Job Opportunity: Team Coordinator (INT11693).
JOB PURPOSE:
The Cluster Leadership Team (CLT) Coordinator provides senior strategic coordination, governance support, executive workflow management, and organisational effectiveness leadership for the Southern Africa (SAF) Cluster Leadership Team.
The role is responsible for strengthening the strategic and operational effectiveness of the Cluster Director and Cluster Leadership Team by ensuring that leadership systems, governance processes, strategic planning cycles, decision-making structures, and cross-functional coordination mechanisms are highly organised, disciplined, and responsive to the evolving priorities of Oxfam’s regional operating model.
Operating under the Cluster Director, the role serves as the principal coordination and governance support function for the CLT, acting as the central point for leadership planning, documentation, accountability tracking, information management, internal coordination, and strategic process management. It ensures that leadership decisions are effectively prepared, communicated, implemented, monitored, and institutionalised.
The role plays a critical enabling function within Oxfam’s regional transformation by strengthening internal coherence, reducing fragmentation, improving leadership discipline, and ensuring that strategic priorities translate into coordinated action across a highly matrixed, decentralised, and partner-led regional structure.
Operating without direct line management responsibility, the role requires high professional autonomy, exceptional organisational capability, systems thinking, executive coordination skills, and strong political and institutional awareness.
Through strategic governance support, workflow discipline, leadership facilitation, and systems strengthening, the CLT Coordinator significantly enhances Oxfam’s leadership effectiveness, strategic coherence, institutional accountability, and regional organisational performance across Southern Africa.
ESSENTIAL
- Bachelor’s degree in one of the following fields, namely Human Resources, Business Administration, Project Management, Development Studies, Social Sciences or a related discipline. Progress towards a professional qualification in project management such as PRINCE2, PMP or equivalent is an asset.
- Minimum of five (5) years progressive experience in (a) Project coordination or programme management, (b) Planning, monitoring, and reporting systems, (c) Administrative or operational support in complex environments.
- Strong organisational and planning skills.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Experience working in multi-country or multi-stakeholder environments.
- High attention to detail and problem-solving ability.
- Ability to work independently and proactively.
Organizational Values
- Accountability – Our purpose-driven, results-focused approach means we take responsibility for our actions and hold ourselves accountable. We believe that others should also be held accountable for their actions.
- Self-Awareness-We are able to develop a high degree of self-awareness around our own strengths and weaknesses and our impact on others. Our self- awareness enables us to moderate and self-regulate our behaviours to control and channel our impulses for good purposes
- Decisiveness- We are comfortable to make transparent decisions and to adapt decision making modes to the context and needs.
- Relationship Building- We understand the importance of building relationship, within and outside the organization. We have the ability to engage with traditional and non-traditional stakeholders in ways that lead to increased impact for the organisation.
- Systems Thinking- We view problems as parts of an overall system and in their relation to the whole system, rather than reacting to a specific part, outcome or event in isolation. We focus on cyclical rather than linear cause and effect. By consistently practicing systems thinking we are aware of and manage well unintended consequences of organisational decisions and actions.
Desirable
- Postgraduate qualification or certification in: (a) Project Management (e.g. PRINCE2, PMP or equivalent), (b) Organisational Development, and Development Studies or related field.
- Training in Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL), Partnership management or localisation approaches, or facilitation, coordination, or team leadership desirable.
- Experience in INGOs or partner-led development models.
- Knowledge of Southern Africa regional context.
- Experience working with localisation and decolonial approaches.
- Portuguese language capability.
The closing date is Thursday, 06th August 2026.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Oxfam is an equal opportunities employer, we are committed to ensuring diversity and gender equality within our organisation.
If your qualifications meet the requirements, and believe in Oxfam values- please apply by visiting our website at : https://jobs.oxfam.org.uk/jobs/vacancy/team-coordinator-int11693/24860/description/
