DC Organizer

About the role

The National Domestic Workers Alliance (NDWA) is the leading national voice for dignity, respect, and recognition for domestic workers in the United States. Founded in 2007 by organizers and worker leaders in six cities representing nannies, house cleaners, and care workers, NDWA now represents an alliance of more than 76 organizations across 22 states and 395,000 domestic workers nationally. The organization envisions a society where domestic work is valued as essential to collective well‑being, domestic workers are leaders in shaping the care sector, and domestic work jobs are good, economically secure jobs. For over 15 years, NDWA has advanced its mission by making domestic work visible, passing policies that enable rights and higher wages, shifting public awareness about the dignity and value of care work, and building the capacity and leadership of domestic workers to organize and advocate for their rights.

NDWA launched a local chapter in the DMV (DC, Maryland and Virginia) area in 2017 to engage the estimated 47,000 domestic workers who live in the region. The DMV Chapter is a multiracial, multilingual group of nannies, house cleaners, and home care workers, structured as a member‑led organization with leadership structures that ensure worker voice and decision‑making at every level. From 2018‑2022 the chapter campaigned for a DC Domestic Workers Bill of Rights, which passed in December 2022, winning new rights and protections for all domestic workers employed in DC. In 2021 the chapter secured a Domestic Workers Bill of Rights in Virginia, and in 2024‑2025 helped lay the groundwork for improved working conditions for homecare workers in Maryland. Core program areas include member‑led organizing to win new legislation, enforcement of existing workplace laws through outreach and claims, trainings and workforce development, and extensive grassroots outreach to develop organizing and leadership skills.

The DC Organizer will grow NDWA’s base of domestic workers in Washington DC, develop the leadership of domestic worker members, and represent NDWA in local DC coalitions and campaigns. They will also raise workplace standards for domestic workers by increasing compliance with the rights domestic workers have under DC law, including the new rights won under the DC Domestic Workers Bill of Rights.

Responsibilities

• Implement an outreach plan that utilizes both online and offline tools to engage and educate domestic workers in DC.
• Spend at least 60% of time in the field conducting outreach, meeting and following up with domestic workers, and other base‑growth activities.
• Educate domestic workers in DC on their labor rights via consistent outreach, 1‑on‑1 conversations, membership meetings, public workshops, and creation of multilingual, engaging, worker‑facing materials.
• Develop domestic workers’ leadership skills to support workers to facilitate membership meetings, lead know‑your‑rights trainings, support outreach activities, engage in legislative campaigns, and share their stories.
• Represent NDWA in relevant DC coalitions and support legislative campaigns in Washington DC to raise standards for domestic workers in the District.
• Support DMV Chapter staff to grow the chapter's infrastructure, expand worker programming, and engage chapter members in national NDWA campaigns and other national opportunities.

Qualifications

• 1‑3 years experience in grassroots community organizing, with an emphasis on labor organizing, racial justice, immigrant rights, and/or base building (paid or volunteer experience).
• Transformative organizing experience – empowering workers to build collective power, grow as leaders, and drive systemic change for themselves, their communities, and the industry.
• Highly motivated individual with a demonstrated commitment to engaging multiracial, low‑wage communities and developing the leadership of domestic workers.
• Passion for educating workers on their rights, moving them through fear to file complaints, and using labor claims to build power for domestic workers.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work with, engage, and inspire people from diverse backgrounds and cultures.
• Ability to work well with a team and motivate others to take action.
• Strong and effective communicator.
• Very comfortable in spoken and written Spanish and English.
• Ability to work well with and represent NDWA with community partners such as other organizing groups, city government agencies and officials, and legal service providers.
• Proven ability to learn quickly, work independently, and meet multiple deadlines simultaneously.
• Keen attention to detail, including the ability to carefully track sensitive details of cases of workplace rights violations.
• Ability to work well under pressure and manage time efficiently.
• Must have a valid driver's license and access to a vehicle (driving to in‑person outreach and meeting locations is required); mileage reimbursed for work‑related travel.
• Basic computer skills (Google Suite, Zoom).
• Ability to work some evening and/or weekend hours as part of the regular schedule.
• Knowledge of issues affecting women of color, Black, and/or immigrant domestic workers nationally and locally.
• Preferred but not required: familiarity with the domestic worker sector and movement.
• Preferred but not required: familiarity with labor, racial justice, and other progressive movements in DC.
• Preferred but not required: experience developing and executing leadership development programs.
• Preferred but not required: experience with meeting facilitation and popular education training.
• Preferred but not required: experience with database management for organizing.

Pay

Salary: $74,300 – $77,694 DOE.

Schedule

40 hours per week.

Reports to: DMV Chapter Co‑Director; Department: Organizing/Field; Entity: NDWA; Work Location: Hybrid – some time working remotely in DC, some time in the DC office, and some time in the field in the DMV area; Start Date: ASAP.