Key Facts

Remote From:

Austria , United States

Full time

Senior (5-10 years)

English

Other Skills

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Emotional Intelligence
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Listening Skills
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Professionalism
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Teamwork
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Collaboration
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Communication

Roles & Responsibilities

Emotional intelligence
Excellent listening skills
Expansive consideration in appraising candidates for ministry
Strong sense of teamwork and collaboration with other committee members and UUA staff

Requirements:

Interviewing candidates for consideration of fellowship
Reviewing and monitoring requirements for fellowshipped ministers
Reviewing and adjudicating disciplinary cases
Reviewing and revising the entire process and workings of the MFC

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 Ministerial Fellowship Committee (MFC) is responsible for overseeing the process of fellowship for candidates for ministry and adjudicating disciplinary cases.

The makeup of the Committee contains:

6 lay leaders (3 of which are psychologists)
8 ministers in full fellowship
- 4 of which are appointed by the Unitarian Universalist Ministers Association (UUMA)
- 4 of which are appointed by the Board

Key responsibilities: Interviewing candidates for consideration of fellowship, reviewing and monitoring requirements for fellowshipped ministers, reviewing and adjudicating disciplinary cases, receive waivers for candidacy and settlement, reviewing and revising the entire process and workings of the MFC.

Requirements: Emotional intelligence, excellent listening skills, excellent listening skills, expansive consideration in appraising candidates for ministry, excellent professional boundaries, ability to discern and communicate biases throughout group processes, and strong sense of teamwork and collaboration with other committee members and UUA staff.

Length of Term: 2 year term with a limit of 8 years in full

Meetings: 3 in person, some additional online

Length of meetings: 4 days (Executive Committee is 5 days)

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