Job Title: Advocacy Senior Manager
The Advocacy Senior Manager plays a pivotal role in supporting and reporting to the Director of Programmes, contributing to the successful implementation of the Advocacy Programme as part of the management team at ILGA World. This position encompasses a variety of responsibilities, including:
Key Responsibilities
- Support the implementation of ILGA World’s advocacy strategy, directing the design and execution of comprehensive advocacy projects while adhering to rigorous methodologies and ethical standards.
- Develop and put into action an annual advocacy operational plan and project plans, managing budgets, and monitoring progress across multiple advocacy initiatives to ensure alignment with ILGA World’s strategy and organizational goals.
- Enhance ILGA World’s advocacy capacity by establishing efficient processes, resources, and best practices.
- Oversee ILGA World’s engagement with the United Nations system, including the Human Rights Council, Treaty Bodies, Special Procedures, CSW, and the High-Level Political Forum on the SDGs.
- Build and maintain strategic relationships with states, UN officials, donors, civil society allies, and multilateral institutions.
- Serve as ILGA World’s lead on the Human Rights Council.
- Coordinate ILGA World’s participation and co-leadership in major international advocacy initiatives, such as UPR Advocacy Week and Trans Advocacy Week.
- Oversee engagement with regional human rights mechanisms and intergovernmental bodies.
- Ensure strategic leadership and visibility on intersectional human rights issues, including bodily autonomy, sexual and reproductive rights, legal gender recognition, and anti-discrimination frameworks.
- Ensure coherence across all areas of the Advocacy Programme, including multilateral, thematic, and national advocacy support.
- Integrate feminist, decolonial, intersectional, and anti-oppressive approaches into all aspects of ILGA World’s advocacy work.
- Ensure that all advocacy activities comply with ILGA’s ethical standards, data protection policies, and best practices.
- Ground advocacy efforts in the lived realities of people and communities of diverse SOGIESC, informed by ILGA World’s research and monitoring tools.
- Conceptualise and develop advocacy funding proposals to support ILGA’s advocacy objectives.
- Collaborate with colleagues to craft evidence-based materials and briefings for stakeholders, policymakers, and allies.
- Prepare narrative reports for donors and ILGA’s operational needs, documenting and promoting ILGA’s research contributions.
- Work closely with the communications team to translate complex advocacy messages into clear and engaging narratives for public dissemination.
- Serve as a spokesperson for ILGA World’s advocacy programme, offering expert commentary and analysis to media outlets and other stakeholders.
- Lead and manage the Advocacy Team by setting goals, supervising work plans, and fostering a collaborative, inclusive, high-performing team culture.
- Provide strategic direction, professional development, and support to staff and consultants to ensure high-quality outputs.
- Actively represent ILGA World at conferences and key events, presenting research findings and fostering alliances within the global LGBTI and human rights sectors.
General Responsibilities
- Contribute actively to promoting and achieving the organisation’s objectives.
- Engage and collaborate with the management team to cultivate a shared organisational culture that reflects ILGA World’s values.
- Ensure that all activities are conducted in accordance with ILGA World policies.
- Work collaboratively as part of the ILGA World staff team.
- Perform other duties as required.
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