Location: Remote/Flexible with a preference for those based in New York City metro area, with the ability to work Women Deliver core hours (2-5pm UTC)

Status: Full-time employee

Salary: $100,000 – 115,000 USD + Full Benefits

Start Date: As soon as possible

Reports to: Director, Collective Action

How to Apply

Work authorization is required for the location in which the selected candidate is based.

Interested candidates should submit a CV or resume and a letter of interest to careers@womendeliver.org.

Women Deliver

Women Deliver is a global feminist advocacy organization with a clear mission: to ensure that every self-identifying girl and woman can exercise full control over her body and life. We believe sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) are the cornerstone of bodily autonomy and have convened gender equality advocates from all levels of power for almost two decades to advance this cause. While we are best known for our convening power, our expertise extends beyond the Women Deliver Conferences to global advocacy for gender equality. Specifically, we have extensive experience in navigating and leveraging global spaces; in equitable youth engagement and co-leadership, including resourcing young people working for change in their communities, countries, and region; and in supporting and strengthening coalitions and collective movements.

Women Deliver recognizes that our sector and work is deeply embedded with and tainted by colonial and racist power structures, ideals, and practices, and that we, ourselves, have benefited from and perpetuated these practices. We are steadfast in our commitment to shaping a future where our work not only reflects our feminist and anti-racist values, but also actively contributes to dismantling the systems that oppress girls and women.

Women Deliver’s Approach to Climate Justice

The climate crisis is not gender neutral. It disproportionately affects those who have contributed the least to it, whether at the macro-level (States who contribute the least to the climate crisis are those who carry a disproportionate burden in terms of impact) or at the micro (intra-household) level, where it particularly impacts adolescent girls, women, gender-diverse people, and marginalized groups. These groups span a wide range of identities, including gender, ethnicity, age, socioeconomic status, and disability status, among others, as systemic oppression and intersectional discrimination exacerbate the effects of the climate crisis. Adolescent girls in particular, because of gender and age norms, are made to shoulder a greater burden of reproductive labor in contexts of climate emergencies, with dire consequences for their opportunities and prospects and for the full realization of their rights to education, health and sexual and reproductive health. Yet the current narratives about the climate crisis do not recognize this disproportionate impact of the climate crisis on people based on their age, gender, or other identities.

Women Deliver seeks to transform these narratives to a narrative that centers the human rights, including the sexual and reproductive health and rights, of girls, women, and gender-diverse people in all aspects of policy, programs, and research related to the climate crisis. Our advocacy strategy emphasizes accountability and reparations; addressing root causes, systems and structures leading to human rights violations; and centers the full, equal, meaningful and effective participation of women and girls in all initiatives, laws, practices and programmes that pertain to them. With UNFCCC accreditation, Women Deliver leverages COP and other relevant global climate advocacy spaces to advance this strategy, and is currently building a campaign from COP30 to Women Deliver Conference 2026 (WD2026) to COP31 that demands global action on the climate crisis for girls, women, and gender-diverse people.

Summary of the Position:

The Senior Manager, Multilateral Engagement, leads Women Deliver’s Climate Justice portfolio, including its implementation and any future revisions needed to ensure the strategy is relevant and response to the current needs of girls and women in the evolving climate crisis. Beyond their specific issue portfolio, the Senior Manager, Multilateral Engagement leads the Multilateral Engagement Team by managing several full-time staff and providing technical and strategic leadership on organizational strategies related to Member States, Global Spaces, and other issue area strategies. The Senior Manager also leads Women Deliver’s engagement in New York based UN Processes, including the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), Commission on Population and Development (CPD), the UN General Assembly (UNGA) and others depending on strategic priority, by developing our Strategy for Engagement in that global space and overseeing its implementation through collaboration with other staff and partner organizations. Relatedly, this position also manages Women Deliver‘s relationships with the Permanent Missions to the United Nations in New York. Lastly, this position plays a key leadership role across the organization by bringing expertise in multilateral engagement and advocacy to Women Deliver’s other workstreams, including the Emerging Leaders Program, Women Deliver Conferences, and the Feminist Playbook.

Responsibilities:

Climate Justice Advocacy

Partner with the Senior Director, Collective Action, to play a leading role in ongoing development and execution of Women Deliver’s climate justice strategic framework, COP Strategies for Engagement, and the Climate Justice Narrative Strategy and campaign.
Lead Women Deliver’s climate justice narrative campaign by developing a roadmap to the achievement of the narrative strategy, cultivating close partnerships to co-lead and implement the campaign, building strong relationships with Member States to provide political commitment and support, ensure the integration of this campaign with the Feminist Playbook, and managing all aspects of the campaign’s implementation
Engage with UNFCCC mechanisms, and other global spaces and policymaking processes, to realize Women Deliver’s objectives and advance its mission.
Advance Women Deliver’s Member State Engagement Strategy by cultivating and maintaining strong relationships with States; this may include through briefings or other events or meetings with States; the provision of talking points, draft resolution language or mark-ups, or detailed written briefings.
Engage the gender and climate justice movements in Women Deliver’s Feminist Playbook, including in the mobilization of key stakeholders in the socialization and consultation process, the drafting of the Playbook, Playbook activations and sessions at WD2026, and in future campaigns and initiatives building from the launch of the Playbook beyond WD2026.
Design and lead the implementation of an engagement strategy for Women Deliver conferences related to gender and climate justice, which includes setting organizational objectives, designing relevant Conference programming that would achieve those objectives, liaising with partners and other Women Deliver staff in relation to said programming, and taking forward Conference outcomes and next steps on this issue area.
Facilitate the meaningful engagement of Women Deliver Emerging Leaders and Young Leader Alumni in UNFCCC mechanisms or other convenings or initiatives related to climate justice, and serve as a resource to them in the implementation of their own climate justice advocacy work.
Build, expand, maintain and help coordinate partnerships relevant for this climate justice portfolio to raise the profile of the organization with diverse stakeholders, including Member States, UN entities, coalitions and networks, NGOs, adolescent and youth advocates, and foundations, including representing Women Deliver on various task forces and working groups.
Produce relevant advocacy deliverables, including policy briefs, position papers, submissions or responses to calls for input, presentations, key messages or talking points, briefings and other relevant materials.

Multilateral Engagement Team (MET) Management

Co-design, oversee and support the implementation of Women Deliver’s strategies on all priority issue areas, as well as the Member State and Global Spaces Strategies, by working on a daily basis with the responsible staff member to maintain and operationalize their strategy, as well as revising the Strategy in response to organizational needs or evolving external context.
Manage MET departmental budget and donor reporting.
Manage 2-3 full-time MET staff, as well as oversee any consultants, to ensure individual growth, development, and success in their roles.
Supervise the regular monitoring, evaluation and learning of MET strategies, in partnership with the Senior Manager, Design, Learning & Impact.

New York UN Processes Leadership

Leads Women Deliver’s engagement in New York based UN processes by drafting the organization’s Strategy for Engagement, liaising as needed with other teams to ensure organizational objectives and advocacy priorities are advanced.
Oversee the implementation of the Strategies for Engagement in these global spaces by coordinating with relevant staff, providing trainings on how to navigate these processes to staff and Emerging Leaders, and ensuring a successful engagement.
Build and strengthen partnerships with Permanent Missions to the UN in New York through Member State briefings, providing suggested language to draft resolutions and outcome documents, and general technical guidance to States on gender-related issues.
Deepen relationships with civil society organizations engaging in these processes through mutually beneficial and strategic partnerships, which may include joint document or resolution mark-ups, Member State briefings, sharing information and updates, and joint strategizing to advance organizational goals.

Strategic Advocacy Leadership and Expertise to Organizational Priorities

Represent Women Deliver externally in relevant speaking engagements, convenings, and meetings to build the organization’s brand and profile as an expert SRHR advocacy organization.
Manage MET strategies for engagement at Women Deliver conferences in partnership with the Director, Collective Action, to advance Women Deliver’s advocacy objectives.
Coordinate MET engagement and leadership, where relevant, in Women Deliver’s Feminist Playbook, including in the mobilization of key stakeholders and networks in the socialization and consultation process, the drafting of the Playbook, Playbook activations and sessions at WD2026, and in future campaigns and initiatives building from the launch of the Playbook beyond WD2026.

Qualifications:

8-10 years of experience in policy, advocacy and/or program management work in an NGO, UN agency, or similar organization, working in a related field such as human rights, SRHR, gender equality, climate justice, or sustainable development.
Strong understanding of one or more multilateral spaces or processes, as relevant for the specific issue portfolio, as well as New York based UN processes.
Experience in drafting and executing new advocacy strategies and campaigns based on organizational comparative advantage and intersections with other organizational portfolios.
Highly skilled in building and managing relationships and partnerships with a diversity of stakeholders, including Member States, UN entities, coalitions and networks, NGOs, adolescent and youth advocates, and foundations.
Well-connected and credible in climate, feminist, gender equality and/or other related movements and networks.
Experience on advocacy efforts with advocates and leaders from low- and middle-Income countries, including with adolescents or youth
Robust project management skills, including attention to detail, ability to meet deadlines, and a track record of consistently delivering high-quality work required.
Excellent leadership and management skills, with a demonstrated ability to supervise and develop high-performing teams working across time zones, cultural contexts, and issue areas; experience working in matrixed management models a plus
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, tailored to relevant audience (e.g., adolescents and youth, donors, partner organizations)
Fluent in English (Women Deliver’s primary working language); additional language skills are a plus.
Passion for advancing gender equality, SRHR, and the rights of girls and women globally.
Dedicated to questioning and dismantling white supremacist and colonial behaviors within the organization and the broader gender equality ecosystem.
Ability to travel, domestically and internationally, when required.