Executive Director

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Iranti

Hybrid
  • Career category: Advocacy/ Policy, Fundraising/ Grant management, Programme/ Project design & management
  • Job type: Job
  • Organisation type: Civil Society
  • Remote option: Hybrid
  • Right to work requirements: Right to work required in advance
  • Remuneration: Remuneration not disclosed
  • Work schedule: Full-time
  • Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
  • Deadline: 17/02/2026
  • Location: South Africa
LGBTQI+ rights/ SOGIESC
WHO WE ARE
Iranti, a Yoruba word, which means memory, was founded in 2012 with the vision of achieving a just world where sexual, gender and bodily diversity is celebrated and where everyone lives with dignity, respect and equality.  
Iranti uses multi-media narratives and evidence to advocate for lesbian, bisexual, queer, trans and gender diverse and intersex people’s rights. We transfer knowledge and skills, document our movement’s history and contribute to building strong and effective LBQTI movements in Africa.

THE OPPORTUNITY
With the rise of anti-gender movements and a global backlash against LGBTIQ+ people, the defunding of our movements, increased pathologisation, and criminalisation. Iranti is needed now more than ever.
We are not alone in this struggle for freedom and justice; forging new partnerships across movements and deepening existing ones has become imperative for our collective survival.
It is in this context that we are seeking to hire an Executive Director.
Reporting to the Board of Directors, the Executive Director will build on Iranti’s achievements and forge new pathways to impact.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:
In collaboration with the board and staff, the new Executive will leverage the organisation’s past expertise, centring and expanding its media, research, archiving and advocacy work, and leading the development and implementation of the organisation’s next strategic plan.
Professional Requirements
The ideal candidate will be a transformative leader with a nuanced understanding of, and experience in, leading an LGBTIQ+  rights organisation, or any other human rights or feminist organisation. They will have connections to movements, donors, and other stakeholders such as the media. We are seeking someone with a postgraduate degree-level education, preferably in the social sciences,   law, or equivalent experience, coupled with a minimum of four (4) years’ experience working within the human rights sector in a senior management role.
  • Executive or senior leadership experience with an organisation, including experience managing a small team;
  • Prior executive or senior leadership experience in fundraising and donor engagements;
  • Proven experience in building strong and effective teams and creating cultures defined by transparency, accountability, trust and respect;
  • Strategic fundraising experience that includes cultivating individual and institutional donor relationships and fundraising.
  • Experience working with a non-profit board and a demonstrable understanding of governance and decision-making;
  • Demonstrable understanding of budgets, how to develop, track, and manage organisational or large project budgets;
  • An understanding of the fiscal and donor reporting requirements associated with donor funds;
  • Demonstrated experience leading the creation and implementation of strategic plans;
  • Excellent communication skills, including the ability to effectively convey radical ideas and to engage individuals and large groups;
  • Fluency in English.
  • Availability for domestic and international travel; and

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