How does Oxfam recruit staff?
Firstly, find a job that you are interested in applying for. Make sure you carefully read the job description since we will be assessing all candidates against the skills and experience that are detailed in the job profile.
All job profiles will contain information about the role, the salary, the location and most importantly, the type of skills and experiences that we are looking for. We receive thousands of applications a day for our vacancies so it is important that you match your skills and experiences to those required for the position.
Once you have applied for a role then all the candidates will be assessed against the criteria for the role; those candidates that do not meet the criteria required will be rejected.
Once we have selected a small number of the very best candidates then they will be invited to some form of assessment for the post. This is often a telephone interview in the first instance followed by either a face-to-face or videoconference interview.
As part of the assessment process you may also be asked to undertake a number of case study assessments, verbal and numerical reasoning tests, personality questionnaire or group exercise. These are designed to give the candidates the best opportunity to demonstrate their skills and experiences in relation to the position.
Once candidates have been assessed then we will normally inform unsuccessful candidates in approximately 7 – 10 days; successful candidates will normally be contacted directly to discuss the opportunity further and to agree a start date.
