Economist, Temporary

Employee type: Temporary, full-time (part-time considered)

Reports to: Senior Director, Research and Evaluation

Department: Research and Evaluation

Entity: NDWA

Hours per week: full-time (part-time considered)

Salary: Annual salary is $90,080, but it will be prorated based on hours of employment.

Work location: Remote. Based in the United States

Start date: Mid-December

End date: April 2025

About National Domestic Workers Alliance

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, multilingual 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

The Economist will be responsible for performing economic research and analysis in support of strategies that improve marketplace norms and living standards for domestic workers. They will analyze economic data obtained from online surveys via the organization's digital media products, as well as external sources, to help NDWA make informed decisions about its strategy and priorities. The Economist will also interpret national economic trends and identify needs for future areas of economic research on the domestic work sector..

Main responsibilities

• Conduct periodic surveys for domestic workers to collect relevant economic data of the domestic worker sector.
• Analyze original survey data using statistical methods and software.
• Present the results of survey data analysis in internal and external reports that will identify pressing economic needs of domestic workers, and guide our organizational strategy and programs.
• Interpret employment trends for the domestic worker sector using original survey data, and national data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and other sources.
• Interpret national economic trends regarding unemployment, wages, and working conditions that could affect domestic workers.
• Present economic research findings to relevant internal teams and external stakeholders.
• Produce economic data, insights, and reports for NDWA leadership, and relevant internal teams.
• Advise internal teams on strategies and methods to learn about the economic conditions of domestic workers.
• Partner with external researchers and academics to produce research articles and other products on the economic conditions of domestic workers, using our original survey data and administrative data sources.
• Contribute to creating new channels to research domestic work markets and conditions via our chatbot, news, and other products.

Skills and Experience Requested

• At least a Bachelor’s degree in Economics or a related field
• At least 3 years of experience conducting surveys and economic research
• Knowledge of the hardships domestic workers and other low income workers face
• Methodological rigor about economic data quality
• Ability to translate findings into lucid, compelling prose and visualizations with useful and actionable insights for accelerating growth and impact.
• Bilingual Spanish/English

Note, this is a full time temporary hire for a period of 4-5 months, December 2024 - April 2025. We are open to part time employment for the right candidates.

How to Apply

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

We value a truly diverse workforce and a culture of inclusivity and belonging. People from historically disadvantaged communities, such as Women, People of Color, People with Disabilities, and LGBTQIA+ people, are strongly urged to apply. NDWA is a union employer; this position is temporary and not in the bargaining unit.

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