Deadline: Friday 21 August 2026 at 29:59 CEST
The International LGBTQI Youth & Student Organisation (IGLYO) is the world’s largest network dedicated to LGBTQI young people and their rights. We represent the voice of over 150 Member Organisations in more than 40 countries across the European region. We advance the rights of LGBTQI young people, advocate for their equality and inclusion, empower their voices, and connect them across borders through international events, capacity-building training, thematic research, advocacy, awareness-raising campaigns, network building, regranting, and intersectional community dialogues.
Are you passionate about advancing LGBTQI youth rights across borders? Do you have strong strategic leadership, management, research, advocacy skills at the international level? We’d love to hear from you!
Join our team as a fixed-term Advocacy & Research Manager and help us represent the intersectional needs of LGBTQI young people across Europe through strategic advocacy, research, and partnerships.
In this role, you will lead the Advocacy & Research Team and provide strategic leadership for IGLYO’s advocacy, policy and research work during the fixed-term parental-leave cover period.
You will further oversee IGLYO’s engagement with European and international institutions, manage research and funded projects, and ensure that IGLYO’s advocacy is informed by evidence and the experiences of LGBTQI young people and Member Organisations.
And as a member of the Management Team, you will also contribute to organisational planning, coordination, and decision-making.
We offer a gross salary of €3500-4000 depending on experience, an additional teleworking and internet allowance, lunch vouchers, €500 of yearly personal development budget, a 13th month, and more advantages fully detailed in our application pack.
The Advocacy & Research Manager provides strategic leadership for IGLYO’s advocacy, policy and research work during the fixed-term parental-leave cover period. The postholder will lead the Advocacy & Research Team, oversee IGLYO’s engagement with European and international institutions, manage research and funded projects, and ensure that IGLYO’s advocacy is informed by evidence and the experiences of LGBTQI young people and Member Organisations. As a member of the Management Team, they will also contribute to
organisational planning, coordination and decision-making.
CONTRACT DETAILS
- Job title: Advocacy & Research Manager
- Line management: Two Advocacy & Research Officers (and consultants)
- Reporting to: Acting Executive Director
- Working hours: Full time
- Expected start date: October 2026
- Contract type: Temporary, October 2026 – June 2027
- Place of work: Brussels, Belgium
SALARY
- Monthly gross salary: 3500-4000€, depending on experience
- Prime de fin d’année: This is a 13th month salary, paid in December, taxed: slightly differently
- Double pécule de vacances: This is an extra month holiday pay, paid (after 1 year of work in Belgium) in May to the value of 92% of a usual work month
FINANCIAL BENEFITS
- Lunch vouchers: 10,00€/day worked with an employee of 1,09€/day, giving a net 8,91€/day– averaging at 116,00€/month
- Teleworking working allowance: 148,73€/month
- Internet allowance: 20€/month
- Travel to work: Around 41€/month if based in Brussels. This depends on where you live and what form of travel you take to the office
- Personal development budget: 500€/year
- Relocation costs: 250€ for an international relocation
OTHER BENEFITS
- Annual leave: 26 days
- Additional leave: 5 days between 24-31st December
- Working from home: Up to 3 days/week
- Remote working: Up to 12 weeks/year
Read more about the job description, requirements, and salary & benefits in our Application Pack,
How to apply
Submit your application through our form by Friday 21 August 2026 at 29:59 CEST.