Pitt County Field Organizer

The Opportunity

Down Home North Carolina (DHNC) seeks multiple temporary Field Organizers to aid in our 2026 field program. This year, Down Home North Carolina is planning the largest field program our organization has ever attempted. We plan to expand into multiple new counties from the mountains in the West to the coast out East to grow our movement of working-class people. Down Home is working to engage voters in small towns and rural areas through base building, leadership development, and direct voter contact.

We are committed to building a long-term base of working-class power through both community organizing and civic engagement.

The 2026 Field Team will be responsible for conducting a paid field operation in their respective turfs. The organizers will be tasked with building new relationships with community members and leaders, conducting paid canvasses, and gaining a fundamental understanding of our communities. The ultimate goal of these roles is to build a multiracial, working-class base of supporters that will continue to organize in their communities long after the 2026 elections.

The ideal candidate is a people-person who is motivated to build a powerful multiracial base that wins changes for poor and working-class people in rural North Carolina. They have an organized mindset, a willingness to learn, strong interpersonal skills, are team players, are able to work independently, and are mission-aligned. Previous experience as an organizer or a grassroots leader is preferred but not required.

Down Home North Carolina is a growing statewide organization of rural and small-town communities that advocate for an economy and democracy that works for all of us, not just the wealthy few. We move North Carolina toward the values of dignity, safety, and justice through leadership development, strategic campaigning, multiracial movement building, and civic engagement that advance positive, life-changing reforms for rural communities.

Founded in 2017, Down Home has built a strong organizational track record, including:

• Establishing 13 member-led county-based chapters from the high country to Eastern North Carolina
• Winning campaigns and helping elect officials who represent and move our working-class agenda at every level of the ballot.
• Running and winning member-led, local issue campaigns, including new reconstructions of public parks, expanding opportunities for affordable housing, and fully funding local school systems.
• Led a years-long statewide campaign to expand Medicaid and anchored the statewide public school advocacy group, Public School Strong

• Organizer mindset: Committed to grassroots organizing and is grounded in the importance of building a multiracial movement. Is willing and able to build relationships quickly, have strong follow-ups, and move people to action. Is willing to take…