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Careers at Oak Foundation

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Our working environment is diverse, inclusive, and engaging. Our team has a mix of expertise and experience in philanthropy and other sectors including: not-for-profits, finance, development, government, media, law, and academia, among others.

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    Zimbabwe Programme / Partner story

    Hand, heart, and soul: empowering Africa’s young workforce

    Through its partner network across Southern Africa, Young Africa offers vocational and entrepreneurship training to help support young people into work. 

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    Issues Affecting Women Programme / Partner story

    The new media moguls: community journalists

    Oak Foundation partner Media Matters for Women uses the power of radio show to reach people across rural Sierra Leone 

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    Oak Foundation Denmark / Partner story

    How a Danish food initiative is transforming lives

    Junkfood is a Danish not-for-profit organisation providing warm, nutritious meals to people experiencing homelessness in Copenhagen. 

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    What evidence is there on the impact of core funding?

    Oak Foundation often gives core-support grants because we believe in the advantages that this type of funding brings. It gives our partners flexibility, freeing them to focus on their most pressing needs and support their own development. 

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    Housing and Homelessness Programme / Partner story

    Bringing hidden homelessness into the light

    Through housing, health, and wellbeing support, Justlife helps people in the UK move beyond homelessness to find permanent, secure homes. 

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Our current job openings

 

Programme Officer – Issues Affecting Women Programme

Oak’s new Programme Officer for the Issues Affecting Women Programme will lead grant-making, shape funding priorities, and collaborate with global partners to support women and girls to be safe, free, and have an equal opportunity to thrive.

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Head of Zimbabwe Programme

The head of the Zimbabwe Programme will make a meaningful difference by overseeing a grant-making programme that contributes to prosperous, inclusive, and sustainable communities. Could this be you?

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Oak Foundation / General guidelines

Selection and recruitment process guidelines

At Oak Foundation we invest a great deal of time and diligence into our recruitment selection process. It is important to us that you are familiar with our selection process and know what will happen next. Read more about our process steps in our Selection and recruitment process guidelines.

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Our commitment to diversity at Oak

We are committed to fostering an environment where everyone can thrive. We celebrate each person for who they are and what they bring to their roles at Oak. We believe that great ideas can come from anyone at any level of the organisation. We believe that innovation, creativity, and growth take place best in an environment that promotes healthy debate and rewards divergent opinions.

Data protection notice

The protection of your privacy is important to us. In our Job applicant privacy notice policy we explain how and why Oak Foundation uses the personal information we collect when you visit our websites or apply for a grant. By visiting Oak Foundation’s websites/systems, you consent to our use of this information in this way.

This policy ensures Oak Foundation:

  • complies with data protection regulation and follows good practices;
  • protects the rights of individuals who access our websites/systems;
  • is open about how it stores and processes individuals’ data on our websites/systems; and
  • protects itself from the risks of a data breach.
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