Oxfam
Location
Remote | United Kingdom
Job description
Oxfam is a global movement of people working together to end the injustice of poverty.
Do you have experience and knowledge of digital accessibility with a passion for digital inclusion?
Do you have good communication and collaboration skills?
Do you have ability to perform user research and analyse results?
Create sketch personas and user-journey maps.
Create wireframes and prototypes.
Support project teams as an expert authority on Human Centred Design.
If the answer is yes, then we would like to hear from you.
In recent times, we’ve made some really positive changes to improve digital user experience, and we are now looking for someone to join our busy team for an initial 12 months, to oversee the day to day execution and continuous improvement of user experience across Oxfam GB' digital channels and to champion UX practice across the organisation.
You’ll be a key contact for colleagues across Oxfam GB, providing user-experience design solutions to problems/tasks and projects as well as guidance and advice on user experience design and research.
You’ll need to be data driven, confident conducting research, creating sketch personas and user-journey maps, and be an authority on digital accessibility.
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:
Empathy for users.
Experience and knowledge of digital accessibility with a passion for digital inclusion.
Communication and collaboration with other team members.
Organisation and prioritisation of project tasks and responsibilities.
Ability to think critically about user needs.
Ability to perform user research and analyse results.
Wireframing and prototyping skills.
Capable of using industry standard software such as Figma and Adobe XD.
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 a part-time, job share, partially home-based.
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.
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.
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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£36.83k - £45.84k per annum
