Programmes Manager

IGLYO — The International LGBTQI Youth & Student Organisation 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 creating and coordinating intersectional programmes that bring LGBTQI youth from across Europe together to learn, connect, and collaborate on creating meaningful change for our communities? Are you an expert in the management of international events, projects, and grants? Then you’ll most likely want to join our team in Brussels as our full-time Programmes Manager

The IGLYO Programmes Manager is responsible for overseeing the implementation of all of IGLYO’s programmes, including the Activist Academy, international conferences, webinars and online workshops, capacity-building programmes, study visits, the IGLYO Grants Programme, and other programme-related activities.

Through this role, you’ll also be responsible for grant management and fundraising, line management of two staff members, and, as a member of the Management Team, you’ll contribute to IGLYO’s strategic direction, organisational planning, coordination and decision-making.

We offer a gross salary of €3200-3800 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.

Application deadline: 13/09/2026 at 23:59 CET

Interview Invites: 18/09/2026

Online Interviews Round 1: 28/09/2026

Round 2: 02/10/2026

IGLYO is funded by the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV) 2021-2027 programme of the European Union, the Dutch Ministry of Education Culture & Science, and the European Youth Foundation of the Council of Europe.

About IGLYO

IGLYO - The International LGBTQI Youth & Student Organisation 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.

IGLYO’s vision is a world where we, young people in all our diversity, are able to express and define our own sexual orientations, gender identities, gender expressions and variations in sex characteristics, and are able to participate fully in all aspects of life, rise to our full potential, and enjoy respect and positive recognition. More information about IGLYO’s work can be found at www.iglyo.org.

Organisational Structure

Working at IGLYO

The secretariat of IGLYO is based in Brussels, Belgium, and comprises an 11-person team, working in a variety of different areas. We try to foster a collaborative and supportive work environment which is flexible and allows everyone to achieve their best work. Joining IGLYO means being a key part of a huge network, and with this comes the responsibility to keep abreast of issues of importance to LGBTQI youth, and be adaptive and open to new perspectives.

Job information

• Job title: Programmes Manager
• Reporting to: Executive Director
• Line Management: Programmes Officer and Projects and Events Officer
• Working hours: Full time
• Expected start date: 1 December 2026
• Contract type: Permanent
• Place of work: Brussels, Belgium
• Monthly gross salary: 3200-3800€, 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
• 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: 160,99€/month
• Internet allowance: 20€/month
• Travel to work: Around 41€/month if based in Brussels - this depends on where you live & what form of travel you take to the office
• Personal development budget: 500€/year
• Relocat