Responsibilities: Work in partnership with the Los Angeles Director on the fundraising strategy and its implementation; Lead, motivate, and mentor the direct report (the Associate), including communicating clear expectations, setting performance objectives, providing regular and timely constructive feedback, ensuring balanced workload, providing guidance on professional growth, and monitoring staff well-being as it pertains to stress and resilience issues and self-care; Oversee and lead outreach and cultivation events in the city alongside the City Director, including the annual Voices for Justice celebration, briefings, and private dinners and receptions; Manage the Committee and liaise with event consultants; Collaborate with the team to expand and diversify support for the organization by researching, identifying, cultivating, servicing and soliciting new prospects, existing donors, and local Committee members; Oversee Committee communications and initiatives, including advocacy, outreach and fundraising projects, in close partnership with the Associate; Oversee and manage the development and implementation of a strategic plan for the Committee in conjunction with the Executive Committee; Manage the Committee and liaise with event consultants; Oversee gift processing and donor support services in Salesforce, including but not limited to mailings, gift tracking and acknowledgments; Oversee the maintenance of donor lists, fundraising reports, and office and event expenses; Oversee fundraising-specific team processes, including regular team meetings and prospect research; Perform other responsibilities as may be required. 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.