Advocacy Project Coordinator

Department: Advocacy Portfolio Management
Team: Advocacy
Location: London with hybrid working
Position type: Contractor (umbrella – inside IR35); 1 year contract starting March/April 2026

What the hiring manager says

“Join a team of engaged and motivated colleagues who provide critical project management expertise to the broader GSMA Advocacy department. We ensure their ability to effectively engage with governments and regulators around the world and deliver results that advance the interests of the mobile industry. The GSMA’s Advocacy campaigns are typically embedded within multi-year plans, presenting unique portfolio management challenges that require a forward-looking vision and excellent delivery planning. Our top priority is to achieve enabling policy and regulatory environments that allow people, industry and society thrive. The team governs, manages, and reports on progress to all levels of stakeholders.”
Sonja Newey, Head of Portfolio Management, Advocacy

About the Team

The team consists of project management professionals working with matrixed teams to deliver results for our members. You will be part of a team that delivers impactful initiatives and projects on areas such as Climate, International Relations, and Capacity Building, working with outstanding people.

About the Role

• Support the delivery of Advocacy projects via effective planning and process techniques.
• Coordinate the development of project documentation, including project plans, risk and issue logs, meeting documentation.
• Provide best-in-class service to Advocacy matrixed teams. Assist with monitoring and reporting on Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) and data collection and provide procurement assistance as required.
• Provide scheduling support for GSMA capacity building courses and moderate online sessions.
• Support the coordination of various global Mobile Operator Taskforces.
• Give Project Management support to the team around the launch of annual reports, delivery of GSMA events throughout the year building knowledge of the various stakeholders and international organisations we engage with.

About You

• A working level understanding of good project management practices and processes
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and an ability to build effective business relationships.
• Uses a range of communication methods effectively, including email, instant messaging, telephone, and face-to-face conversation.
• Maintains a flexible hands-on approach and the willingness to learn.
• Good office IT skills, at least including Microsoft Office products, especially Outlook, Word, and Excel.
• Shows enthusiasm for the mobile industry and an interest in the focus of the Advocacy portfolio.
• Takes ownership of own responsibilities and seeks to proactively develop their role and skills.

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What We Offer

Working at the GSMA offers you unparalleled access to the mobile industry. We offer a chance to truly shape the direction of mobile, whatever your role. By joining the GSMA, you will be exposed to a fast-paced rapidly evolving environment, working on global solutions, genuinely fascinating and industry-changing projects and a stimulating and dynamic environment designed to enable you to flourish.

In addition to architect-designed offices and competitive compensation, our benefits include fantastic learning & development opportunities, generous holiday allowances, four additional days off for professional development and many others.

To learn more about the GSMA, visit our career site, our LinkedIn page and our Twitter page.

Being You at the GSMA

We care deeply about diversity, equity and inclusivity and aspire to be the best at it. Your well-being and work/life balance is important, so flexi-time and remote working is available to all staff. We're keen to ensure everyone is equal, represented and connected so we particularly encourage applications from all demographics. The sucess of the GSMA year on year will continue to be contributed by people from all walks of life.

GSMA Values

Our values not only drive our culture – they shape how we work and interact inside and outside our global organisation.

Passionately driven

We approach everything we do with unparalleled capability, tenacity and commitment, knowing that the challenging scale, pace and complexity of our work is what leads to its world-changing impact.

Insightful leaders

We continually develop and engage our expertise, insight and creativity so that we’re always ready to respond to the changing landscape with authority, agility and nuance.

Stronger together

We lean on each other so the industry can lean on us, embracing our diversity by actively seeking out perspectives and skill sets beyond our own, fuelling each other’s successes and constantly asking how we can help.

Underpinning our values is our collective mindset to show up purposefully as good human beings every day, in every situation. When we’re at our best – we are collaborative, considerate and compassionate to others, and we create a safe space for one another to thrive, assuming positive intent in our colleagues. And if we aren’t at our best and the pressure is on – we feel free to be ourselves but still remain curious, lean into the tough stuff and we are always respectful to others and accountable for the part we play.