACCOUNTABILITY, EMPOWERMENT, SOLIDARITY, COURAGE, AND EQUALITY 

Our Values 

• Equality: We believe everyone has the right to be treated fairly and to have the same rights and opportunities.
• Empowerment: We acknowledge and seek to expand people’s agency over their lives and the decisions that impact them.
• Solidarity: We join hands, support, and collaborate across boundaries in working towards a just and sustainable world.
• Inclusiveness: We embrace diversity and difference and value the perspectives and contributions of all people and communities in their fight against poverty and injustice. 
• Accountability: We take responsibility for our actions and inaction and hold ourselves accountable to the people we work with and for. 
• Courage: We speak truth to power and act with conviction on the justice of our causes.

What can this role offer the Intern?

 An opportunity to gain skills and experience in:

• An opportunity to gain skills and experience in Grants and Partnerships.
• Working in a team and being supported by your manager.
• Given a stipend to cover lunch and transportation.
• Working towards Oxfam’s goal of overcoming poverty and suffering.