Meet the team in Scotland

Jamie Livingstone

Jamie was appointed Head of Oxfam Scotland in late 2013 having joined as Campaigns and Communications Manager in 2011. Jamie was previously a print and broadcast journalist, including Political Correspondent on STV News. In his current role, he oversees Oxfam’s policy, advocacy, campaigns and communications in Scotland, as well as our project activity. Jamie is also a Director of Stop Climate Chaos Scotland and plays a leading role within the Disasters Emergency Committee in Scotland.

jlivingstone@oxfam.org.uk |  0141 285 8854 | @JamiePolitics

Kenneth Watt

Kenneth joined Oxfam Scotland in March 2019 and leads the design and delivery of Oxfam’s campaigns, communications and advocacy in Scotland. Prior to starting with Oxfam, he was an adviser to an MSP and the Scottish Labour party, managing digital and media communications and a range of campaigns.

kwatt1@oxfam.org.uk | 0141 285 8871

Rhiannon Sims

Rhiannon is Research & Policy Officer for Oxfam’s UK Poverty Programme in Scotland. Rhiannon’s work focuses on furthering Oxfam’s research on decent work and developing policy proposals for tackling poverty and inequality in Scotland. Rhiannon also works closely with colleagues at the University of West of Scotland as part of the UWS-Oxfam partnership. Prior to joining Oxfam, Rhiannon worked as a Policy Officer for Citizens Advice Scotland, specialising in social security benefits.

rsims1@oxfam.org.uk | 0141 285 8859

Peppy Sparrow

psparrow1@oxfam.org.uk | 0141 285 8864

Adrian Doherty

Adrian’s long-term voluntary role involves publishing press releases & events to our blog; creating & editing images & video; looking after our full suite of digital assets & social networks, particularly out-of-hours; helping support staff & volunteers in all aspects of social & digital media. He also works full-time in his own day-job as an experienced IT professional.

adoherty@oxfam.org.uk | 07796 918007

Sara Cowan

Sara works with campaign teams around the world supporting the implementation of campaigns on the most urgent humanitarian crises of our times. These campaigns work to ensure people affected by conflicts & disasters have a right to live in safety & dignity, free from violence, to have clean water, shelter & food, & for people to have to be heard & to take control of their own lives.

scowan1@oxfam.org.uk | 07557 205295 | @sara_cowan

Lindsey McColl

Substantive Role: Lindsay manages monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning (MEAL) in the Campaigns, Policy and Influencing Team (CPIT). She does work on research, publishing, the domestic UK poverty programme, global campaigning, advocacy, government relations, private sector and campaigns participation. Lindsay is also the co-chair of the Influencing MEL Working Group, a confederation-wide group of MEL colleagues who help support the MEL Governance Group in setting the direction of MEL influencing.

Current Role: Lindsay is currently the Head of Operations (Acting). She leads a team who plan and coordinate activities and resources to achieve the CPIT team’s goals. They achieve this by planning and managing finances and obtaining restricted funding for key projects.

lmccoll@oxfam.org.uk | 0141 285 8853

Sarah Watson

Sarah’s role is to lead the global campaigns team working to our food and climate justice campaign. She develops public engagement strategies for Oxfam GB and Oxfam International, particularly around key global decision making moments. Sarah’s team also works to support smaller affiliates and Southern countries to build their capacity to deliver effective campaigns.

sawatson@oxfam.org.uk  | 0141 285 8888