JOB OPENING: Director of Policy & Organizing, Massachusetts Coalition for Domestic Workers

Position: Full-time, 37.5 hours a week
Reports To: Executive Director
FLSA Status: Non-Exempt
Salary: $42k-48k, depending on experience
Start Date: April 2017
Work Location: Boston, MA (some state and national travel)  

JOB SUMMARY

Massachusetts Coalition of Domestic Workers (MCDW) seeks an energetic, committed, reliable and creative Director of Policy and Organizing to focus on coalition and campaign development, policy leadership, and capacity building. The Director of Policy and Organizing should have experience or knowledge in policy or law and have a passion for coalition building, community organizing and social justice. This position is under the fiscal management and supervision of Matahari Women Workers' Center, co-founder and steering committee member of MCDW.

About the Organizations

The Massachusetts Coalition of Domestic Workers (MCDW) works to bring justice and dignity to all domestic workers in our state. Founded in 2010, MCDW was the driving force in passing the MA Domestic Workers’ Bill of Rights, which established important labor standards and granted basic protections to nannies, housekeepers, and other in-home caregivers. With the passage of the Domestic Workers’ Bill of Rights behind us, our focus now is the implementation of the new law and continued advocacy on behalf of domestic workers. The Coalition is currently made up of five organizations: the Brazilian Women's Group, the Dominican Development Center, Matahari Women Workers’ Center, the New England Jewish Labor Committee and the Boston Center for Independent Living.

Matahari Women Workers’ Center is a Greater Boston social justice organization working to end gender violence and exploitation. Matahari is a fiscally sponsored project of Third Sector New England and currently serve as a founding steering committee member and anchor organization for MCDW.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Policy Leadership

• Track and report legal and legislative efforts to support or weaken laws and communicate about those efforts with the Coalition;
• Develop and implement a strategic policy agenda;
• Analyze implications of federal, state and local legislation on the lives of domestic workers and their families;
• Coordinate with the steering committee and workers’ council on policy advocacy communications including email alerts and press releases;
• Conduct and oversee policy research and drafting;
• Build and nurture effective multi-organizational coalitions and alliances on priority issues and campaigns;
• Lead the development and management of effective working relationships with key public officials at the federal, state and local levels;
• Develop Know Your Rights toolkits for use of coalition members;
• Coordinate with legal representatives and with allies regarding small and large wage campaigns and ensuring advocacy and support at the state and municipal levels.

Organizing and Leadership Development

• Train staff organizers of Coalition member organizations and Workers’ Council/worker leaders;
• Coordinate the Workers’ Council, working with organizers to develop the Worker Council fellowship program;
• Assist in outreach to achieve key turn out for Coalition events;
• Coordinate and facilitate regular cross-sector Coalition wide meetings to discuss campaign progress and how it relates to the national strategy and landscape;
• Communicate with and support the working relationship between the Workers’ Council and Steering Committee;
• Provide outreach, development and maintenance of relationships with current and potential allies;
• Send out reminders and agendas with relevant materials, facilitate meetings and take minutes and distribute promptly for regular Coalition Steering Committee meetings;
• Maintain Coalition calendar, send reminders to keep members informed about key events and meetings and maintain Coalition’s system of data storage and management (Google-Drive);
• Develop and maintain the internal list serve and the database/spreadsheet of endorsers;
• Develop and maintain the Coalition’s presence in social media (including Facebook, twitter) and on the Coalitions website.

Coalition Building

• Act as the MCDW liaison to the National Domestic Worker Alliance (NDWA) by participating in and reporting back on monthly NDWA organizers’ calls. Maintain regular communications with the NDWA State Strategist & Communications Director and  keep abreastof domestic worker-related happenings in other states and on a national level;
• Raise funds and build resources for the Coalition and its members by writing grant proposals with the assistance of the steering committee and supporting the workers’ council with grassroots fundraising activities;
• Build and maintain relationships with enforcement agencies including the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office, MA Commission Against Discrimination, the Department of Labor and community partners (both private and public sector).

QUALIFICATIONS

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