Ideal Start Date: November 2024
Work Location: Washington, DC. Approximately 70% remote.
Schedule: 40 Hours / Week, exempt
Compensation: $73,638-$80,038, commensurate with experience
Supervised by: Lead National Organizer
Hand in Hand: The Domestic Employers Network is a national organization committed to building a more just and caring economy starting in our homes and communities.
Hand in Hand organizes people who employ domestic workers to make their homes fair and equitable workplaces, as well as to act in solidarity with domestic workers in their fight to win legal rights and protections.
Domestic employers are a multiracial and cross-class community of parents, people with disabilities, older adults, family caregivers and others who hire and manage nannies, homecare workers, house cleaners to provide care and support in the home.
Hand and Hand works closely with sister organizations such as the Washington Domestic Workers Coalition and National Domestic Workers Alliance that organize women of color domestic workers. We are committed to righting the historic wrongs, rooted in the legacy of slavery, that omitted domestic workers from our country’s labor and civil rights laws.
Hand in Hand also works on campaigns that demand public investment in care for families, people with disabilities and older adults. This includes expanded access to home care and childcare as well as family-sustaining wages for workers. Our work to win policy and culture change is rooted in our core values of workers’ rights, social justice, interdependence and collective power.
Hand in Hand is a fiscally sponsored project of Bend the Arc: A Jewish Partnership for Justice.
About the Washington, DC Organizer Position:
Hand in Hand is seeking an organizer to build our base of domestic employers and mobilize them towards a future where care work is recognized and valued.
Reporting to the Lead National Organizer, the Washington, DC Organizer will play a key role in growing our membership and building members’ leadership skills to move our local, statewide, and national campaigns forward. You’ll support mass employer education to change conditions in workplaces that are also private homes. You'll be part of a team that is mobilizing grassroots members to advocate for domestic worker rights and affordable long-term care.
The ideal candidate is a dynamic organizer, passionate about building bridges and fostering grassroots leadership. You’re energized by the challenges and opportunities of organizing a multi-racial, cross-class, cross-ability base towards racial, gender, and disability justice and workers’ and immigrants’ rights.
Responsibilities:
Local Campaigns (25%)
Base building & leadership development (25%)
Employer Education (40%)
Other Organizational Duties (10%)
Required Skills and Qualifications
Preferred Experience
Working Conditions:
Bend the Arc and Hand in Hand are committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals and will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations to participate in the application and interview process and perform essential job functions. The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to perform the essential functions of this job successfully. Must be able: to remain in a stationary position for long periods of time; operate a computer, video conferencing, and other office machinery throughout working hours; observe and discern numbers and calculations; and communicate via phone, Slack or Zoom. This position requires the ability to travel for occasional in-person meetings, including an annual planning retreat for all staff, periodic work sessions, in-person workshops, and other team meetings. Any work related travel would be paid for by Hand in Hand.
To Apply:
Please submit your resume and cover letter stating why you think you are a good match for this position, and why you want to work with Hand in Hand specifically. Submit materials to jobs@domesticemployers.org with Washington, DC Community Organizer in the subject line of your message by October 18th, 2024. We sincerely regret that we will not be able to respond to all applicants. Only those considered for the position will be contacted to interview.
Hand in Hand: The Domestic Employers Network is a project of and fiscally sponsored by Bend the Arc: A Jewish Partnership for Justice.
Bend the Arc and Hand in Hand: The Domestic Employers Network value a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture. Hand in Hand endorses and supports the intent of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) and is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities who are applicants or employees who need accommodations.
Bend the Arc provides equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, marital status, citizenship, disability, veteran status, record of arrest or conviction, or any other legally protected status. Women, people of color, disabled people, and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and gender non-conforming individuals are strongly encouraged to apply.
Research suggests that women and structurally marginalized and/or underrepresented groups of people believe they need to meet 100% of the requirements in job postings to even apply. We encourage anyone who believes they have the skills and motivation necessary to succeed here to apply for this role, even if you don’t meet 100% of the qualifications, as no one applicant ever does. We look forward to hearing from you.
This job description is intended to convey information essential to understand the scope of the position. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of skills, efforts, duties, or responsibilities associated with the position.
Ideal Start Date: November 2024
Work Location: Washington, DC. Approximately 70% remote.
Schedule: 40 Hours / Week, exempt
Compensation: $73,638-$80,038, commensurate with experience
Supervised by: Lead National Organizer
Hand in Hand: The Domestic Employers Network is a national organization committed to building a more just and caring economy starting in our homes and communities.
Hand in Hand organizes people who employ domestic workers to make their homes fair and equitable workplaces, as well as to act in solidarity with domestic workers in their fight to win legal rights and protections.
Domestic employers are a multiracial and cross-class community of parents, people with disabilities, older adults, family caregivers and others who hire and manage nannies, homecare workers, house cleaners to provide care and support in the home.
Hand and Hand works closely with sister organizations such as the Washington Domestic Workers Coalition and National…
Compensation, Benefits and Work Schedule: This is an exempt, (40 hours a week) position with paid time off, including vacation, sick leave and holidays. The salary range is $73,638-$80,038. Salary is calculated based on the years of experience over the minimum requirement. Three years of experience is the starting salary, and the top end is compensation for people with 18+ years of experience.
The candidate should be able to work evenings as needed to support virtual events, and occasionally weekend hours.
Hand in Hand: The Domestic Employers Network is a project of and fiscally sponsored by Bend the Arc: A Jewish Partnership for Justice. Bend the Arc offers a comprehensive benefits package, including:
Compensation, Benefits and Work Schedule: This is an exempt, (40 hours a week) position with paid time off, including vacation, sick leave and holidays. The salary range is $73,638-$80,038. Salary is calculated based on the years of experience over the minimum requirement. Three years of experience is the starting salary, and the top end is compensation for people with 18+ years of experience.
The candidate should be able to work evenings as needed to support virtual events, and occasionally weekend hours.
Hand in Hand: The Domestic Employers Network is a project of and fiscally sponsored by Bend the Arc: A Jewish Partnership for Justice. Bend the Arc offers a comprehensive benefits package, including: