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Position:<\/strong> Membership & Seat Completion Lead \u2014 The Global Risks Forum (GRF) \/ Nexus Governance System
Type:<\/strong> Membership growth, seat completion, and legitimacy-by-representation governance leadership role (non-executive; strictly non-executing)
Board:<\/strong> Council leaders are considered for Board\/Trustee nomination after joining and serving in good standing
Location:<\/strong> International (distributed, hybrid)
Term:<\/strong> 3 Years
Time commitment:<\/strong> ~15\u201330 hours per month (build-year cadence; surge periods around onboarding waves, renewals, and major convenings)
Apply here:\u00a0<\/strong>https:\/\/therisk.global\/work\/job\/membership-lead\/<\/p>\n

Context and Purpose<\/h4>\n

A whole-of-society forum is only legitimate if representation is real: seats are filled, participation is active, and no single bloc dominates outcomes. The fastest path to failure is predictable: weak onboarding, unclear expectations, participation drop-off, sponsor concentration, and \u201cclosed club\u201d perception. Growth without integrity creates capture; integrity without growth creates irrelevance. GRF must do both\u2014at the same time.<\/p>\n

The Global Risks Forum (GRF) stewards the standards-and-recognition pillar of the Nexus governance system. Its outputs must be trusted across constituencies and regions. That trust depends on membership discipline: qualified, diverse, active participants who understand due process, handling rules, and claims discipline\u2014and who can sustain the work over time.<\/p>\n

The Membership & Seat Completion Lead is accountable for building and maintaining the membership engine and seat coverage needed for legitimacy: pipeline, qualification, fit-and-proper onboarding, participation health, renewals, and re-seating\u2014while enforcing neutrality, anti-capture safeguards, and conflict controls. This is governance\u2014not execution. The role does not sell services, steer procurement, or imply endorsements; it builds the membership system that makes GRF governable and credible.<\/p>\n

Key Responsibilities<\/h4>\n
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  • Own the annual membership growth plan and quarterly seat completion targets by constituency (public authorities, research, operators, finance, civil society\/media, community\/Indigenous) and by region.<\/li>\n
  • Treat membership growth and seat completion as core leadership outcomes: measurable pipeline, conversion, retention, and participation quality.<\/li>\n
  • Maintain legitimacy-by-representation: ensure balanced coverage and prevent dominance by any employer, sector, funder, or geography.<\/li>\n
  • Operate the membership pipeline: outreach \u2192 qualification \u2192 disclosures\/fit-and-proper \u2192 onboarding \u2192 participation health \u2192 renewal.<\/li>\n
  • Define qualification criteria and onboarding requirements: independence posture, handling readiness, due-process literacy, and claims-discipline expectations.<\/li>\n
  • Ensure Member-in-Good-Standing (MGS) discipline: participation, disclosures, contribution\/eligibility, and conduct compliance with time-bound cure pathways.<\/li>\n
  • Coordinate with COI\/Ethics and Safeguards functions to ensure onboarding and re-seating respect independence, recusal needs, and protected participation posture.<\/li>\n
  • Maintain re-seating and replacement protocols: vacancy management, term clocks, succession planning, and role readiness checks.<\/li>\n
  • Ensure participation is productive: route members into working groups, reviewer pools, and cycle roles aligned to competence requirements.<\/li>\n
  • Operate renewal and delinquency pathways: fair notices, transparent cure windows, documented outcomes, and appeal routing where required.<\/li>\n
  • Maintain claims and communications discipline for membership: prevent \u201cmembership\u201d being marketed as endorsement, certification, or privileged access.<\/li>\n
  • Produce membership dashboards: seat coverage, participation health, concentration metrics, and onboarding throughput.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Compensation, Remuneration, and Expenses<\/h4>\n

    This role is designed to be trust-maximizing and capture-resistant.<\/p>\n

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    • Governance authority is not paid.<\/strong> Compensation is never linked to votes, recognition outcomes, enforcement actions, dispute results, standards outcomes, market outcomes, or influence. No success fees. No pay-to-recognize.<\/li>\n
    • Operational workload may be compensated (where permitted).<\/strong> If build-year operational work is required (pipeline ops, onboarding systems, renewal administration, dashboards), compensation may be provided only for clearly defined operational services\u2014scoped, time-bounded, deliverable-based, independently approved, and auditable, with conflict safeguards.<\/li>\n
    • Expenses may be reimbursed.<\/strong> Reasonable, documented, pre-approved out-of-pocket expenses required for the role may be reimbursed in accordance with policy.<\/li>\n
    • Standing and independence apply.<\/strong> Continued service depends on remaining in good standing and maintaining neutrality and integrity controls.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Opportunities for Leaders to Join<\/h4>\n
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      • Build the legitimacy engine of a whole-of-society forum: representation that is real, balanced, and durable.<\/li>\n
      • Design a membership system that scales without capture: qualification, onboarding, and participation health as operational discipline.<\/li>\n
      • Create a global pipeline that improves geographic and constituency coverage while sustaining high integrity under scrutiny.<\/li>\n
      • Strong performance positions leaders for senior governance stewardship and board consideration (without implying entitlement).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        Leaders Profile<\/h4>\n

        We are seeking senior leaders (typically 10\u201320+ years) with credibility across one or more of:<\/p>\n

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        • Membership organizations, standards bodies, professional associations, or multi-stakeholder forums under scrutiny.<\/li>\n
        • Governance operations, onboarding and qualification systems, or ecosystem development with neutrality constraints.<\/li>\n
        • Program leadership requiring balanced representation, concentration controls, and participation health management.<\/li>\n
        • Cross-regional community building in distributed international environments.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

          Capabilities and Mindset<\/h4>\n
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          • Growth with integrity: scales membership while preserving neutrality, independence, and safety.<\/li>\n
          • Process excellence: builds pipelines, playbooks, dashboards, and closure discipline.<\/li>\n
          • Fairness and consistency: applies rules predictably and documents outcomes.<\/li>\n
          • Handling maturity: understands confidentiality, safe participation, and disciplined communications.<\/li>\n
          • Strong writing: produces clear onboarding materials, eligibility notices, and member guidance.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

            Eligibility, Membership, and Independence<\/h4>\n
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            • Holds a primary full-time role outside the council seat and can sustain the expected cadence and surge periods.<\/li>\n
            • Willing to fully disclose relevant interests and comply with conflict-of-interest and recusal requirements.<\/li>\n
            • Not placed in a situation where service creates unmanageable conflicts or compromises neutrality.<\/li>\n
            • Accepts strict confidentiality, handling discipline, and communications integrity expectations.<\/li>\n
            • Commits to remain in good standing (participation, disclosures, and applicable contribution obligations).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1029373,"template":"","meta":{"_promoted":"","_job_location":"","_application":"public@therisk.global","_filled":0,"_featured":1,"_remote_position":1,"_job_salary":"","_job_salary_currency":"","_job_salary_unit":"","_hours":"","_rate_min":"","_rate_max":"","_salary_min":"","_salary_max":"","_apply_link":"","_job_cover_image":"","_company_manager_id":"1029369"},"job-categories":[167],"job-types":[253],"job_listing_tag":[],"job_listing_career_level":[245,98],"job_listing_experience":[33],"job_listing_qualification":[43,45,58,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-1029748","1":"job_listing","2":"type-job_listing","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","5":"hentry","6":"job_listing_category-governance","7":"job_listing_type-leadership","8":"job_listing_career_level-leader","9":"job_listing_career_level-senior","10":"job_listing_experience-10-years","11":"job_listing_qualification-associate-degree","12":"job_listing_qualification-bachelor-degree","13":"job_listing_qualification-doctorate-degree","14":"job_listing_qualification-master-degree","16":"job-type-leadership","17":"job_position_featured"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/therisk.global\/work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-listings\/1029748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/therisk.global\/work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-listings"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/therisk.global\/work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/job_listing"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therisk.global\/work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/therisk.global\/work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-listings\/1029748\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therisk.global\/work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1029373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/therisk.global\/work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1029748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"job_listing_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therisk.global\/work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-categories?post=1029748"},{"taxonomy":"job_listing_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therisk.global\/work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-types?post=1029748"},{"taxonomy":"job_listing_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therisk.global\/work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job_listing_tag?post=1029748"},{"taxonomy":"job_listing_career_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therisk.global\/work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job_listing_career_level?post=1029748"},{"taxonomy":"job_listing_experience","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therisk.global\/work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job_listing_experience?post=1029748"},{"taxonomy":"job_listing_qualification","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therisk.global\/work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job_listing_qualification?post=1029748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}