Associate, Asia

FULL-TIME JOB VACANCY
ASSOCIATE
Asia Division
London office
Application Deadline: 24 July 2026

The Asia Division of Human Rights Watch (HRW) is seeking an Associate to provide administrative assistance and programmatic support to staff working on human rights issues in Asia. The Asia Division works to advance human rights in Asia and conducts a wide range of work, including investigation, report writing, advocacy and media work.

This is a full-time position reporting to the Asia Director. HRW anticipates that the successful candidate will begin this position around September 2026. The successful candidate must be based within commuting distance of the London office and will be expected to work from the office 2-3 days per week.

Responsibilities:

1. Provide day-to-day administrative support to Asia Division staff, especially the Asia Director, such as scheduling meetings, preparing for and taking minutes at meetings, making travel arrangements and processing expenses;
2. Create and maintain extensive filing and archiving systems, maintain country advocacy contact databases, coordinate translations and vetting of documents and respond to requests for information;
3. Prepare, proofread, edit, format, code and coordinate materials such as news releases, reports, op-eds,