United Today, Stronger Tomorrow

Rural Listening Project

1099-Eligible, Short-Term

Field Organizer Position

February 2026 through April 2026

UTST is seeking to hire a short term Rural Listening Project (RLP) Field Organizer to support RLP 2.0.

UTST

UTST is a community power building hub and distributive organizing initiative that improves the lives of people living in rural and remote areas across the Upper Mid- and Mountain West and Alaska. We restore trust in democracy and mediating institutions by helping people understand their own agency in the decision making that impacts their lives and engaging them in strategic local, state, regional, and federal campaigns and programs that deliver concrete benefits. Simultaneously, we are building the next generation of rural and remote leaders, many of whom hail from conservative communities, to meet the current political moment and lay the foundation for long term power building over the next decade.

RLP Field Organizer

This multi-state research initiative will investigate the attitudes and values of rural and remote Americans across eight states: Alaska, Iowa, Utah, Wyoming, South Dakota, Nebraska, Colorado, and Mont…