Program Officer - Latin America and the Caribbean

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International Trans Fund

  • Career category: Programme/ Project design & management
  • Job type: Job
  • Experience level: Other (specified in job description)
  • Organisation type: Funds
  • Remote option: No
  • Right to work requirements: Anyone can apply
  • Remuneration: $65,000 USD / yearly
  • Work schedule: Full-time
  • Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
  • Deadline: 05/12/2025
  • Location: South America and the Caribbean
Trans rights
About the Organization
The International Trans Fund (ITF) is the only global participatory grantmaker that is exclusively dedicated to supporting trans-led groups as they work to secure rights for trans people and improve their lived realities. The ITF envisions a network of robust, resilient, and well-resourced trans organizations and movements working inclusively and intersectionally to increase safety and liberation for trans people worldwide.

Program Officer Accountabilities
 
General
  • Manage the Latin America and the Caribbean grantmaking portfolio, including outreach to applicants, soliciting input from trans activists, and preparing grant summaries.
  • Build and maintain relationships with grantee partners through ongoing communication, support and accompaniment, networking, and occasional site visits.
  • Engage with trans-led groups and leaders to identify key issues, emerging needs, and opportunities for ITF’s work, including convening partners and stakeholders where appropriate.
 
Capacity-Building and Technical Assistance
  • Provide ongoing accompaniment and technical support to grantee partners, including responding to their capacity-building needs, offering guidance on grant management, organizational strengthening, and strategic planning, and connecting them to relevant resources, mentors, or peer-learning opportunities.
 
Philanthropic Advocacy
  • Represent ITF at conferences, donor collaboratives, and affinity groups to advance our philanthropic advocacy goals, share insights from trans-led movements, and help influence funding practices.

Cross Teamwork
  • Collaborate closely with Program Officers, the Grant Manager, and the broader Program and Finance Team to address a wide range of priorities, including understanding regional political dynamics affecting NGO regulations and payment mechanisms; planning and managing grantmaking portfolios; coordinating strategic discussions on multi-year and exit grants; overseeing fiscal sponsorship relationships; troubleshooting grant-related challenges; and supporting other cross-cutting programmatic needs
 
Reporting & Evaluation
  • Conduct data analysis on ITF’s grantmaking to inform internal stakeholders and support the preparation of dockets (lists of recommended grantee partners for funding).
  • Develop data reports and visualizations for funder reporting, trend identification, and to help inform ITF’s strategies and responses to the needs of trans communities.

Qualifications (personality traits, interests and preferences that describe you)
    • Direct and in-depth understanding of the different issues that face trans movements in Latin America and the Caribbean.
    • Appreciation of the power dynamics that shape grantmaking relationships and a commitment to building trust, two-way accountability, and mutual respect with grantee organizations.
  • Work collaboratively with trans movements across Latin America and the Caribbean.
  • Communicate in a clear, authentic, and engaging way with diverse audiences and stakeholders, including activists, community members, and funders.
  • Design, develop, and deliver trainings and presentations.
  • Represent ITF in various contexts with professionalism and integrity.
  • Analyze different contexts and situations to develop tailored, sustainable, and systemic solutions.
  • Participate in collaborative decision-making, co-creation, and planning.
  • Manage your workload effectively, prioritize tasks, and plan thoughtfully to meet your own and others’ deadlines.
  • Navigate unfamiliar contexts and step outside of your comfort zone when necessary.
  • Offer and receive coaching and peer mentoring with colleagues.
  • Translate visions and ideas into actionable plans.
  • Facilitate shared learning processes to strengthen our work and practices.

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