Working at SUWA
The Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (SUWA) staff is made up of passionate advocates working together to defend Utah’s redrock wilderness. We value autonomy, persistence, collaboration, and a hands-on attitude from our fellow team members.
We act with integrity, transparency, loyalty, and respect to each other and our mission. We’re proud to work for SUWA in no small part because our work matters. It matters for the canyons and mesas we seek to protect, as part of addressing the loss of nature and the extinction crisis, and in mitigating the harm from climate change.
We are the best at what we do: defending and protecting the redrock wilderness. Where feasible, we offer flexible work hours and considerable paid leave. But we also step up to do what is necessary to protect the redrock.
Current Openings
The mission of the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (SUWA) is to defend and protect the wilderness at the heart of the Colorado Plateau and in Utah’s West Desert. We promote local and national recognition of the region’s unique character; support both administrative and legislative initiatives to permanently protect the Colorado Plateau’s wild places; build support for such initiatives; and provide leadership within the conservation movement.
Our staff is made up of passionate advocates working together to defend Utah’s redrock wilderness. We value autonomy, persistence, collaboration, and a hands-on attitude—and we want you to join us as an intern for Summer 2025!
Dates: Roughly Mid-May to Mid-August 2025
Location: Salt Lake City, UT
Hours: Part-time but flexible, roughly 8-10 hours a week
Stipend: $1,800, or $600 per month for three months
Application Deadline: April 18, 2025
Reporting to and working with our Utah Grassroots Organizer on a variety of grassroots campaigns, the intern will support the Grassroots Team as they conduct activities to demonstrate support for protecting America’s Redrock Wilderness—a critical step towards mitigating the climate crisis and protecting biodiversity. Activities may include but are not limited to: coordinating tabling events at festivals and fairs, organizing community-building events, and aiding with issue-based organizing efforts across the state of Utah.
This is a great opportunity to gain valuable experience in the day-to-day functions of a nonprofit organization leading one of the most recognized conservation campaigns in the country. Interns will gain insights into environmental campaign planning, education, organizing, and activism. This internship is based in Salt Lake City at SUWA’s Headquarters (425 E 100 S) and runs roughly Mid-May to Mid-August 2025. A stipend is provided ($1,800, or $600 per month for three months); hours are part-time but flexible, roughly 8-10 hours a week.
Interested? Send a one-page cover letter summarizing why you’re the best candidate, how this opportunity fits into your education or career, and what you hope to gain from the experience. Please also include a one-page resume outlining any work and educational background. Send both items to: Nicole Milavetz, SUWA Utah Grassroots Organizer, nicole@suwa.org.
Application deadline: Monday, April 18, 2025.
Benefits (full-time employees only)
- 15 days of paid vacation time (with increases yearly with tenure up to 20 days)
- 12 paid sick days annually
- 14 paid holidays, including a year-end office closure
- Employer-paid medical, vision, and dental benefits
- 2-month paid sabbatical every 5 years
- Flexible work days, depending on position
- Parental, bereavement, jury duty, and other leave
- Cell phone subsidy and travel reimbursements
- Access to outdoor gear pro deals
Ready to Apply?
When our team is looking for new staff members, we want to hear from you! Explore below to see what openings we currently have on SUWA staff. If none are available, consider signing up for our email list to hear about new open positions in the future.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at SUWA
The mission of the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance is to defend and protect the wilderness at the heart of the Colorado Plateau and in Utah’s West Desert.
We are committed to the idea that our commonalities greatly outweigh our differences, and that the redrock is for everyone. Our mission is to protect the redrock for the wonder and enjoyment of all future generations, both human and non-human alike.
The lands we work to protect are the ancestral homelands of many Tribes, including those that were forcibly removed at the hands of the U.S. government in an effort to exterminate their cultures, languages, and ways of life. These injustices are still felt today, but the quest to erase the Tribes failed: indigenous communities continue their traditions and remain an integral part of the landscape and our community. We are committed to working toward understanding this history; to expanding present-day common ground, collaboration, and reconciliation with our Tribal neighbors; and to advocating that Tribes receive a seat at the table when others would exclude them.
The environmental movement has a regrettable history of excluding and oppressing marginalized people. We know that the redrock, humanity, and the future of the planet itself depend on working together to solve our greatest common threat: the climate crisis. As we face the challenges of the 21st century head-on, we recognize we can only do so by including, involving, and elevating Tribes, communities of color, people of diverse economic backgrounds, faith communities, the LGBTQ+ community, and the tapestry of experience that weaves together our common humanity. We are committed to doing this both within our staff and through our daily work to protect the redrock.