Key Facts

Remote From:

Austria , United States

Full time

Senior (5-10 years)

English

Hard Skills

Educational Assessment Recruitment Strategies

Other Skills

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Leadership
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Intercultural Competence
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Communication
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Collaboration
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Organizational Skills
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Governance
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Reliability
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Client Confidentiality

Roles & Responsibilities

Commitment to Unitarian Universalism's mission and values
Strong leadership skills
Cultural competence
Strong communication skills

Requirements:

Recruit and review applications from potential candidates for UUA President
Evaluate applicants based on defined criteria
Work with the UUA Board to ensure a shared vision
Maintain transparency, discretion, reliability, and confidentiality

Unitarian Universalist Association

About Unitarian Universalist Association

The Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) is a religious organization that combines two traditions: the Universalists, who organized in 1793, and the Unitarians, who organized in 1825. They consolidated into the UUA in 1961. Both groups trace their roots in North America to the early Massachusetts settlers and to the founders of the Republic. Overseas, their heritages reach back centuries to pioneers in England, Poland, and Transylvania. Each of the 1,000+ congregations in the United States, Canada, and overseas are democratic in polity and operation; they govern themselves. They unite in the Association to provide services that individual congregations cannot provide for themselves. Each congregation is associated with one of the UUA’s 19 districts. Unitarian Universalism is a liberal religion with Jewish-Christian roots. It has no creed. It affirms the worth of human beings, advocates freedom of belief and the search for advancing truth, and tries to provide a warm, open, supportive community for people who believe that ethical living is the supreme witness of religion.

Founded: 2018

Company size: 201 - 500

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Job description

Purpose: The Presidential Search Committee recruits, selects, and presents at least two qualified nominees for the position of UUA President to the UUA Board of Trustees.

Key responsibilities and functions of the Committee include:

Recruitment and Review
- Actively seeking, recruiting, reviewing applications from, and checking references for potential candidates for President.
Assessment of Candidates
- Evaluating applicants based on a range of criteria, including:
  - commitment to Unitarian Universalism's mission and values, particularly the work of dismantling systems of oppression and white supremacy.
  - leadership skills and the ability to manage a complex organization.
  - capacity to serve as the primary public and spiritual leader of the faith.
  - cultural competence and the ability to represent the diversity of the Association.
Strong communication skills
Transparency, Discretion, Reliability, and Confidentiality
Collaboration
- Working with the UUA Board to ensure a shared vision and clear expectations for the search and the future President.
Understanding of the UUA structure and governance, and an awareness of Associational needs and issues.

The Committee's work is a significant volunteer commitment involving a thorough, multi-phase process including organization, preparation, and the nomination process itself.

Length of Term: 5 years (begins at the end of General Assembly 2026)

Meetings: TBD; most via Zoom; attendance at GA expected

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