ILGA World is hiring an Advocacy Senior Manager – a leadership role ensuring that our advocacy work remains intersectional, impactful, evidence-based, and aligned with the organisation’s strategic plan. 

Anyone

• with dedication to – and experience in regard to – the human rights of persons with diverse sexual orientations, gender identities, gender expressions and sex characteristics (SOGIESC)
• who meets the requirements set out below

is welcome to apply by Friday 19 September 2025 at 23:59 Central European Summer Time (CEST).

The Advocacy Senior Manager leads the newly-formed Advocacy Programme, which integrates ILGA World’s former UN Programme and GIESC Programme into one dynamic and strategic advocacy hub.

The Advocacy Senior Manager is a leadership role within ILGA World, advancing the rights of people and communities of diverse SOGIESC globally. The role ensures ILGA World’s advocacy programme, ensuring that our advocacy work remains intersectional, impactful, evidence-based, and aligned with the organisation’s strategic plan (2025-2029), supporting the human rights of LGBTI people globally.

The Advocacy Senior Manager oversees and strategically guides ILGA World’s  advocacy work, ensuring coherence and impact across all advocacy priorities, including engagements at the United Nations and with multilateral institutions. Working closely with ILGA World’s Director of Programmes, advocacy programme staff and consultants, ILGA regions, and member organisations, this role also plays a key part in linking advocacy work with knowledge production and movement-strengthening efforts, in collaboration with other ILGA World programmes.

Follow this link to read more about responsibilities, requirements, performance of duties, remuneration, and benefits.