URI staff gathered at the 2023 Global Leadership Conference in Kigali, Rwanda.
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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.