YWCA Madison is on a mission to eliminate racism, empower women, stand up for social justice, help families, and strengthen communities.

For over 110 years, YWCA Madison has been a leader in addressing the most challenging issues of the day, including gender equity, affordable housing, racial justice, restorative justice, and family supporting wages. Today our programs and services across the greater Madison area serve over five thousand women, girls, and their families. We combine programming and advocacy to move the needle on three key areas: racial and gender equity, housing and shelter, and employment training and transportation.

If you’re passionate about eliminating racism, empowering women and promoting peace, justice, freedom, and dignity for all, we want you on our team! Join us as we work on the front lines tackling some of the most pressing issues of our time. Our staff is creative, collaborative, smart, dedicated and inspired as we seek to build a world where all girls, women, and people of color are empowered to safely reach their full potential. Check out the available job opportunities below.

Current opening at YWCA Madison

If you wish to be considered for more than one opening with YWCA Madison, please submit separate application materials for each opening for which you wish to be considered. Please refer to the specific position’s required application materials; only complete applications will be considered.

YWCA Madison is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Candidates interested in employment in any position with YWCA Madison should support YWCA’s mission: eliminating racism and empowering women; demonstrate cultural competency and the ability to work with diverse populations. People of color and those bilingual in English/Spanish are encouraged to apply.

Hiring Process

YWCA Madison conducts hiring by committee. We have a Human Resources Department however, we ask that you do not call or email YWCA regarding employment opportunities. Detailed information about each position posted is available via the links on this page. Anything not found here will be responded to during the interview stage as we do not respond to individual inquiries about our postings. We often have multiple openings and it is virtually impossible to communicate with every applicant for every open position that we have. Please refer to this website for updates on the status of a particular opening.

Once a position’s application deadline has passed, all complete application packets are ranked based on the qualifications of that particular position. The hiring committee will then be in contact with the strongest applicants to schedule interviews for the position. Once we fill a position, this information will be posted on this website.