Do you want to help build a more equal world where the rights of LGBTQI people are respected? Do you have experience in international development cooperation, human rights, or civil society strengthening? Then you may be the colleague we are looking for.
RFSL is seeking an International Program Manager to manage regranting processes, support partner organisations, strengthen capacity-building efforts, and follow up on projects within the EaP region. You will play a key role in ensuring quality, relevance, and results in advancing LGBTQI movements in a complex and rapidly changing environment.
About RFSL and the International Unit
RFSL (the Swedish Federation for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Intersex Rights), founded in 1950, is one of the world’s oldest non-profit organisations working to advance LGBTQI rights. RFSL’s mission is to ensure that LGBTQI individuals’ human rights are respected both nationally and internationally. Our international work focuses on supporting partner organisations in Eastern Europe, Asia, and Africa through regranting and partnerships, capacity strengthening, and facilitating access to international advocacy platforms.
Your role with us
As International Program Manager, you will work closely with partner organisations in the EaP region, with a primary focus on re-granting and organisational capacity-strengthening support. In this role, regranting is the primary tool for supporting partners. The position carries clear responsibility for financial oversight, compliance, risk assessment, and documentation throughout the full grant cycle. While capacity strengthening is part of the role, it is closely linked to grant management and focuses on ensuring that funding is used safely, strategically, and in line with programme objectives. You will plan and implement capacity-strengthening activities that support activists and organisations in their work, while ensuring that grant funding is used effectively, responsibly, and strategically.
You will also monitor and evaluate projects to ensure relevance, context sensitivity, and responsiveness to shifting political and socio-economic realities in the region.
Through your work, you will help ensure that funds are used efficiently and responsibly to achieve project objectives and deliver impact.
You will be part of the International Unit, based in Stockholm, and report to the Head of Program. This is a permanent position with a six-month probation period.
Key responsibilities
- Manage the full regranting cycle, including assessment of partner applications, budgets and reports (including financial and audit reports), and preparation of agreements, decision memos, and disbursement requests to ensure compliance with donor requirements, internal regulations and grant agreements.
- Conduct reviews of partner organisations internal management and control.
- Identify and implement organisational development activities for and with the partner organizations (workshops, trainings, scholarships, consultations).
- Monitor partner organisations and projects, including narrative, financial and audit follow-ups.
- Contribute to the on-going monitoring and evaluation processes in the program, by documenting the impact of the re-granting work and in accordance with the PMEL framework.
- Conduct partner visits and maintain close contact with organisations in the EaP region to identify needs, risks, and opportunities.
- Carry out procurement of services and goods in accordance with internal and donor-specific requirements.
- Support audits, financial reviews and internal control processes.
- Support partners in complex environments where LGBTQI organisations face additional barriers, including identifying safe and viable ways to channel support.
- Work closely with the Head of Program, Controller, and Finance Team on financial follow-up.
- Contribute to annual reporting processes with donors, such as narrative reports, financial and audit processes, documenting impact and change, etc.
- Support the development of new program applications and funding proposals.
- Coordinate with other funders and donors operating in the region.
- Contribute to unit-wide processes, internal meetings, and cross-organizational activities at RFSL.
- Participate in and contribute to RFSL’s federation-wide activities and events.