Development Officer, Human Rights Center , Berkeley Law

Development Officer, Human Rights Center (0462U), Berkeley Law #86366

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Human Rights Center (HRC) investigates war crimes and other serious violations of human rights, pursues justice and accountability, and prepares the next generation of human rights advocates. HRC applies innovative technologies and scientific methods to investigate human rights abuses and study their effects on vulnerable populations. Based on our findings, we recommend specific policy measures to protect those affected by abuses and hold perpetrators accountable.

HRC trains advocates around the world and provides them with the skills and tools necessary to document human rights violations and turn this information into effective action.

This position serves as the fundraising lead with the Human Rights Center, a unit with UC Berkeley School of Law. This position reports directly to the Center's executive director and supports the strategic and organizational priorities of the Center by developing and executing the strategy for meeting and ideally exceeding the Center's annual budget. A significant portion of this position's time will be on identifying and cultivating new individual donors at HRC, and increasing the gift sizes of certain current individual donors.

This position is responsible for identifying, cultivating, and managing potential and existing individual donor, foundation, government, and corporate relationships; supporting the drafting and submission of all proposals and budgets; and interfacing with fundraising and grants related departments on campus; and utilizing relevant UC Berkeley databases.

The First Review Date for this job is:
June 3, 2026. For full consideration, please apply on or before the first review date.

Donor Cultivation & Stewardship:

• Identifies, cultivates, solicits, and stewards major gift prospects and donors, including new potential individual donors and existing Human Rights Center individual donors.
• The typical annual giving range is $20–$5,000 (with historical gifts ranging from $10 to $3,000,000).
• Coordinates targeted outreach to individuals who donate $5,000 or more annually, securing individual meetings at least 1–2 times per year.
• Manages individual donor fundraising activities, including planning and executing a minimum of three major fundraising campaigns annually, each potentially involving multiple solicitations (e.g. email, direct mail, and phone outreach).
• Implements stewardship activities including invitations to Human Rights Center events, circulation of the annual report, and major donor calls for all major donors 1–2 times per year.
• Uses Constant Contact to communicate with donors and CADS to research donors and prospects, track engagement, and generate fundraising and prospect reports in collaboration with UDAR.
• May include written and oral communication, donor meetings, and coordination with the Center’s directors.
• Establishes and advances clear Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), such as: increasing the number of individuals who donate $10,000 or more annually to HRC from…