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Provide support, resources, and coaching to congregations and religious professionals within the Pacific Western Region to foster organizational development. Facilitate cross-congregational collaboration and lead initiatives aligned with the UUA's mission and values.
Requires a bachelor's degree or equivalent and at least ten years of active involvement with Unitarian Universalist organizations. Candidates must possess deep knowledge of UU values, expertise in systems thinking, and a commitment to anti-racism and dismantling white supremacy.
Updated: March 25, 2026
Title: Congregational Life Field Staff- Pacific Western Region
Staff Group: Congregational Life
Reports To: Pacific Western Regional Lead
Location: Within the Pacific Western Region
Job Category: PMI
Hours/Week: 35 hours
Location is open within the Pacific Western region. You should have easy access to a major airport due to the travel requirements of this position.
Purpose
To provide support and resources for congregations, missional communities, and Unitarian Universalist religious professionals, as well as for the organizational development and expansion of our faith for the Pacific Western Region of the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) and beyond.
Principal Responsibilities
1. Serves the Unitarian Universalist faith and values, our congregations, members, and other constituencies in the Pacific Western Region of Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) and beyond. With the regional and staff group, determines staffing and service priorities consistent with our UUA Mission.
2. Works in covenant as a team member of Congregational Life and the Pacific Western Region of the UUA.
3. Provides direct support to congregational, covenanting community, and regional leaders through coaching, companioning, connecting, and challenging.
4. In collaboration with other Congregational Life staff, supports vital, innovative, covenantal, purposeful congregational and cross-congregational ministries by providing or arranging for appropriate consultation and programming, including webinars, workshops, and conferences.
5. Guides congregational leadership toward training in a variety of skills conducive to faithful, vibrant ministries.
6. Along with other regional staff, actively encourages collaboration among congregations to share resources and strategies; helps to organize cross-congregational learning communities both by geography and affinity; and facilitates and advocates covenantal support and accountability between congregations.
7. Organizes resources from the region and the UUA to meet congregational and covenanting community needs. Draws on congregational, cluster, regional, and national resources to provide a predictable and valued set of learning opportunities.
8. Serves as or ensures a representative of the region and/or the UUA will be present for ceremonial functions, interfaith efforts, and to ancillary organizations.
9. Participates actively in the UUA Congregational Life and regional staff teams, including retreats or other staff meetings. Prioritizes participation in activities offered to UUA staff, such as UUA All Staff and the learning and practice community.
10. Works with other UUA staff and UU leaders to imagine and evolve towards the future of Unitarian Universalism. Participates in appropriate missional activities in Congregational Life or UUA-wide.
11. Performs other duties as requested by supervisor, the Director of Congregational Life, the Executive Vice President, the Vice President for Programs and Ministries, or the President.
Qualifications
This is an exempt position with a salary midpoint of $72,900. Compensation may vary based on factors such as experience, qualifications, and geographical location, with offers potentially ranging from 10-15% higher or lower than the midpoint. Note that qualifications may be met as a result of lived experience, volunteer work, professional experience, and/or formal or informal training. Requirements include:
Requirements include:
Please see https://www.uua.org/pacific-western to determine the borders of the region.
How to Apply
People with disabilities, people of color, indigenous people, Hispanic/Latinx, and LGBTQ candidates are encouraged to apply. The UUA is committed to developing a diverse and talented staff team. If you are excited about this role, but are unsure whether you meet 100% of the requirements, we encourage you to inquire and/or apply. Please submit your resume and cover letter via our applicant portal (ADP WorkforceNow) on uua.org/jobs. If you have any questions, please reach out to [email protected].
About the UUA
The Unitarian Universalist Association is a progressive religious denomination headquartered in Boston’s waterfront Fort Point Innovation District. Our faith community of more than 1,000 self-governing congregations brings to the world a vision of religious freedom, tolerance, and social justice. Our normal workweek is 35 hours, we pay 80% contribution towards health insurance premiums, 10% towards retirement (after one year), and have generous paid time-off policies. We are a great place to work, and we value diversity. The UUA is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to the full inclusion of all. As part of this commitment, the UUA will ensure that applicants and staff with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact the Department of Human Resources at [email protected]. For more information on the UUA, visit us online at UUA.org and uuworld.org.
Support for the Mission and Values of the Association
The Unitarian Universalist Association is a progressive and historic religious denomination. All UUA staff members are expected to perform their job duties in accordance with the UUA’s values, principles, and mission. Unitarian Universalism puts love at the center of our commitments, which embrace the Shared Values of justice, equity, transformation, interdependence, pluralism and generosity. The following points drawn from these Shared Values are of particular importance for the UUA’s work environment and staff culture:
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.
Offices: 24 Farnsworth Street, Boston, MA 02210-1409, US
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.
Offices: 24 Farnsworth Street, Boston, MA 02210-1409, US
