Individual Giving and Partnerships Manager

We are looking for a bright, ambitious and motivated person to join our team and help grow the power of our supporters, strengthen individual giving and build meaningful partnerships with the private sector.

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: SEPTEMBER 1, 2026

We are looking for an Individual Giving and Partnerships Manager to join ILGA-Europe on an open-ended contract and drive our efforts in supporter mobilisation, individual giving, and private sector partnerships.

This role is for someone who is both a strategist and a builder: someone who can design a supporter engagement and giving programme from the ground up, spot the moments in our advocacy, movement building, and campaigning work that move people to act, and turn them into compelling opportunities to give, mobilise and belong.

At ILGA-Europe, giving is never just a transaction. Rooted in our identity as a pan-European advocacy and movement-building organisation, this role harnesses our policy work, campaigns and network of over 700 member organisations to bring people closer to the cause, creating pathways from first engagement and activism to sustained financial support, and framing giving as an act of solidarity and political agency. The successful candidate will own our approach for supporter engagement and individual giving, build and grow a monthly supporter programme, deliver digital and email fundraising campaigns, and, to a smaller extent, manage a targeted portfolio of corporate and professional network partnerships, including around our annual European Equality Fundraiser.

This is a rare opportunity to build a new area of work within a leading European human rights organisation, at a moment when solidarity with LGBTI communities matters more than ever. The position reports directly to the Executive Director and works in close collaboration with the Communications Team, and other teams across the organisation.

About ILGA-Europe

ILGA-Europe is a driving force for political, legal and social change at European and Central Asian level. Our vision is of a world where dignity, freedoms and full enjoyment of human rights are protected and ensured to everyone regardless of their actual or perceived sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression and sex characteristics.

ILGA-Europe are comprised of over 700 member organisations throughout Europe and Central Asia. From Iceland to Turkey and Kyrgyzstan to Malta, we work together with extraordinary organisations and activists to bring about real change for LGBTI people.

A core part of our work is advancing protections for LGBTI people across the region and supporting the development of strong, skilled and connected movements. This includes policy and advocacy work, strategic litigation, grant-making, convening, shaping narratives and strategic support to LGBTI organisations and activists.

The Individual Giving and Partnerships Manager will contribute directly to this work, with a particular focus on building a broad supporter base and mobilising resources to sustain this work.

ILGA-Europe staff are based in Brussels and work closely with activists and organisations across the region. We value collaboration, shared learning, and creative approaches to supporting social change.

The movement and our work are only as strong as our people. We support our staff and we value the knowledge, experience and commitment they bring to the organisation.ILGA-Europe offers a competitive employment package, including insurance, pension contributions, training opportunities and other benefits. Details are provided at the end of this advertisement.

Our commitment to being an equal opportunity employer

As an organisation working for LGBTI equality in all its diversity, we value the knowledge and experience that come with lived experience of injustice and systemic oppression.

We particularly welcome applications from trans, gender non-conforming and non-binary people, as well as people affected by racism, classism, ableism and other forms of structural inequality.

We are committed to reducing barriers in our day-to-day work and employment practices and are committed to making reasonable adjustments and providing support.

What are the main job functions of the Individual Giving and Partnerships Manager?

As the postholder, you will contribute to ILGA-Europe’s work advancing the rights of LGBTI people and supporting LGBTI movements in Europe and Central Asia, by building a strong and committed supporter base whose engagement and giving strengthen the resourcing, independence and resilience of our work.

You will:

• develop and own ILGA-Europe’s strategy for supporter engagement and individual giving, including the systems, processes and frameworks needed to deliver it;
• work closely with colleagues from other teams to identify and activate political mome