Human Resources Coordinator

21 December 2023

Job Description Summary

The Human Resources Coordinator works collaboratively across all departments and committees of the URI global network to advance a coherent culture of connection, respect, and hospitality in keeping with URI's Preamble, Purpose, and Principles (PPPs).

Reporting directly to the Director of Finance and Administration (DFA), while coordinating with the Executive Office, the HR Coordinator serves as an integral part of URI’s Global Support Office staff and finance-administration team. The selected candidate will have a thorough understanding of a global human resources department. They will be responsible for assisting the DFA with a variety of duties, including new employee and trustee onboarding and orientation. The HR Coordinator will ensure timely training and compliance with Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) requirements, including Workplace Harassment and other staff training, Global Council (board of directors), and other volunteer committees. Ongoing support and teamwork for administrative tasks, and employee assistance, as needed.

The HR Coordinator will work with 19 regional offices dispersed in regions around the world, The URI global work is guided by a Global Council of 32 Trustees and is coordinated by the Global Support Office (GSO) located in the Presidio National Park in San Francisco, CA. There are approximately seven GSO staff members working in the San Francisco Bay Area. The Executive Director works in the Washington, DC, area with additional GSO staff members. Regional staff are based in Kampala, Uganda; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Cape Town, South Africa; and Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, as well as regional coordinators and their staff in 20 countries around the world. URI believes in a community-driven approach to leading social change and peacebuilding. We believe everyone has a role and contribution to make in promoting tolerance and respect and interrupting hate speech and violence.

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Send a cover letter, resume, and list of three references to apply@uri.org no later than January 12.  Incomplete applications will not be considered. URI does not provide relocation support. No phone calls, please.