Job Title: Lead Organizer, Civic Engagement
Type (Temporary or Permanent; Full-Time or Part-Time): Permanent, Full Time
Reports to: NC Civic Engagement Director
Department: Field
Hours per Week: 40
Salary/Hourly Rate: $81,689 - $85,921
Work Location: Remote, in North Carolina
Start Date: August 1, 2025
Job Family: Organizer 2 (Lead Organizer)

BACKGROUND: The National Domestic Workers Alliance (NDWA) is the leading national voice for dignity, respect, and recognition for domestic workers in the United States. NDWA was founded in 2007 by organizers and worker leaders in six cities representing nannies, house cleaners, and care workers, and now represents an alliance of more than 76 organizations across 22 states and 395,000 domestic workers nationally.

We envision a society where domestic work is valued as essential to our 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, we’ve worked to advance our mission by making domestic work visible. We’ve worked to pass policies that enable rights and higher wages for domestic workers across the country, changed public awareness and opinion about the dignity and value of care work, and built the capacity and leadership of domestic workers to organize and advocate for their rights.

We see the next era of our organization as an opportunity to move domestic work from newfound visibility towards transformation, and we’re ready to elevate care workers to the essential workers of the 21st-century economy.

We’re a multi-racial, multi-lingual organization building a powerful movement rooted in the human rights, dignity, and equality of domestic workers, care workers, immigrant women, and women of color.

POSITION SUMMARY: Responsible for developing and managing the execution of base-building, organizing and/or campaign plans, including managing and overseeing leadership development and other member programming. Responsible for supporting and developing member leaders and organizers in their organizing skills. Supports strategy and program development and provides ongoing evaluation and reflections towards that end. They may supervise temporary staff. Has decision-making responsibilities within their body of work under general supervision, with some latitude for independent initiative and judgment.

PRIMARY ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develop and implement Civic Engagement Organizing Programs Manage a powerful civic engagement organizing program focused on activating and mobilizing women of color to be civically engaged and participate in campaigns.

  • Implement statewide voter registration and GOTV campaigns focused on unregistered and low-propensity voters of color.

  • Execute civic engagement tactics, including traditional grassroots voter contact such as canvassing, phone banking, and texting, as well as event execution.

  • Identify pathways into campaign activities from the base building organizing program, creating opportunities for worker leadership in campaigns

• Implement Base Building strategies to grow a base of domestic workers and a base of people who support the Care Agenda (also referred to as the Care Constituency)

  • Conduct year-round organizing and base-building activities and

    • programs

  • Facilitate and promote political education that addresses the issues in Black & Brown immigrant communities.

  • Develop and implement outreach strategies to identify new contacts for organizing into our base-building program

  • Develop an effective membership structure and conduct regular follow-up communication with new contacts to convert them into members

  • Develop and maintain effective membership and leadership development structures to develop worker leaders who can facilitate membership meetings, lead chapter programs, and support with outreach activities

• Support and strengthen the overall strategy and evaluation of campaigns and organizing programs in state

  • Work alongside State Leadership, partners, and members to identify and launch new organizing campaigns to transform working conditions for domestic and care workers.

  • Regularly input new contacts and field interactions and track member participation into NDWA databases.

  • Develop relationships and partnerships with local community organizations, existing NDWA aliates and chapters, and other allies focused on base-building with domestic workers and strengthening the care economy

  • Execute collaborative national initiatives and campaigns to root national narratives in strong local actions executed by our base

  • Support State leadership with legislative lobbying work, participating in legislative visits as well as providing members with updates during monthly meetings

• Support organizers who implement base-building programs and campaign tactics (now or in the growth plan of the state)

  • Train and coach other organizers on civic engagement and other base building campaigns

  • Manage temporary campaign staff such as fellows, phone bankers, or canvassers as needed and dictated by program design and goals and ensure all paperwork required for onboarding, payroll, and onboarding are completed and submitted in a timely fashion.

  • Facilitate leadership and professional development activities for the organizing staff to effectively participate in civic engagement and other base building campaigns.

  • Ensure staff are maintaining data and metrics on our organizing work in NDWA databases

• Execute administrative functions accurately and in a timely manner

  • Support the State Leadership with budget creation, tracking, and management

  • Work with State Leadership and Development team on grant writing and reporting as needed

  • Complete reports on campaigns and organizing programs in a timely manner

  • Complete monthly credit card and expense reporting

  • Comply with all legal requirements for tracking time and activities for lobbying/C3/C4 compliance and reporting

• Participate in NDWA Responsibilities that are shared by all staff

  • Attend regular 1:1 meetings with your supervisor to share progress updates, troubleshoot challenges, and engage in ongoing feedback for accountability and professional development

  • Complete work plans and reports in a timely manner

  • Develop and satisfy a Professional Development Plan

  • Participate in staff meetings, staff study and retreats
    

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Minimum 3 years of experience in campaign management, nonprofit program coordination, or related areas of work.

• Experience managing compliance-related reporting, including lobbying time tracking and C3/C4 distinctions.

• Skilled in completing organizational reports, and expense tracking in a timely and accurate manner.

• Alignment with NDWA’s vision and values, including a commitment to economic, race, and gender justice.

• Familiarity with the domestic worker sector and issues facing domestic workers and other low-wage workers.

• Proven ability to learn quickly, work independently, and meet multiple deadlines with a keen attention to detail.

• Ability to work and collaborate with diverse staff both in person and remotely as part of a high-performing team in a fast-paced, experimental organization.
  Strong organizational skills and a creative problem-solver.

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and Google Suite preferred; familiarity with project management and expense tracking platforms is a plus.

• Spanish proficiency is a plus.

• Able to travel if needed.

How to Apply: Please apply directly to the job posting and send your resume and cover letter. Applications will only be accepted electronically, and solicitations to individual staff are unlikely to be responded to.

NDWA provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

NDWA is a union employer; this position is a bargaining unit position.

NDWA participates in the E-Verify program and is an Equal Opportunity Employer.