URI staff gathered at the 2023 Global Leadership Conference in Kigali, Rwanda.
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North America Regional Coordinator
Position Overview
The North America Regional Coordinator (RC) will serve as a regional member of the URI Global Staff to work to implement the strategic priorities and guide URI development in the region.
The URI North America region consists of 82 interfaith organizations that have joined the URI network as Cooperation Circles (“CCs”) as well as over a hundred Individual Members.
This RC, under the guidance of one of the directors of the Growth, Learning and Impact Team, will work collaboratively with an integrated regional staff team and a regional trustee team (and other global staff as needed) to help grow, organize, and share helpful practices and other resources within the CC network to advance URI’s collective Purpose.
They will work in alignment with URI’s priority strategic initiatives to facilitate network growth & vitality and build interfaith capacity and collaboration to prevent violence and heal our human and ecological communities.
The candidate is committed to practicing, modeling, and living out practices of cultivating diversity, equity, and belonging at the heart of URI’s purpose and guiding principles.
URI highly encourages candidates from diverse social and cultural communities to apply with special attention to applicants with collaborative work experience in North American indigenous, migrant, and religious communities.
URI is seeking either one full-time staff (40hrs/wk) or two part-time staff (20hrs/wk) for this role. Please apply if you have interest and capacity either in the full-time or part-time opportunity.
Location: This position is for the North America region and will primarily involve remote work with occasional travel. The candidate needs to live in and be a permanent resident in the USA or Canada.
Languages: This position requires fluency in English. Preference may be given to candidates who are also proficient in additional languages, especially Spanish in the North American context.
Application Process: To apply, please complete the following form, answering the questions provided and uploading your resume by end of day Monday May 5, 2025.
URI Community Liaison
Position Overview
The URI Community Liaison is a vital member of the Regional Team representing one of the five countries below. She/he works as a movement organizer to enhance growth, focus and impact in one of the five countries listed below. She/he will work in alignment with the URI 2030 Strategic Framework and our goals to grow the network and facilitate learning-in-action to prevent violence and heal our Earth community. The URI Community Liaison is responsible for motivating, growing and uplifting the Regional Network in one of the countries listed bvelow and increasing the network vitality of URI through ongoing and effective communications, to accomplish URI’s Purpose.
The URI Community Liaison upholds and models the Preamble, Purpose and Principles stated in the URI Charter. The URI Community Liaison reports to the Director of Membership Growth and Network Vitality.
Location
There are five (5) positions one in each of the following countries: Cambodia, Indonesia, Myanmar, Malaysia, and The Philippines.
Term
Minimum of one academic semester commitment requested. Opportunities exist for longer duration with corresponding opportunities for growth.
Application Guidelines
Applicants should provide a cover letter alongside a resume and submit the documents to [email protected]
before 10 April 2025.
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About URI
The United Religions Initiative (URI) is the largest grassroots interfaith network, with members and activities in more than 110 countries. URI was founded in the year 2000 as a non-profit organization.
The Purpose of URI is threefold: to promote enduring, daily interfaith cooperation, to end religiously motivated violence, and to create cultures of peace, justice and healing for the Earth and all living beings. URI connects grassroots groups and individuals working in support of its Purpose across the globe into a vibrant network.
Group members of the network are called Cooperation Circles (CCs). There are currently over 1,190 CCs in 113 countries. These Cooperation Circles address local issues that impact their communities through community projects focused on URI's purpose.
The URI global support office and 20 regional offices on six continents support its decentralized global network of grassroots groups – providing them with training, mentoring, coaching, communications systems, and connection to a global network.