Policy Platform Lead / Host

Position: Policy Platform Lead / Host — The Global Risks Forum (GRF) / Nexus Governance System
Type: Public policy convening, adoption guidance, and procurement-neutral governance leadership role (non-executive; strictly non-executing)
Board: Platform Leads are considered for senior council leadership and Board/Trustee nomination after serving in good standing
Location: International (distributed, hybrid; online + in-person convenings)
Term: 3 Years
Time commitment: ~20–40 hours per month (build-year cadence; surge periods around flagship policy forums, cross-jurisdiction sessions, and quarterly GRF releases)
Apply here: https://therisk.global/work/job/policy-platform-lead-host/

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Context and Purpose

Risk governance often fails not because tools are unavailable, but because adoption is slow, legally unclear, and operationally inconsistent. Policies and procedures vary across jurisdictions; procurement systems reward bespoke solutions; and “standards” are frequently misread as regulation, endorsement, or preferred vendor guidance—creating political friction and implementation risk.

The Global Risks Forum (GRF) is a whole-of-society standards-and-legitimacy forum within the Nexus governance system. GRF’s Policy Platform is the frontier stage for lawful adoption and policy usability: translating assurance language into procurement-neutral, jurisdiction-aware guidance; clarifying reliance boundaries; building cross-jurisdiction literacy; and producing open templates that accelerate national de-risking readiness—without lobbying, partisan signaling, or execution drift.

The Policy Platform Lead / Host is accountable for end-to-end programming and growth of the Policy Platform: setting vision, curating and hosting convenings, building institutional partnerships, producing open policy adoption assets, and expanding participation—while preserving strict neutrality and a strict non-execution boundary (no lobbying, no deal-making, no procurement steering, no implied endorsements).

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Key Responsibilities

• Set the platform’s multi-year vision and annual program as a frontier global stage for lawful, procurement-neutral adoption of de-risking standards and readiness rails.
• Define signature annual programming (flagship forum + quarterly adoption clinics) aligned to GRF standards and recognition timelines.
• Establish platform norms: neutrality, non-partisan posture, handling discipline, and public-safe publication boundaries.
• Curate and host policy forums, regulator roundtables, adoption clinics, legislative briefings (where appropriate), and cross-jurisdiction learning sessions.
• Design “whole-of-society” formats that include public authorities, research, operators, finance, civil society/media, and community leadership without dominance by any bloc.
• Ensure convenings produce decision-ready outputs: adoption guidance, templates, interpretive notes, and public-safe summaries.
• Produce an “open policy adoption stack” for national and sub-national de-risking readiness, including:
  • procurement-neutral model language and template clauses
  • guidance on lawful reliance, disclosure boundaries, and claims discipline
  • public-safe playbooks for institutional adoption of GRF standards and recognition states
  • cross-jurisdiction comparability templates (definitions, reporting, and version references)
  • correction and supersession guidance for policy documents referencing GRF artifacts
• Ensure outputs are record-valid, versioned, and correctionable; prohibit silent edits and ambiguous “guidance drift.”
• Build and manage partnerships with ministries, regulators, standards bodies, intergovernmental networks (where applicable), professional associations, and legal/policy institutes—governance-only and non-exclusive.
• Maintain neutrality-safe engagement rules: equal access, transparent posture, and avoidance of preferential influence channels.
• Recruit and steward contributor pools (policy drafters, reviewers, public authority practitioners) with fit-and-proper and handling readiness.
• Enforce strict non-lobbying, non-partisan posture: the platform supports lawful adoption guidance but does not campaign, endorse, or advocate for political outcomes.
• Enforce procurement neutrality: platform outputs must not steer vendor selection, implementation partners, or procurement outcomes.
• Maintain COI/recusal discipline in policy drafting and convenings; prevent sponsor or bloc dominance and “pay-to-influence” perceptions.
• Maintain handling discipline: ensure sensitive policy discussions and jurisdiction-specific constraints are treated with appropriate confidentiality.
• Provide structured platform inputs into GRF instruments: ambiguity resolution needs, adoption friction, dispute learnings, and improvements to claims rules and interpretive guidance.
• Coordinate with Legal & Instruments, Communications Integrity, Records/Register, and Dispute functions to ensure policy outputs are defensible and publication-safe.
• Sponsor quarterly learning loops: adoption barriers, misinterpretations, and updates needed to improve global usability.

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Compensation, Remuneration, and Expenses

• Governance authority is not paid. No compensation is linked to recognition outcomes, enforcement actions, dispute results, political outcomes, procurement outcomes, funding, or influence. No success fees.
• Operational workload may be compensated (where permitted). Platform programming and production may be compensated only as time-bounded, deliverable-based operational services, independently approved, auditable, and never tied to substantive governance outcomes.
• Expenses may be reimbursed if documented, pre-approved, and policy-compliant.

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Opportunities for Leaders to Join

• Build and host a frontier global stage for lawful, procurement-neutral adoption of de-risking standards and readiness systems.
• Publish open templates and adoption playbooks that materially compress national de-risking readiness timelines.
• Convene cross-jurisdiction policy leaders in a neutral whole-of-society forum designed to withstand scrutiny.
• Reduce fragmentation by creating consistent policy language, reliance boundaries, and correction/supersession discipline.

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Leaders Profile

We are seeking senior leaders typically with 12–20+ years across one or more of:

• public policy leadership (risk, resilience, science/technology governance, data governance, critical infrastructure)
• regulatory or legislative engagement in non-partisan contexts
• standards adoption, administrative governance, and procurement-neutral policy design
• cross-jurisdiction policy coordination and institutional reform programs

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Capabilities and Mindset

• Neutral policy diplomacy: can convene public authorities without lobbying or partisan signaling.
• Boundary clarity: prevents standards from being misread as regulation or endorsement.
• Strong drafting: produces templates and guidance that survive scrutiny.
• Integrity-first: resists capture, enforces COI discipline, and maintains safe publication posture.
• Output-driven: convenings produce reusable adoption assets, not only dialogue.

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Eligibility, Membership, and Independence

• Holds a primary role outside the platform seat and can sustain cadence and surge periods.
• Willing to fully disclose relevant interests and comply with conflict-of-interest and recusal requirements.
• Not placed in a situation where service creates unmanageable conflicts or compromises neutrality.
• Accepts confidentiality, handling discipline, and communications integrity expectations.
• Commits to remain in good standing (participation, disclosures, and applicable contribution obligations).