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Project Manager - Leading with Courage and Curiosity - Job Posting
Location: The successful candidate will ideally be based in MENA (Middle East and North Africa) or North America regions, with the possibility of living elsewhere with sufficient experience in either of these regions. The candidate will work remotely.
Deadline: 12th Dec, 2025
Job Summary:
URI seeks to hire a Project Manager for a 1 year contract to manage the day-to-day implementation of the Project titled “Spiritual and Religious Communities Cultivate Curiosity and Courage in the face of Threatening Differences”, which is a specific donor-funded project.
The aim of the project is to strengthen and investigate how religious communities cultivate virtues of curiosity and courage across threatening religious and polarizing cultural differences and how these virtues are used to cultivate collaborations in a pluralist society.
We will do this through the design, implementation and assessment of the URI Leadership Development Pathway: “Leading with Curiosity and Courage: URI’s PPPs in Practice” as well as the completion of the design of our 2025-2030 implementation and assessment plan for the cultivation of URI Regional Collaborative Action Hubs. (See Full Project Executive Summary Here)
The Project Manager will manage the day-to-day implementation of the project, including facilitating and coordinating the design and facilitation teams, the program implementation teams, and the follow-up teams. They will be the second point of contact with the donor.
More specifically 1) they will be responsible for leading the curriculum design team and consolidating content to generate the completed curriculum, facilitator guide, and training materials. 2) They will help lead and facilitate the regional recruitment, registration, facilitation, and program follow-up teams. They will contribute as a curriculum designer and facilitator both to the facilitation of the programs online and on location as needed and to the design of the impact assessment process. 3) They will manage and help produce the final Toolkit and investigative reports. They will support the development of the multi-year project proposal to first refine and then expand this program and investigation to all 8 URI regions.
Please read carefully the COMPLETE JOB DESCRIPTION HERE.
Language: The contractor needs to be fluent in English. Preference may be given to candidates who are also proficient in additional languages, especially Arabic in the MENA context.
Application Process: To apply, please complete the application form here, answering the questions provided and uploading your resume by end of day Friday 12 December, 2025.
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