LEARNING AT OXFAM
2017 CATALOG
DEAR OXFAM FAMILY, Welcome to Oxfam’s FY17 Learning Catalog! Wherever you work and whatever you do to deliver on Oxfam’s mission, we hope this global Learning Catalog provides you with the learning opportunities and experiences you need. As we enter the next stage of Oxfam integration, it is abundantly clear that a new Oxfam requires new skills, knowledge and attitudes. Our challenge is to unlearn old ways of working, while at the same time trying out new ways. This type of learning requires more than just a threeday course. Within the Learning Catalog you will find many different ways to support your personal and professional growth and development. More and more learning is taking place virtually, globally, and delivered at your moment of need. Therefore, Oxfam is doubling our focus on online course offerings and on-demand learning. We have invested in the design of a Global Learning Management System (LMS) called Learning at Oxfam, to provide you with more interactive, accessible learning opportunities. I would like to personally invite you to take advantage of all that Learning at Oxfam has to offer. I also welcome any comments or questions you may have, so feel free to contact me directly at bridget.snell@oxfam. org. With kind regards, Bridget Leigh Snell Head of the Learning and Organizational Development Global Shared Service
2017 CATALOG WELCOME TO OXFAM Welcome to Oxfam Being an Oxfam Team
LEADERSHIP AT OXFAM Campaigns and Advocacy Leadership Program Gender Leadership Program Leading across Boundaries Leadership Intervention Leading from Where You Sit Program Leadership Journey
managing people Managing People at Oxfam Managing People at Oxfam (Online)
PROGRAM SKILLS AT OXFAM Gender Justice at Oxfam: An Introduction
COACHING AND MENTORING Program Leadership Coaching Mentoring Exchange Program Workplace Coaching Program Workplace Coach Training
learning online Learning at Oxfam disasterready.org nonprofitready.org
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YOUR JOURNEY STARTS HERE. The first days of an employee’s time with Oxfam are among the most important. Welcome to Oxfam is our comprehensive induction resource. It has been carefully designed to get new staff—and their managers—off to sound, rewarding starts. 2
OFFERINGS WELCOME TO OXFAM Welcome to Oxfam is an essential part of any new staff’s introduction to Oxfam. This 90-minute online resource is packed with information about Oxfam’s origins, values, beliefs and ways of working. Whether you’ve just joined or have been with Oxfam for years, Welcome to Oxfam helps all staff better understand our far-reaching organization, our global work, and impact. Welcome to Oxfam is available in English. Spanish, French, and Arabic versions will be ready by December 2016.
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BEING AN OXFAM TEAM Being an Oxfam Team energizes new One Oxfam country teams to move confidently towards the vision of Oxfam 2020. Participants learn, practice, and embed ways of working as a team—including how to make decisions; how to resolve conflict, how to manage effective meetings, and how to build trust to enhance and accelerate their team effectiveness. Being an Oxfam Team pays particular attention to gender and diversity within the team. By the end of this experience, the new One Oxfam country team will better understand each other, identify key issues, and agree on ways and actions to tackle them. Being an Oxfam Team is intended for all new One Oxfam country teams and is available in English, French, and Spanish.
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Develop the leader within. Leadership is an invaluable, fundamental skill that all Oxfam staff should develop and hone. Whether you oversee an entire division or you’re at the start of your career, there are leadership courses available to suit your needs.
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OFFERINGS CAMPAIGNS AND ADVOCACY LEADERSHIP PROGRAM The Campaigns and Advocacy Leadership Program builds leadership skills needed to deliver Oxfam’s campaign and influencing agenda at the national, regional, or global level. Through this 10-month, multi-stage program, you can build your abilities and confidence to lead the design and implementation of campaigns and influence-oriented programs. Since 2011, The Campaigns and Advocacy Leadership Program has reached hundreds of staff across Oxfam. This program has proven value in building the mindset and skill set needed to become effective local to global influencers. The Campaigns and Advocacy Leadership Program is open to all Oxfam staff, partners, and allies who are playing leading roles in advocacy work. We are looking for a multi-disciplinary group of advocacy leaders, including digital campaigners, policy researchers, campaigners, lobbyists, grassroots and grass-top organizers, etc. We are looking for you. The Campaigns and Advocacy Leadership Program is available in English.
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GENDER LEADERSHIP PROGRAM All of us at Oxfam can create greater gender justice in the world- and from anywhere we sit. Whether you are in operations, fundraising, IT or working on humanitarian, influencing or long-term programs – we all have the ability to affect gender justice in our own personal and professional lives. The Gender Leadership Program is a two to five-day course that helps you build the necessary skills to advocate, champion and lead on gender justice within your sphere of influence. The course is for people of all genders. A practical approach is the hallmark of this course, and it enables you to design real-life interventions that can affect gender justice. Originally designed and delivered to staff in Asia (2009), the Gender Leadership Program is now available in countries and regions across the globe. Whether or not you have experience on gender justice, the Gender Leadership Program is right for you and your work at Oxfam. We are counting on you, come join us! The Gender Leadership Program is available in English, French, and Spanish.
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leading across boundaries Successful global leadership requires the ability to manage and lead complex matrix and multi-dimensional matrix teams. Leading across Boundaries, the 2016 Kenny Award-winning course, presents the known success factors for making matrix and multi-dimensional organizations work. During this highly interactive three-day course you will build skills in the areas of collaboration, trust and effective teamwork. You learn, practice and teach key concepts, tools and skills that are needed to successfully navigate two, three and four dimensional matrix organizations. Delivered to over four hundred senior Oxfam leaders, including fourteen executive directors, Leading across Boundaries is an essential curriculum for all senior-level Oxfam staff working with or designing complex organizational matrix. Leading across Boundaries is available in English, French, and Spanish.
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LEADERSHIP AT OXFAM (WORKING TITLE) This new leadership development offer supports Oxfam leaders in country and regions to become catalysts for achieving collective impact in a changing organization and changing world. You will engage in a leadership experience based on Oxfam’s Leadership Model. Leadership at Oxfam focuses on key themes, such as collaboration and shared leadership; power and leading in a volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous world. Participants work with personal and organizational challenges; reflective approaches; shared learning and focus on transferring learning into day-to-day work. Leadership at Oxfam is intended for Oxfam Country Directors, Regional Directors, and senior leaders at country and regional level. In late 2016 we will advertise this offer. This new offer is replacing Oxfam’s Leadership Development Progam.
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LEADING FROM WHERE YOU SIT To achieve Oxfam’s mission, capable leadership is needed at all levels. Leading from Where You Sit is a three-day course that brings an Oxfam leadership experience and conversation to all staff. Leading from Where You Sit introduces non-people managers to the strategies needed to develop effective communication, conflict resolution, and problem solving skills. Participants are given the opportunity to practice and apply management and leadership concepts to real-life Oxfam cases and situations, as well as exchange experience and learn from their peers. Delivered to Oxfam staff since 2013, Leading from Where You Sit has proven its value in building leadership perspectives in staff across the world. Make Leading from Where You Sit part of your own professional learning plan. Leading from Where You Sit is available in English, French, and Spanish.
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PROGRAM LEADERSHIP JOURNEY To achieve Oxfam’s mission in today’s world requires new ways of working and programming. Oxfam staff and partners are more equal, and Oxfam’s role within countries is changing. These changes require a fundamental shift in the DNA of how we think and how we program on the ground. The Program Leadership Journey is a customized, five-month learning journey built for Oxfam program teams seeking to transform how we design and lead programs with partners. The Program Leadership Journey takes a blended approach to learning by utilizing online and face-to-face sessions, mentoring, coaching and accompaniment, which enable everyone to learn and grow together. The Program Leadership Journey is light and affordable and yields great value for the money. For more impactful and influential programs, for the ability to do more, and to truly lead in today’s world—take the Program Leadership Journey. The Program Leadership Journey is currently available in English, and will be available in Spanish, French, and Arabic by December 2016.
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MANAGE THE FUTURE. Being a people manager is one of the most challenging—yet rewarding— jobs at Oxfam. You have a significant impact on individual, team, and organizational performance. Oxfam is committed to investing in your becoming a GREAT manager - a manager who is looked up to and valued by your staff. 14
OFFERINGS MANAGING PEOPLE AT OXFAM Managing people is one of the most important jobs in any global organization. Managers must find the very best staff, motivate them, provide direction, establish priorities, and create an environment where everyone can succeed. Managing People at Oxfam is a three- to four-day face-to-face course designed to help you build the necessary skills to manage individuals and teams. Managing People at Oxfam gives you a rich opportunity to learn with and from other Oxfam managers. We encourage all people managers throughout the organization to make Managing People at Oxfam a significant part of their ongoing professional development. Managing People at Oxfam is available in English, French, and Spanish.
MANAGING PEOPLE AT OXFAM (ONLINE) The online version of Managing People at Oxfam provides you with the flexibility to learn important skills and strategies of people management at your own pace and in your own time. Over an eight-week period, you will be given the opportunity to work with an experienced course facilitator and to learn with a global group of Oxfam managers. With only a two- to threehour commitment each week, you can build the necessary skills to manage individuals and teams. Managing People at Oxfam - Online is available in English, French, and Spanish.
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PROGRAMs. empowered. At Oxfam, our programs are at the heart of what we do. They represent our greatest impact on the lives of the people we seek to serve, and they speak most directly to our fundamental mission: to end poverty and injustice. Learn how to lead and implement programs for maximum impact by taking advantage of our program skills offers. 16
OFFERINGS GENDER JUSTICE AT OXFAM: AN INTRODUCTION Gender Justice is at the heart of Oxfam’s work to challenge inequality, exclusion and injustice. Gender Justice at Oxfam: An Introduction is a 90-minute online course that enables all Oxfam staff to explore what Gender Justice means to you and to your work at Oxfam. Launched in 2014, Gender Justice at Oxfam has been taken by over 1,000 staff and partners across the world. Whether you are delivering programs in a country, working in operations, or advocating with your government—Gender Justice at Oxfam is for you. We cannot do this work without you. Take Gender Justice at Oxfam today. Gender Justice at Oxfam: An Introduction is available in Arabic, English, French, and Spanish.
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YOUR JOURNEY IS JUST GETTING STARTED. Learning takes place not just in a classroom or on a laptop; sometimes, the greatest lessons come from the person sitting next to you. Oxfam’s coaching and mentoring pairs you with people who can unlock your learning potential. They also provide a chance for you to unlock the potential in others.
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OFFERINGS PROGRAM LEADERSHIP COACHING Are you looking to build deeper self-awareness and seeking a safe space to think with someone else about the many opportunities and challenes you are facing? Program Leadership Coaching is a one-to-one coaching engagement which aims to support senior program staff and managers working on their effectiveness and performance. Participants receive eight coaching sessions over six to twelve months and delivered by an Oxfam certified coach. Program Leadership Coaching is ideal for staff in senior leadership roles at a time of significant and ongoing change. Program Leadership Coaching is meant for Country Directors and Senior Leadership staff across the confederation.
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MENTORING EXCHANGE PROGRAM Are you looking to make a significant advance in your knowledge, work, or thinking? Or are you looking to contribute your own knowledge and experience with others to help them grow in their careers? The Mentoring Exchange program provides resources and assistance needed to work with a mentor and/or to support a learner. Mentoring establishes a partnership between two people (mentor and mentee) normally working in a similar field or sharing similar experiences. The Mentoring Exchange program helps to establish this relationship based upon mutual trust and respect. Whether you would like to work with a mentor, or to become one, the Mentoring Exchange provides you with the support and resources you need to make the most of the experience. Mentoring Exchange is available for all interested staff.
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WORKPLACE COACHING PROGRAM Are you looking for an opportunity to move forward in your career or your life? Are you trying to be better at what you are doing today? Workplace Coaching is a structured process whereby a coach assists a coachee to explore their issues, consider options, and choose the most appropriate action within an agreed period of time. Workplace Coaching also helps you to look at the future and reflect on how you may achieve your personal, professional, and career goals. The Workplace Coaching Program pairs you with a workplace coach and prepares you for what to expect from the coaching experience. A typical coaching relationship lasts 8 coaching sessions. Each session is usually one to two hours long. Coaching usually takes place over Skype or the telephone. Workplace Coaching is delivered by Oxfam managers and advisors who have undergone an accredited coaching training program. Workplace Coaching is meant for Oxfam staff below the director level and is available in English, French, Spanish, Arabic, and Portuguese.
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WORKPLACE COACH TRAINING Do you have a passion and commitment for developing others? Are you interested in working towards an internationally-recognized qualification as a workplace coach? The Workplace Coach Training is a practical, experiential course designed to build your skills as a coach. The training is designed to fit into your day-to-day work and is delivered through 12 online classes and 2 group mentoring sessions of 90 minutes each. Over a 15-week engagement you can become an Oxfam Workplace Coach and part of a growing community of Oxfam coaches worldwide. Graduates are assigned to support Oxfam staff and volunteers interested in receiving coaching through the Workplace Coaching program. The Workplace Coach Training is meant for individuals who are committed and passionate about supporting other people’s development.
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ONLINE AND ON-demand. The learning universe is ever expanding - your opportunities aren’t limited to a single space, where you live, or what you do. Oxfam’s flagship learning platform - Learning at Oxfam - exists alongside industry-leading external learning hubs, bringing you what you need when you need it. 24
learning at oxfam elearning.oxfam.org Learning at Oxfam is Oxfam’s fully dedicated, global learning platform where you can access hundreds of quality learning materials related to leadership, people management, program and professional skills. Powered by Moodle, Learning at Oxfam provides you with the opportunity to find, connect and collaborate with instructors, trainers, and other staff learning and working in your areas of interest. Learning at Oxfam is an important tool for Oxfam people managers to connect staff with learning opportunities, and to support their personal and professional growth. Learning at Oxfam is available for all staff regardless of where you work or what you do. Learning opportunities are available in English, French, Spanish, Arabic, and Portuguese.
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PUBLIC ONLINE LEARNING DISASTERREADY.ORG DisasterReady.org is an open online learning community built to empower humanitarian workers responding to disasters and conflicts. Many of the courses are relevant to a broader international development audience. Developed in collaboration with leading aid agencies and humanitarian experts, DISASTERREADY.ORG makes cutting-edge professional development resources available for free to aid workers, volunteers and partners - anywhere, anytime. DisasterReady.Org’s online learning library of more than 400 training resources is constantly expanding and covers core topics such as Humanitarianism, Program/Operations, Protection, Staff Welfare, Management and Leadership, Staff Safety & Security, and Soft Skills.
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nonprofitready.org NONPROFITREADY.ORG is an open online learning community established to address the critical need for professional development in the nonprofit world. NONPROFITREADY.ORG leverages state-of-the-art learning technology to create an online career development tool that provides nonprofit staff, volunteers and partners with access to a collection of eLearning and other training resources at no cost. NONPROFITREADY.ORG provides customized curriculum to support the most common job families in the sector: Fundraising, Leadership, Accounting and Finance, Operations, Marketing and Communications, Volunteer Engagement, and Program Management.
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