Oxfam is a global movement of people working together to end the injustice of poverty.

Are you a passionate and skilled developer capable of aiding in the design and development of complex and bespoke enterprise cloud solutions?

Do you want your skills to be used for the greater good, to support Oxfam in their mission to end poverty?

Do you think outside the box and find innovative solutions?

The Role:

Oxfam Great Britain is looking for a Senior Developer to work within the Rapid Application Development (RAD) team and deliver complex bespoke enterprise cloud solutions. This is an exciting opportunity to work within a well-established, friendly and supportive agile team.

The RAD team works within a scrum framework, which you will be expected to become an active member of. You will work primarily within this team, but also alongside wider Oxfam technical and non-technical teams, as well as third party development teams, with a focus on ensuring we continue to deliver value to the organisation.

Candidates must be based in the UK and have the right to work in the UK.

What we are looking for:

We are looking for a candidate who cares about Oxfam’s mission to end poverty, is personally aligned to the values of empowerment, accountability, and inclusion in all you do and our feminist leadership principles.

The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate that they can be a technical champion within the team, capable of having design responsibilities and able to develop modern cloud systems.

You should have the following:

• Confidence of own technical ability, enabling you to work independently when needed, but also self-aware and able to make a positive impact on others in the team.
• Significant experience in C# and .NET
• Significant experience in SQL and MS-SQL in particular
• Strong interpersonal skills; confident in interacting with both Technical Teams and Product Owners.
• Proven experience with cloud technologies, ideally Azure.
• REST Web API

Additional desirable, but not essential, knowledge includes:

• Jira
• Cloud message queue systems
• Git
• Secure design patterns
• Oracle Commerce Cloud
• Azure function apps
• CI/CD
• Unit testing

We may close the vacancy earlier if we have sufficient applicants.

We offer:

This role will give you an opportunity to make a difference in some of Oxfam’s key public facing platforms as well as making a difference to how our platforms work together, and to work with a group of passionate people that are specialists in their fields. The role offers great potential for skills development, competitive pay and benefits package. 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 hybrid or homeworking.

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.

How to apply:

As part of your online application, please upload your up-to-date CV and a covering letter explaining your suitability against the essential criteria in the job profile.

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.