Senior Global Advocacy Officer, Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC)

Fòs Feminista; Remote; CAD 54,000; Full time

Job summary

A feminist advocacy organization is seeking a Senior Global Advocacy Officer to lead advocacy strategies in Latin America and the Caribbean. This remote role involves managing partnerships, engaging with diplomatic entities, and implementing monitoring and evaluation frameworks. The ideal candidate will possess strong negotiation skills, a commitment to social justice, and proficiency in English and Spanish. The organization offers competitive compensation and a comprehensive benefits package.

Benefits

Private health coverage

Life insurance

Retirement benefits

Paid sick leave

Vacation leave

Parental leave

Flexible working arrangements

Qualifications

• 5–7 years of experience in advocacy or policy influence.
• Experience in engaging government and multilateral representatives.
• Strong track record in managing regional partnerships.

Responsibilities

• Design and lead regional advocacy workplan.
• Build high-level relationships with diplomats.
• Strengthen partnerships with regional CSOs and networks.
• Lead monitoring and evaluation of advocacy efforts.

Skills

Diplomatic communication

Negotiation skills

Advocacy strategy leadership

Fluent in English and Spanish

Education

Relevant degree or equivalent experience

Job description

About Fòs Feminista

Fòs Feminista is an intersectional feminist organization centered around the sexual and reproductive rights and needs of women, girls, and gender‑diverse people. Led and governed by the Global South, Fòs Feminista works as an alliance of organizations in 35 countries worldwide to advance sexual and reproductive health, rights, and justice (SRHRJ). Fòs Feminista is both the connective tissue that links these diverse partners in an alliance and an active participant in the broader ecosystem of actors working on SRHRJ. We connect partners across movements and borders, amplify innovative partner‑led solutions, and catalyze political will and resources for an intersectional feminist agenda on SRHRJ. Together with our partners, we provide access to health care and services — including contraception, abortion, and care for survivors of gender‑based violence — engage young people with comprehensive sexuality education, and advocate globally for gender and reproductive justice.

Position Summary

The Senior Global Advocacy Officer, Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) reports directly to the Chief Global Advocacy Officer and serves as a strategic focal point responsible for designing, implementing, and managing advocacy strategies that link national, regional, and global processes to advance sexual and reproductive health, rights, and justice (SRHRJ) from an intersectional feminist perspective. The incumbent ensures effective coordination across regional and global levels and provides clear leadership in influencing regional negotiations and political processes and must demonstrate a strong commitment to Fòs Feminista’s principles and values, social justice, equity, solidarity, and non‑discrimination, aligned with advancing SRHRJ for women, girls, and gender‑diverse people, especially in the Global South.

Key Roles and Responsibilities

1. Strategic Advocacy Leadership and Accountability
   • Design, lead, and deliver the LAC regional advocacy workplan aligned with Fòs Feminista’s strategic plan and advocacy strategy.
   • Coordinate closely with partners in the region to shape and implement an influence strategy for regional negotiations and policy processes (e.g., CEPAL, OAS, Inter‑American System on Human Rights).
   • Monitor and report quarterly on advocacy progress, outcomes, and lessons learned, ensuring continuous improvement and alignment with organizational priorities.
   • Lead internal planning processes for the regional advocacy portfolio, ensuring efficient execution of work plans and budgets.
2. Regional Representation and Diplomatic Engagement
   • Build and maintain high‑level relationships with regional diplomats/ delegations and UN agencies engaged in CEPAL, OAS, and other intergovernmental and political processes to advance Fòs Feminista’s priorities.
   • Coordinate formal and informal engagements (bilateral meetings, dialogues, side events) to influence positions and strengthen visibility of SRHRJ issues.
   • Represent Fòs Feminista in regional political and advocacy forums as a credible and strategic voice of feminist movements in the region.
3. Partnership Building and Coordination
   • Strengthen and manage strategic partnerships with alliance members, regional CSOs, feminist networks, and allied movements (youth, disability, climate, indigenous, migration, and economic justice).
   • Ensure regular coordination with LAC partners through strategic planning sessions, partner briefings, and shared advocacy agendas.
   • Facilitate meaningful participation of regional partners in global multilateral spaces (e.g., CSW, CPD, HLPF), ensuring preparation, briefing, and post‑event follow‑up.
4. Internal Organizational Leadership and Management
   • Lead Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) of regional advocacy efforts, in line with the Accountability and Learning Framework collaborating with the Business Intelligence, Evaluation, and Research team, producing quarterly reports on progress and results.
   • Conduct annual reviews of advocacy achievements to inform future planning and resource allocation.
   • Contribute to resource mobilization, including identifying funding opportunities, supporting proposal writing, and ensuring measurable advocacy components in proposals.
   • Ensure internal accountability by maintaining complete documentation of advocacy activities, partnership engagements, and results in internal systems.
   • Collaborate cross‑functionally with other global advocacy focal points to ensure strategic coherence and knowledge sharing across regions.
5. Knowledge Production and Strategic Communications
   • Develop policy briefs, advocacy toolkits, and feminist analysis that advance SRHRJ priorities in the region.
   • Synthesize and disseminate regional political intelligence—including policy shifts, negotiation outcomes, and advocacy opportunities—to inform organizational strategies.
   • Promote south‑south learning and knowledge exchange among alliance members through briefings, roundtables, and collaborative advocacy projects.
6. Capacity Strengthening, Movement Building, and Strategic Litigation
   • Design and implement capacity‑building initiatives for alliance members and partners, focusing on advocacy in multilateral and regional policy spaces, negotiation influence, and diplomacy.
   • Serve as the primary liaison for the Center for Strategic Litigation, coordinating efforts to integrate litigation as a strategic advocacy tool to advance SRHR and gender justice. Support training, knowledge exchange, and documentation of strategic litigation as advocacy tools.

Qualifications and Experience

• Minimum 5–7 years of progressive experience in advocacy, policy influence, or multilateral engagement, preferably in Latin America and the Caribbean.
• Proven track record of leading measurable advocacy strategies and managing regional partnerships.
• Strong diplomatic communication and negotiation skills, with experience engaging government and multilateral representatives.
• Demonstrated experience in proposal development, M&E, and internal coordination.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English and Spanish (Portuguese desirable).
• Deep commitment to intersectional feminist principles and advancing SRHRJ.

Location

This position is fully remote and preferably based in the LAC region.

Compensation

Fòs Feminista offers generous compensation consistent with competitive salaries and a benefits package that includes private health coverage, life insurance, retirement benefits, paid sick, vacation leave and parental leave, holidays, and flexible working arrangements. The annual salary is USD 38,960.06.

Safeguarding Commitments

Fòs Feminista is committed to ensuring that the health, rights and wellbeing of all children, young people, and vulnerable populations who work and engage with Fòs Feminista ’s Team Members and Associated Persons are respected and protected in their interactions with them and requires all its Team Members and Associated Persons to share this commitment.

The successful candidate must:

• Demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to safeguarding in the United States and the international context.
• Sign and adhere to Fòs Feminista’s International Safeguarding Policy and Safeguarding Code of Conduct, including the minimum operating standards for protection from sexual exploitation and abuse (PSEA).

Equal Opportunity Employer Statement

Fòs Feminista is an equal opportunity employer dedicated to advancing sexual and reproductive rights and health and dismantling inequities from a feminist intersectional lens. Reproductive justice, racial justice, and diversity are driving forces for us.

Fòs Feminista provides equal opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to age, race, color, disability, national origin, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital and partnership status, genetic information, veteran status or any other protected category under federal, state and local law. At Fòs Feminista, we continue to build an inclusive culture that encourages, supports, and celebrates the diverse voices and experiences of our employees. We strongly encourage applications from all kinds of backgrounds to build a diverse workforce in which all social and minority groups are represented.

We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those candidates selected for interviews will be contacted.