Working at Oxfam
Working with us means joining a global community and using your skills to help tackle poverty worldwide.
Australia: Oxfam staff members ask for donations at the 31st Comedy Gala for the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Photo: Heidi Demond/Oxfam
Join us
Working at Oxfam is so much more than just a job.
It’s a chance to join a community of like-minded people tackling inequality and poverty together. Your skills and experience can make a difference to people living with poverty around the world.
Australia: St Kilda, Victoria: Members of OxGlam (Oxfam’s LGBTQIA+ and allies workforce group) walked loud and proud down Fitzroy Street, St Kilda as part of the 2025 Midsumma Festival.
Australia: Oxfam partnered with Gary Stevenson, and brought our Tax the Super Rich campaign, on his tour of Australia, where he shared his message of growing wealth inequality. Photo: Heidi Demond/Oxfam
If you:
- believe in our vision and values
- are committed to helping us achieve our organisational goals
- celebrate and embrace diversity
- are flexible and adaptable
- observe our codes of conduct and standards
Then we can offer you:
- the opportunity to have a career that really creates change
- a supportive and nurturing workplace with opportunities for career progression and development
- the chance to work with people who are among the best in their fields
- fair pay and great benefits
Australia: A group of Oxfam staff and volunteers prepare for the 31st Comedy Gala for the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Photo: Heidi Demond/Oxfam
Australia: Oxfam Australia staff members joined with other organisations in Melbourne for a Global Day of Action amid the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, calling on governments to stop sending arms to Israel and for a ceasefire.
Australia: Oxfam staff celebrate pride in head office. Photo: Heidi Deimond/Oxfam
Our values
Our culture is shaped by our values, which reinforce what we care about and how we do things, not just what we do. Our core values of equality, empowerment, solidarity, inclusiveness, accountability and courage drive everything we do at Oxfam.
Oxfam is committed to being a safe organisation and preventing any type of unwanted behaviour associated with our work including sexual exploitation, abuse or harassment, or any form of harm to children. Oxfam expects all staff and representatives to share this commitment through our Code of Conduct and Child Safeguarding Code of Conduct. We place a high priority on ensuring that we only recruit people who share and demonstrate our values.
Our commitment
At Oxfam Australia we are committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive and equitable culture where everyone’s rights are recognised and respected. Guided by feminist principles and core values, we embrace different perspectives and work to eliminate systemic inequities which perpetuate discrimination. We centre and amplify the voices of people with lived experience and work in solidarity to build a future where no-one lives in poverty.
Our commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is reflected in our actions. Oxfam Australia:
- supports employee-led committees
- promotes consultative ways of working and decision-making
- maintains a comprehensive enterprise agreement that prioritises employee well-being, as demonstrated through multiple leave types
- provides ongoing awareness and training on unconscious bias, inclusion and respectful workplace practices, ensuring alignment with Oxfam’s values
- ensures fair and accessible recruitment processes
Australia: The Kimberley Aboriginal Women’s Council launched their 2025-27 strategic plan at Parliament House in Canberra on 10th Feb 2025. The Council’s initiatives are designed to create social, cultural, and economic benefits for communities. Photo: Aimee Han/Oxfam
Current Vacancies
Australian work visas
Oxfam Australia will not recruit international candidates who do not hold visas permitting them to work in Australia. Oxfam Australia does not provide visa sponsorship.
For ongoing roles, candidates will be required to have a minimum of 2 years’ Australian work rights from the date of commencement of their employment with Oxfam Australia. For fixed term roles, candidates will be required to have work rights for the full duration of the contract.
Lao People's Democratic Republic: Oxfam in Laos staff member Bounthom visiting a family who has experienced multiple flash flooding events in recent years. Photo: Patrick Moran/Oxfam. Oxfam acknowledges the support of the Australian Government through the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT).
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