Director of Human Resources

Job Title:

Director of Human Resources

Employee Type:
Full-Time

Reports To:

VP of People & Culture

Department:
Human Resources / People & Culture

Entity: NDWA

Hours per Week: 40

Salary: $120,000 - $130,000

Work Location:

Remote

Start Date:

As soon as possible with a desired start date Feb. 1, 2026

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 Overview

We are seeking a strategic, empathetic, and highly experienced Human Resources Director to lead all HR functions for NDWA, NDWA Labs, and Care in Action. You will oversee HR operations, union relations, compliance, employee relations, performance management, talent acquisition, benefits, payroll, and organizational development.

As HR Director, you will serve as a trusted advisor to leadership and staff, ensuring a supportive and inclusive workplace culture while mitigating legal risk and promoting best practices. You will lead the HR team, act as the primary liaison with union representatives, and ensure our policies and processes are aligned with our mission, values, and regulatory requirements.

Key Responsibilities

I. Human Resources and Organizational Development

• Vision, plan, manage, and oversee organizational best practices, policies, procedures, guidelines and tools to meet HR goals that support NDWA, NDWA Labs and Care in Action.
• Oversee implementation of human resources policies, programs, and practices, identify opportunities for improvement, and oversee execution of HR improvement projects.
• Establish, implement, and lead a talent acquisition strategy that includes robust sourcing, selection, and interview practices designed to recruit and hire the sector's best talent.
• Develop and oversee onboarding and orientation processes and systems to ensure comprehensive organizational integration for incoming staff and their ongoing retention.
• Manage compensation and oversee benefits structures and programs to ensure alignment with organizational goals, values, vision, budget, market competition, and employee priorities.
• Manage relationships with HR vendors and benefits providers.
• Create and maintain a positive and inclusive work culture that promotes employee engagement, retention, and development
• Communicate and champion the organization's values, mission, and goals to all employees.
• Manage other area-specific HR projects, as necessary
• Design and implement a strategy to optimize and integrate HR technology, enabling managers and employees to easily perform people-related transactions (e.g. benefits enrollment), facilitates delivery of effective HR services, securely stores employee data, and supports people-related decisions.
• Provide day to day management of the HR team and coach, mentor and develop HR staff for professional growth.
• Manages complex employee relations matters, including but not limited to…