Join our staff team and enjoy amazing benefits!
In addition to a flexible and supportive workplace, DAIS offers an excellent benefit package for full-time and regular part-time employees that includes:
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- Health insurance – Low out of pocket costs; DAIS pays 80% of premiums for all tiers of coverage, including employee only, employee and spouse, employee and children, and family.
- Dental insurance – PPO providers reduce out of pocket costs; DAIS pays 80% of premiums for all tiers of coverage, including employee only, employee and spouse, employee and children, and family.
- Vision Insurance – In-network providers provide significant savings
- Health insurance – Low out of pocket costs; DAIS pays 80% of premiums for all tiers of coverage, including employee only, employee and spouse, employee and children, and family.
- Dental insurance – PPO providers reduce out of pocket costs; DAIS pays 80% of premiums for all tiers of coverage, including employee only, employee and spouse, employee and children, and family.
- Vision Insurance – In-network providers provide significant savings
- Life insurance and AD&D – Fully paid for by DAIS
- Short-term Disability coverage– Fully paid for by DAIS
- Long-term Disability coverage – Fully paid for by DAIS
- Employee Assistance Plan (EAP)
- Flexible Spending Plan (option for pre-tax deductions from pay to use for qualifying expenses)
- 401(k) Plan (employer match available)
- 9 paid holidays per year
- 1 Floating holiday per year
- Generous Paid Time Off (PTO)
Jobs with DAIS
DAIS is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. The DAIS staff experience is rooted in collaboration, mutual respect, openness, and shared responsibility. The organization values staff for their contributions and supports their growth. Together, we are one, for all. Benefits for full-time & regular part-time positions include medical and dental coverage, vision coverage options, life insurance, short-term disability insurance, long-term disability insurance, the option to participate in a 401(k) plan, and generous paid time off.
If you want to be considered for any position, you must submit the following 3 things:
Note: Please submit documents in Word or PDF formats ONLY
1. Cover letter – tell us who you are and what draws you to work with us
2. Resumé – share highlights of your experiences and background
3. Application for Employment – provide additional information that may not be on your resumé
IMPORTANT: You must download application to your computer and save the file to get started. Please read: How to fill out your employment application
To submit required application materials:
- Upload documents via the form on this page and hit “Send Message”
- Send materials by postal mail or drop off your materials at our office:
DAIS, 2102 Fordem Ave, Madison, WI 53704
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DAIS Employment Opportunities
Development Officer
Full Time – exempt
Pay range: $64-67K/year based on experience + benefits
DAIS is seeking a Development Officer to join our collaborative, creative team. If you are interested in generating community interest and support for our work in supporting those affected by domestic violence, we’d like to learn more about you. The Development Officer serves as a strategic partner to the Director of Development and Communications, assisting in the development of fundraising strategies, and helping to set and achieve development program goals in alignment with organizational direction. Responsibilities include donor research and cultivation, database management, donor cultivation, grant research and writing and the oversight of gift administration, information management, and prospect development.
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Shelter Advocate
Variable Part Time: primarily weekend shifts (including overnights) with weekday & holiday coverage as needed.
Pay range: $21 per hour + $2.50 shift differential for hours worked between 11pm-7am
DAIS Shelter Advocates work to ensure that victims of intimate partner violence and their children staying in our emergency shelter have a safe, dignified, and empowered experience as they work to address the impact of intimate partner violence in their lives. Variable part-time Shelter Advocates primarily work overnight and weekend shifts and may occasionally cover weekday and evening shifts. Overnight shifts are awake shifts.
Primary responsibilities that contribute to a safe, dignified, and empowered experience for clients include:
- Maintaining cleanliness in shelter common areas, including the shelter kitchen; engaging clients to participate in efforts
- Cleaning and preparing rooms for client intakes
- Assisting clients with daily living needs
- Understanding and utilizing principles of trauma informed care and the empowerment philosophy of advocacy to support clients
- Conducting shelter intakes and shelter orientations
- Supporting other client and crisis services as needed, including providing help line coverage, monitoring security cameras, and providing building access to shelter clients
- Communicating shelter rules and communal living guidelines to clients and addressing difficulties or problems that arise
- Maintaining professionalism and professional boundaries with clients and staff alike
- Demonstrating humility
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How to Submit the DAIS Employment Application:
1. Download and save the application to your computer.
2. Go to your desktop or the folder where you saved the employment application on your computer and open the application from there.
3. After filling out the application, save the completed application on your computer.
4. Close the application and reopen it to verify that your information has been saved.
5. Print and mail or submit your application with the form on this page along with your cover letter and resume.