The 200,000 domestic workers in NYC, 80% immigrant and 90% women of color, have been devastated by the pandemic. Domestic work is rooted in a legacy of slavery and punitive immigration policies in the US – while the Domestic Worker Bill of Rights was passed in 2010, workers still lack basic protections and rights to collectively bargain or unionize. As domestic workers provided unacknowledged essential care during the pandemic (cleaning homes, caring for the elderly, disabled, & children), they faced health risks and fatalities, overwhelming job loss, lack of basic US labor law protections, and exclusion from the majority of relief efforts. At the same time as the pandemic, uprisings against police brutality and inadequate labor protections for essential workers galvanized more people into social movements than any time in recent history. This is a vital moment to expand domestic worker power to ensure access to essential benefits like paid sick days and family leave, living wages, a path to citizenship, and to ultimately transform the economy to one that values care and feminized labor, over profits and production. Given the dynamics of workers employed in private homes, it becomes even more critical for us to train a mass of workers in worker rights and negotiations coupled with a broader organizing strategy with employers to raise standards across the industry.
We Rise https://www.workersrise.org/ is a peer education and organizing program working to transform the domestic worker industry, through its coalition of 7 worker center organizations and co-ops in NYC and Westchester. Through a combination of peer training, We Rise trains domestic worker leaders, who in turn, recruit, educate, and empower other domestic workers, building a powerful base to raise standards across the domestic worker industry. We Rise collaborates on campaigns, like the Care Platform, and innovative organizing models, like the Care Collaborative, that raise standards and transform the care economy.
Responsibilities:
- Facilitating network/coalition communications across We Rise
- Conducting coaching and support sessions with leaders and organizational representatives
- Designing and managing curriculum on racial justice, community organizing, etc
- Supporting the development of standards boards and the Care Collaborative at CGA
- Coordinating community organizing training and social events
- Liaising with Cornell/NDWA/key partners to support collective decision making
- Managing evaluation and program monitoring, including analysis and reporting on qualtrics and survey data
- Engaging We Rise in key domestic worker campaigns like the Care Platform
- Co-facilitating coalition meetings and healing circles
- Collaborate with and support task management for the social work intern
- Engaging in strategic planning and visioning around the expansion of the We Rise program across different sectors and around the country
- Contribute to fundraising activities, including grant writing, funder meetings, and program prospecting
This position is a part-time position, 8-12 hours/week and reports to the New York Coordinator. The team is currently working remotely and will conduct programming virtually through Summer and early Fall, 2021, but anticipates NY based in person work, when safe to do so at our Brooklyn offices. Salary is commensurate with the graduate MSW rate, $30/hr beginning in September 2021 for 1 year, with potential renewal and expansion of hours/salary, pending available resources.
Candidate Profile:
The successful candidate will bring many of the following professional qualifications and personal attributes:
- Bachelors from the US or any other country – in social work, education, public policy, or another related field preferred or comparable experience
- Bilingual in English and Spanish
- Authentic passion for We Rise’s mission. Strong experience in social justice, and racial and gender equity preferred.
- 1 year working on capacity building or campaigning with local organizations or comparable experience
- Exceptional communication skills.
- Deadline-oriented and able to manage multiple priorities.
- A flexible and adaptive work style with the ability to thrive in a transformational environment
- Knowledge of the domestic worker movement or low-wage worker organizing is a plus
We Rise is an equal opportunity employer fully committed to creating an environment and team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, styles, and experiences. All are encouraged to apply because we believe a diversity of voices leads to better discussions, decisions, and outcomes for everyone.
We Rise does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, military status, veteran status, genetic information, gender identity, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
Please send your CV and Cover Letter, and a short sample of the training curriculum that you contributed to. Email programs@workersrise.org, Attention: Arianna
