Trans people across Europe and Central Asia remain at an increased risk of violence, discrimination, criminalising practices, and detention. Particularly trans sex workers, migrants, refugees, unemployed trans people, homeless trans people, and other marginalised groups have to fight a continuous mix of systematic and individual oppression. TGEU commits to centre their voices and experiences when working to advance the rights of trans people and fight against violence and discrimination.

The Senior Policy Officer will be working with the Policy Team and the Eastern Europe and Central Asia Team, in close collaboration with the Community Building Team, and report to the Executive Director. They will be responsible for managing TGEU’s policy and advocacy work across all its portfolios, engaging with European institutions (EU, Council of Europe) and the United Nations, and increasing our capacity in Eastern Europe and Central Asia (EECA).

Key responsibilities include:

Building TGEU’s presence in Brussels with key institutions and stakeholders

• As TGEU’s only permanent presence in Brussels, the Senior Policy Officer will build on TGEU’s existing relationships and strengthen partnerships and synergies with Brussels-based organisations
• Scope out new relationships and find strategic ways to partner on TGEU’s core areas of work
• Represent TGEU and trans issues at meetings, events, and identify those events for colleagues in Berlin to participate in 

Manage the work of the Policy and Advocacy Team

• Supervise the Policy Team who work on policy and advocacy work with European institutions (EU, Council of Europe), and in the areas of legal gender recognition, health, asylum, combatting anti-gender movements, violence and hate crimes, parenthood, gender and other work, in close collaboration with the Advocacy Director
• Manage and report on budgets including from the EU, governments and foundations
• Guide the development of the Policy Team’s annual work plans, ensure that staff work across teams, and policy work is integrated into the core of TGEU’s work

Lead on TGEU’s Eastern Europe and Central Asia advocacy work 

• With the EECA Team, lead on TGEU’s advocacy work at European and Global levels, including at the United Nations
• Represent TGEU with partners on annual Trans Advocacy Weeks
• Have a vision for how the EECA region can best utilise international mechanisms to advance trans rights, and be able to implement this vision
• Network and engage with TGEU’s membership from the EECA region

EU policy and advocacy

• Monitor implementation of the EU LGBTIQ Equality Strategy
• Advocacy on a Council Directive on minimum standards for Equality Bodies
• Advance the rights of trans parents within the EU
• Any other developing work on advancing trans rights

General

• Work with relevant stakeholders, including institutions on a European level, such as the European Union, and the Council of Europe 
• Contribute to the organising of the bi-annual European Trans Councils
• Support planning and grant reporting
• Other tasks as assigned