Deadline: Friday, 4 December 2026 – 1 PM (Central European Time)
ILGA World seeks a Director of Movement Building and Partnerships to provide strategic and programmatic leadership for our work under Strategic Objective 3 on movement building — including cross-movement partnerships, regranting, and some aspects of our monitoring, evaluation and learning work.
ILGA World seeks a Director of Movement Building and Partnerships to manage, develop, and grow ILGA World’s work in movement building and partnerships.
The Director of Movement Building and Partnerships (DMP) provides strategic and programmatic leadership for ILGA World’s work under Strategic Objective 3 on movement building, including cross-movement partnerships, regranting, and some aspects of our monitoring, evaluation and learning work.
This is a new role within ILGA World, and a core part of the role is to develop and grow this area of work in keeping with movement-building best practice, ensuring robust monitoring, evaluation and learning.
The DMP is part of the executive leadership of the organisation (Team of Directors) and reports directly to the Executive Director. They will hold relationships with ILGA World’s membership, cross-movement leaders, and supervise — initially — a small staff team with expertise in cross-movement and partnerships work, movement building, regranting and MEL work.
The Movement Building and Partnerships team is being created at a pivotal moment for ILGA World and builds on several years of work across various aligned movements and established relationships with key actors in feminist, SRHR and broader human rights movements.
ILGA World´s work is highly collaborative, interconnected and intersectional. In our work, we seek to connect SOGIESC and feminist issues, empower LGBTI activists and organisations, and convene our communities to strengthen their voice in global human rights advocacy and debates.
A core part of this role will be to lead the organisation’s development of a substantive regranting program to support LGBTI organisations across the globe in an environment of extremely restricted resources. This will include developing re-granting strategy that aligns with our organisational strategy, best practice policies and working methods for subgrant eligibility criteria, due diligence, risk assessment, programme and financial accountabilities and MEL. This role collaborates closely with both the finance and programmes teams at ILGA to ensure best practice and alignment with advocacy priorities.
The successful candidate needs to have the ability to skilfully navigate the global LGBTI activist community and feminist, SRHR and broader human rights movements and partnership spaces. They will be a respected (feminist) leader in our communities, a strategic thinker with a proven ability to develop partnerships and in movement building. They will have demonstrated management and staff supervision experience, an understanding of MEL and on practices and principles of regranting.
- Location: This is a remote role and can be performed from the place where the successful candidate lives.
- Deadline for applications: Friday, 4 December 2026 – 1 PM (Central European Time)
- Start of the position: March 2027
Who can apply?
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
- who meets the requirements set out below
is welcome to apply.
Responsibilities
The Director of Movement Building and Partnerships leads and develops the movement building and related partnership work of ILGA World, manages a small staff team and is part of the executive management of ILGA World. Their responsibilities include the following:
Responsibilities
- Working in close collaboration with the Executive Director, develop and broaden ILGA World’s movement strengthening, cross-movement and related partnership work
- Collaborate closely with ILGA regions to design and implement relevant movement-building initiatives, ensuring coordination and complementarity between global and regional work
- Develop and lead an equitable, accessible and movement-informed regranting strategy that shifts resources to LGBTI organisations and communities, including those that face structural barriers to accessing institutional funding
- Establish, strengthen and nurture key relationships with movement-building, cross-movement and related partners, including global and regional organisations in the feminist, SRHR and broader human rights movement, in particular Constellation 2048
- Support community-owned collaborations and projects that build the capacity of LGBTI movements and marginalised groups within multiple domains
- Strengthen ILGA’ s internal capacity to monitor the impacts of individual and community actions and build systems and processes to harvest impacts within our communities and cross-impact on the broader human rights movement using MEL feminist perspectives.
- Lead the development of strategy, best-practice policies, and working methods for subgrant eligibility criteria, due diligence, risk assessment, programme and financial accountabilities, and MEL
- Collaborate effectively with finance and programmes teams at ILGA to ensure best practice and alignment with organisational priorities.
- Advocate internationally, within the movement-building and partnerships mandate, for the rights of LGBTI persons
- Represent ILGA World on movement-building and cross-movement matters in close collaboration with the Executive Director
- Attend relevant conferences, seminars and meetings to advance the movement building portfolio, coordinating external representation with the Executive Director and relevant programme leads
- As a member of the executive team, contribute to cross-programme collaboration on movement-building and partnership initiatives to ensure overall programme coherence and coordination.
Organisational development, staff supervision and management
- Lead the Movement Building and Partnerships Team staff, interns and consultants delivering ILGA World’s movement building work
- Develop and grow the Movement Building and Partnerships team strategically; strengthen and develop internal processes that reflect the enhanced needs of a growing team
- Contribute substantially to resource mobilisation for the movement building portfolio, in coordination with the Executive Director, finance and other relevant programme leads
- Plan, manage and implement the overall work plan and budget of ILGA World’s movement building and related partnerships work under ILGA World’s Strategic Plan (Strategic Objective 3)
- Manage and/or oversee projects that fall within the remit of the Movement Building work of the organisation
- Ensure robust monitoring, evaluation and learning within the movement building portfolio, working with the organisation-wide MEL function on common frameworks and reporting
- As part of ILGA World’s Executive Leadership team, support the Executive Director in strengthening its leadership and operations.
Other duties and obligations
- Facilitate internal cooperation with the operations and finance as well as programmes teams
- Work as part of the ILGA World staff team to achieve agreed goals and objectives
- Actively participate as a member of the wider ILGA World team with other employees, volunteers and board members, to promote and achieve ILGA World’s objectives
- Ensure that all activities are carried out with full regard to ILGA World’s policies on diversity and equal opportunities and in keeping with its values
- Ensure compliance with such laws and regulations as may be applicable
- Undertake all duties in compliance with applicable health and safety regulations and legislation
- Undertake other duties that may be reasonably required from time to time.
Performance of duties, remuneration, and benefits
- The Director of Movement Building and Partnerships is a remote role and can be performed from the place where the successful candidate lives.
- ILGA World operates under a flexible working system. We work on a nine-day cycle within a two-week period.
- The weekly working time is 40.5 hours on average and includes a paid lunch break for full-time roles.
- The annual salary and benefits offered for the post are globally competitive and based on location under ILGA World’s salary matrix.
- In addition, ILGA World offers a generous annual leave policy.
- The position is a fixed-term position for 18 months, with the intention to make it permanent if the resourcing situation allows.
Requirements
The successful candidate should be strongly committed to working for human rights and equality, and have competencies and demonstrated experience in the following areas:
Education and experience requirements
- A master’s university degree – or equivalent – in a relevant field such as social sciences, international development, human rights, gender studies, public policy, international relations, or a related discipline, combined with at least 15 years of relevant and qualifying experience, including at least 5 years in executive leadership and at least 10 years of experience including movement building, partnership development and regranting/grant-making.
OR
- A first-level university degree – or equivalent – in a relevant field such as social sciences, international development, human rights, gender studies, public policy, international relations, or a related discipline, combined with at least 17 years of relevant and qualifying experience, including at least 5 years in executive leadership and at least 10 years of experience including in movement building, partnership development and regranting/grant-making.
OR
- At least 20 years of relevant and qualifying experience, including at least 5 years in executive leadership and at least 10 years of experience including in movement building, partnership development and regranting/grant-making.
Technical requirements
- Ability to develop and lead an equitable, accessible and movement-informed regranting strategy that shifts resources to LGBTI organisations and communities, including those that face structural barriers to accessing institutional funding.
- Strategic and in-depth understanding of SOGIESC issues, cross-movement, and partnership work globally
- Ability to conceptualise, oversee and implement complex, intersectional, movement and partnership-based work including in a membership-based organisation
- Ability to manage the development and implementation of monitoring, evaluation, learning, and sub-granting processes
- Sensitivity and know-how in navigating the complex politics around LGBTI issues, both within and outside the movement
- A strong commitment to the rights and dignity of LGBTI persons
- An understanding of how to approach work intersectionally: to eliminate all intersecting forms of oppression, stigma, and discrimination
- The ability to manage complex SOGIESC community dynamics and be a bridge builder to other human rights and social justice movements
- A deep understanding of movements, civil society, and social justice organising with a focus on countries of the global majority
Managerial requirements
- A strategist: proposing, implementing and prioritising work in uncertain, fast-paced, stressful and evolving environments
- A thoughtful decision maker: solving complex problems and confidently making decisions under time pressure, often with a lack of available information
- A collaborative and accountable people manager, with demonstrated experience directly supervising professional staff, setting objectives, providing regular feedback, managing performance, and supporting professional development
- A pragmatic implementer: understanding the financial, workload and other implications of decisions taken and experience with planning, implementing, and monitoring budgets.
Leadership requirements
- A respected leader in the LGBTI and/or other human rights movements
- Demonstrated senior-level management accountability for teams, programmes, and budgets, with experience assessed against the substantive responsibilities and ILGA World’s role-grading framework.
- A team-player and collaborative leader, who can lead a diverse team
- Able to contribute an organisation-wide perspective while exercising clear accountability for the Movement Building portfolio under Strategic Objective 3.
- A respected feminist, who can think, strategise and deliver on an intersectional feminist agenda.
Other requirements
- Demonstrated experience at a senior level, ideally as part of an executive leadership team, and in managing teams, programmes, and budgets
- Availability for international travel related to the implementation of the programmes
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- A team player, contributing to the work of ILGA World as a whole
- Fluent in English, both written and oral. Fluency in Spanish and French is also highly desirable. Other languages are an asset.
Lesbian and bisexual women, intersex persons, trans and non-binary persons, and persons from the Global South are especially encouraged to apply. Only qualified candidates will be contacted.
How to apply
The application for this position needs to be submitted online here:
We recommend that you download the application form here in Word format, prepare your application, and copy and paste it into the application form.
Should there be valid reasons why this was not possible, you may submit the application form as well by e-mail to recruitment (a) ilga (dot) org.
Rename this file SURNAME_Name_DMP.docx. For instance: SMITH_John_DMP.docx before you submit it.
If you have questions about this call, please reach out to recruitment (a) ilga (dot) org.