FULL-TIME JOB VACANCY 
ASSOCIATE
Development and Outreach Department  
Los Angeles Office
Application Deadline: 16 October, 2025

The Development and Outreach Department of Human Rights Watch (HRW) is seeking candidates for the position of Associate in the Los Angeles office. The Southern California Associate provides detail-oriented administrative support to the Development and Outreach teams, based in Los Angeles and Santa Barbara, with a focus on managing and organizing the Salesforce database while also collaborating on all communications, administration, and event coordination. The Associate will participate in team meetings and will have opportunities to attend trainings and events related to human rights, as well as network with colleagues around the world.

This is a full-time position that will report to the Los Angeles Associate Director. The successful candidate will be expected to work from the office 4-5 days a week during busy season but may have the option to work remotely 1-3 days during slower times. Some evening and weekend work will be required for events.

Responsibilities:

Database & Fundraising Operations: Maintain the city’s Salesforce and Marketing Cloud database, ensuring data accuracy and recording all information in a timely manner:

1. Enter donations in the database upon receipt, including all details on the donor and corresponding campaign;
2. Draft and track the status of gift acknowledgement and thank-you notes for donors, sharing tracking list of all thank-you notes with the team on a weekly basis;
3. Create and update donor profiles with relevant communications and information;
4. Pull donor interest reports frequently and share with the team, tied to upcoming events, new reports, or research updates on specific topics;
5. Build campaigns for all local events and coding donors and event attendees appropriately, including marking interests in Salesforce;
6. Merge duplicates and clean up data regularly when errors are found
7. Coordinate gifts from donors through credit card, wire, and check processing; and
8. Support major gifts efforts through prospect research, meeting preparation, follow-up email drafts, and direct communication and coordination with donors.

Event Coordination:

1. Prepare all communications for city events, including creating email invitations and sending reminders and follow-up emails after events;
2. Coordinate logistics of Zoom virtual events: organize prep calls with researchers, create and share an event show-flow, and manage recording and attendance;
3. Oversee all lists for events, updating lists daily and sharing with event hosts; and
4. Support the annual Voices for Justice Dinner, the team’s largest fundraising event of the Year.

Marketing and Outreach

1. Prepare, draft, edit, format, and distribute correspondence and documents to share with constituents;
2. In collaboration with the city team, create and post all social media and email marketing content for our local community; and
3. Maintain an annual touch points calendar tracking donor communications, keeping our team on track to email or call donors with regular frequency throughout the year.

Team and Committee Administration

1. Provide administrative support to the department such as scheduling, preparing for and taking minutes at meetings, preparing background materials, making travel arrangements, and responding to inquiries;
2. Collaborate with IT on all office technology needs, troubleshooting as needed;
3. Conduct office inventory and ensure the office is fully stocked by ordering supplies, merchandise, and HRW reports as needed;
4. Process and pay invoices for all contractors, vendors, honorariums, and other Development team transactions;
5. Coordinate physical mailings to donors and prospects; and
6. Perform other duties as required.

Qualifications:

Education: A bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience in human rights, international relations, social science, or a related field is required.

Experience: A minimum of one year of relevant work experience in development, nonprofit administration, or communications is required. Events experience is also desirable.

Related Skills and Knowledge:

1. Professional experience using Salesforce or similar database systems is desired.
2. Prior office/administration experience and strong organizational skills is required.
3. Excellent oral and written communication skills in English is required.
4. Ability to work well under deadlines while juggling multiple tasks simultaneously is required.
5. Proficiency in computer packages including MS Office applications is required.
6. Strong interest in international human rights, social justice, event management, and fundraising.
7. Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate with a variety of audience.
8. Pro-active mindset.
9. Ability to prioritize with minimal supervision and work independently as well as function as a member of a team with staff in locations globally.

Other: Candidates must possess valid work authorization to live and work in the US; HRW is unable to sponsor work visas for this role.

The successful candidate must have access to a personal vehicle to travel to and from events, occasionally transport visiting colleagues locally, and on occasion, between Santa Barbara and Los Angeles.

Salary and Benefits: The salary range for this position is $ 60,001 - $64,328. HRW seeks exceptional applicants and offers competitive compensation and employer-paid benefits.

How to Apply: Please apply immediately or by October 16, 2025, by visiting our online job portal at careers.hrw.org and attaching a cover letter and resume, preferably as PDF files. No calls or email inquiries, please. Only complete applications will be reviewed and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

If you are experiencing technical difficulties with your application submission, please email recruitment@hrw.org. Due to the large response, application submissions via email will not be accepted and inquiries regarding the status of applications will go unanswered.

Human Rights Watch is strong because it is diverse. We actively seek a diverse applicant pool and encourage candidates of all backgrounds to apply. Human Rights Watch does not discriminate on the basis of disability, age, gender identity and expression, national origin, race and ethnicity, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, or criminal record. We welcome all kinds of diversity. Our employees include people who are parents and nonparents, the self-taught and university educated, and from a wide span of socio-economic backgrounds and perspectives on the world. Human Rights Watch is an equal opportunity employer.

Human Rights Watch is an international human rights monitoring and advocacy organization known for its in-depth investigations, its incisive and timely reporting, its innovative and high-profile advocacy campaigns, and its success in changing the human rights-related policies and practices of influential governments and international institutions.