The Senior Researcher will support the efforts of Oxfam’s programs and campaigns pertaining to issues involving the private sector by conceiving of, conducting, managing, and supporting research that advances the private sector strategy. In particular, research efforts will focus on understanding how the private sector can be more responsible in respecting labor and human rights, paying living wages and income within their supply chains, practicing more sustainable agricultural practices, and reducing inequality, political capture and greenhouse gas emissions. The Senior Researcher will focus on how corporations drive inequality and how to structure corporations in a way that is more equitable and inclusive. The Senior Researcher will also seek to drive cross-cutting research that links issues of business and human rights and poverty to Oxfam’s efforts around inequality and racial and gender justice.

The Senior Researcher will be responsible for disseminating research products and findings, and for projecting Oxfam’s thought leadership on these issues into the wider community of practice.
The position will also be responsible for providing strategic advice on campaign and programmatic efforts that seek to drive changes in the private sector and to meet the needs of low-income people and communities in a sustainable manner. In this respect, the position is expected to engage in fundraising and policy formulation, as well as campaign and program development.
The Senior Researcher will also lead the department’s monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) strategies and activities to strengthen the knowledge base and thought leadership capabilities of PSD by working with the team to ensure that quarterly reports, annual operating plan reviews and evaluations are regularly conducted on PSD’s work.