Transcript David Benson, International Recruitment team

Oxfam GB
Engaging Diaspora Skills
Thursday 12th July
David Benson
Resourcing Manager
International HR
Information about Recruitment
2006 / ‘07
791 vacancies
filled
2,431 successful
hires in 2006 / 07
78,813
Registered
candidates
53% of new hires
were female
34% were male
83,918
job applications
received
37% Internal
Recruitment
80%
of all recruitment
is via the Internet
How do we advertise our jobs?
ONLINE
Oxfam
Careers
Job
Boards
NEWS
PAPERS
MAGAZINES
Oxfam GB in Africa
Horn, East and Central Africa
West Africa
• Democratic Republic of Congo
• Chad
• Eritrea
• Ghana
• Ethiopia
• Liberia
• Kenya
• Mali
• North Sudan
• Mauritania
• Rwanda
• Niger
• Somaliland
• Nigeria
• South Sudan
• Senegal
• Tanzania
• Sierra Leone
• Uganda
Southern Africa
• Angola
4,378 Staff
• Malawi
• Mozambique
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe
24
Countries
631
vacancies
Oxfam GB in Africa
Opportunities
• Oxfam focuses on ‘Growing Our Own’ – developing
national staff for Country and Regional roles
• Lots of jobs, in lots of different disciplines
• Easy access to jobs – online advertising (so its not
just limited to advertising in Africa)
• Flexible approach to interviewing (telephone, web,
video etc.)
• Developing wider networks for talent sourcing learning institutions, internships and volunteers
• Affirmative Action: Ensuring that our work force is
representative of the communities in which we work
Oxfam GB in Africa
Challenges
• Recruiting people from the region
• Difficulties in recruiting women
• Finding talent for certain skills (Water Engineers,
Livelihood specialists and Programme Managers)
• Targeting the right people through our current
recruitment methods
• Quickly finding available skills during scale ups
• Competition with other agencies - NGOs,
governments, donor organisations, private sector
for the same skills
Oxfam GB in Africa
Further Information
Our online career site at:
www.oxfam.org.uk/jobs