Associate Director of Student Programming- Human Rights Center - School of Law

Position overview Position title: Associate Director

Salary range: The UC academic salary scales set the minimum pay determined by rank and step  the following table(s) for the current salary scale(s) for this position: https://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). 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.

Open date: January 21, 2026

Next review date: Monday, Feb 23, 2026 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee.

Final date: Monday, Feb 23, 2026 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Applications will continue to be accepted until this date.

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

• Oversee five to six student research projects related to journalism, law, and human rights.
• Manage Investigations Lab design, implementation, and coordination across multiple disciplines and partners (students, UC faculty, and international organizations).
• Ensure effective instructional design, program structure, and annual academic planning.

Curriculum and Pedagogical Design

• Develop learning goals and ensure strong pedagogical value in each project of the Investigations Lab.
• Support digital research methods integration across journalism, legal, and human rights contexts.
• Design and deliver student training relevant to each project's objectives.

Student and Faculty Coordination

• Oversee student engagement throughout the academic year.
• Coordinate orientation, mentorship, and networking opportunities.
• Collaborate with UC faculty across multiple campuses to support lab replication and shared learning.

Data and Administrative Management

• Manage data organization, online files, and documentation.
• Support responsible data management and compliance with ethical standards.
• Assist with the lab fundraising efforts.

Event and Partnership Coordination

• Plan and host student-facing events, workshops, and conferences.
• Serve as liaison with national and international program partners, coordinating across time zones and cultural contexts.
• Maintain clear communication channels between students, partners, and the Investigation Lab's leadership.

In addition, this position may in time oversee a student fellowship program.

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Basic qualifications (required at time of application)

• Candidates must hold a Bachelor's degree, or equivalent international degree

Additional qualifications (required at time of start)

• At least 2 years of professional supervisory experience

Preferred qualifications

• Master's degree in education or the equivalent
• At least 3 years of professional experience coordinating student-facing projects or programs.
• A working understanding of the field of digital open source investigations, including the broader professional…