Associate Director of Student Programming- Human Rights Center - School of Law
 University of California-Berkeley | |
 United States, California, Berkeley | |
 Jan 21, 2026 | |
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Position overview
Position title: Associate Director Salary range:
The UC academic salary scales set the minimum pay determined by rank and step at appointment. See the following table(s) for the current salary scale(s) for this position: https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/_files/2025-26/policy-covered-july-2025-scales/t36-i.pdf. The current base salary range for this position is $64,228- $122,272. "Off-scale" salaries, which yield compensation that is higher than the published system-wide salary at the designated rank and step, are offered when necessary to meet competitive conditions. Percent time:
100% Anticipated start:
Spring 2026 Position duration:
One-year term position, with the possibility of renewal. Application Window Open date: January 21, 2026 Next review date: Thursday, Feb 5, 2026 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time) Final date: Monday, Feb 23, 2026 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time) Position description The mission of the Human Rights Center at Berkeley Law is to "pursue justice through science, technology and law," which we do in three ways: 1) conducting investigations into alleged human rights violations and war crimes, 2) creating standards and guidelines for investigators that are informed by our research and experience, and 3) teaching and training students and practitioners to those standards. This third portion of our mission includes teaching students from multiple disciplines from across UC Berkeley in our Investigations Lab (both undergraduate and graduate) and mentoring partner organizations. Our award-winning Lab equips the next generation of lawyers, journalists, advocates, and researchers with critical digital investigation skills to tackle human rights challenges in the 21st century. To date, hundreds of students have been trained in the Lab to conduct hands-on digital investigations related to human rights violations around the world. Our students have come from more than two dozen majors and minors and have collectively spoken more than 70 languages since the Lab's founding in 2016. They are trained with resilience at the core of their investigative approach and recognize the mental and emotional impact of this work. We are working hard to create a pipeline of researchers who are prepared with technical skills, collaborative mindset, and resiliency tools to lead human rights investigations. Our Lab takes on up to a dozen investigations each academic year. Our students are divided into peer-led teams to tackle those investigations with our professional partners. Duties The Academic Coordinator will help to shape the academic content of the Lab's outputs-including being responsible for instructional design, academic year calendars, etc.-under the supervision of the center's co-faculty director and lab founder, Alexa Koenig. Project and Research Management
Curriculum and Pedagogical Design
Student and Faculty Coordination
Data and Administrative Management
Event and Partnership Coordination
In addition, this position may in time oversee a student fellowship program. Division: https://humanrights.berkeley.edu/ Qualifications Basic qualifications
(required at time of application)
Additional qualifications
(required at time of start)
Preferred qualifications
Application Requirements Document requirements
Reference requirements
Apply link: https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05220 Help contact: academicpositions@law.berkeley.edu About UC Berkeley UC Berkeley is committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging in our public mission of research, teaching, and service, consistent with UC Regents Policy 4400 and University of California Academic Personnel policy (APM 210 1-d). These values are embedded in our Principles of Community, which reflect our passion for critical inquiry, debate, discovery and innovation, and our deep commitment to contributing to a better world. Every member of the UC Berkeley community has a role in sustaining a safe, caring and humane environment in which these values can thrive. The University of California, Berkeley is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, or protected veteran status. For more information, please refer to the University of California's Affirmative Action and Nondiscrimination in Employment Policy and the University of California's Anti-Discrimination Policy. In searches when letters of reference are required all letters will be treated as confidential per University of California policy and California state law. Please refer potential referees, including when letters are provided via a third party (i.e., dossier service or career center), to the UC Berkeley statement of confidentiality prior to submitting their letter. As a University employee, you will be required to comply with all applicable University policies and/or collective bargaining agreements, as may be amended from time to time. Federal, state, or local government directives may impose additional requirements. Unless stated otherwise, unambiguously, in the position description, this position does not include sponsorship of a new consular H-1B visa petition that would require payment of the $100,000 supplemental fee. As a condition of employment, the finalist will be required to disclose if they are subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct.
Job location Berkeley, CA
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