Program Manager, United Nations Engagement

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Outright International

Hybrid
  • Career category: Programme/ Project design & management
  • Job type: Job
  • Experience level: Other (specified in job description)
  • Organisation type: Civil Society
  • Remote option: Hybrid
  • Right to work requirements: Right to work required in advance
  • Remuneration: $90,000 USD-$100,000 USD / yearly
  • Work schedule: Full-time
  • Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
  • Deadline: 15/08/2025
  • Location: United States 
LGBTQI+ rights/ SOGIESC
Founded in 1990, Outright International strives to help lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, and queer (LGBTIQ) people live safer, healthier, and more empowered lives worldwide. 
 
RESPONSIBILITIES 
  • Envision, develop and build the work of Outright at the United Nations in consultation with the UN Program Director and other members of Outright.
  • Engage, in collaboration with other UN team members, with relevant national, regional and international stakeholders in New York, including UN Member State missions, UN agencies, and UN mechanisms to support LGBTIQ rights at UN headquarters.
  • Support the work of civil society and other stakeholder coalitions that conduct multilateral advocacy at the UN, including by identifying, joining and leading relevant coalition efforts; defining joint advocacy objectives; and organizing meetings and trainings.
  • Serve as a contact point for Outright’s role as secretariat of the UN LGBTI Core Group.
  • Support and build substantive participation and engagement of LGBTIQ international civil society with the UN headquarters mechanisms, Outright’s annual Advocacy Week and Alumni Program, participation of defenders at the CSW, HLPF, and other major events at UN headquarters in which Outright participates in
  • Respond to ad hoc requests from UN Member State and UN agency for input and expert advice.
  • Draft written material, including: resolution language proposals for UN negotiations, advocacy materials, civil society submissions to UN mechanisms, curricula for training programs, blog posts, commentaries, press releases, advocacy letters, and material for newsletters.
  • Support fundraising efforts for the program and Outright in general. This includes contributing material for proposals and reports and attending Outright fundraising events and meetings.
  • Under the direction of Outright management, serve as an organizational spokesperson, including to government officials, international agencies, media and the public.
  • Other tasks and responsibilities as assigned by Outright Management.
 
QUALIFICATIONS
  • an advanced degree and/or 15 years minimum experience in a related field such as advocacy, movement building, international law, international relations, development, or other relevant fields in social, political and/or legal sciences.
  • extensive knowledge of and familiarity with working in the United Nations, especially in New York, and/or relevant multilateral contexts.
  • knowledge of and experience working on international human rights, ideally with a focus on LGBTIQ issues.
  • a team player who cares about their colleagues and wants the mission of the organization to be achieved and sees this as a collective effort
  • a strong connection with and understanding of perspectives, approaches and priorities of the global south/majority
  • their finger on the pulse of the global LGBTIQ movement and real-time shifting geopolitical realities across the world
  • a thoughtful – and yet quick to respond – “go getter”, able to operate with steadiness in a high-stakes, high pressure, fast-paced New York City UN global diplomacy environment
  • strong interpersonal skills, including an ability to interact professionally and diplomatically with diverse groups from different cultures and backgrounds at multiple levels, experience in building coalitions, and comfort leading training sessions and motivating and supporting activists.        
  • ability to communicate fluently in English. 

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