DC Organizer: Grow Domestic Worker Leadership

National Domestic Workers Alliance; United States; Hybrid; USD 74,000 - 78,000; Full time

Job summary

National Domestic Workers Alliance is hiring a DC Organizer to grow the base of domestic workers in Washington DC, develop leadership, and represent NDWA in local coalitions and campaigns. They will raise workplace standards by promoting DC rights compliance, including the DC Domestic Workers Bill of Rights.

The role requires significant fieldwork, multilingual outreach in Spanish and English, and support for leadership development and national campaigns across the DMV area.

Qualifications

• 1-3 years experience in grassroots community organizing, with an emphasis on labor organizing, racial justice, immigrant rights, and/or base building.
• Transformative organizing experience, empowering workers to build collective power, grow as leaders, and drive systemic change.
• Multiracial, low wage communities engagement and development of leadership.
• Strong ability to educate workers on their rights and move them to file complaints.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work with diverse backgrounds and cultures.

Responsibilities

• Base Growth: Implement an outreach plan to engage domestic workers in DC and educate them about rights.
• Spend at least 60% of time in the field conducting outreach and meetings.
• Awareness and Enforcement: Educate DC workers on labor rights via outreach, conversations, events, and multilingual materials.
• Worker Leadership Development: Build leadership to facilitate meetings, trainings, and campaigns.
• Campaigns and Coalition Work: Represent NDWA in DC coalitions and support legislative campaigns.
• Other Work As Assigned: Support DMV Chapter and NDWA campaigns.

Skills

Spanish

English

Google Suite

Zoom

Tools

Google Suite

Zoom

Job description

National Domestic Workers Alliance is hiring a DC Organizer to grow the base of domestic workers in Washington DC, develop leadership, and represent NDWA in local coalitions and campaigns. They will raise workplace standards by promoting DC rights compliance, including the DC Domestic Workers Bill of Rights.

The role requires significant fieldwork, multilingual outreach in Spanish and English, and support for leadership development and national campaigns across the DMV area.