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Position:<\/strong> Partnerships & Institutional Relations Lead \u2014 The Global Risks Forum (GRF) \/ Nexus Governance System
Type:<\/strong> Institutional partnership governance, interoperability diplomacy, and neutrality-safe ecosystem relations role (non-executive; strictly non-executing)
Board:<\/strong> Officers may be considered for Board\/Trustee nomination after serving in good standing (where permitted by governance rules and independence constraints)
Location:<\/strong> International (distributed, hybrid)
Term:<\/strong> 3 Years
Time commitment:<\/strong> ~12\u201325 hours per month (build-year cadence; surge periods around major partnership negotiations, multi-institution convenings, and recognition cycle releases)
Apply here:\u00a0<\/strong>https:\/\/therisk.global\/work\/job\/partnerships-institutional-relations-lead\/<\/p>\n

Context and Purpose<\/h4>\n

A whole-of-society standards-and-recognition institution only scales when it can build durable institutional relationships without capture: peer standards bodies, research networks, public authorities, industry platforms, professional associations, and civil\/community institutions. Partnerships must expand adoption and legitimacy\u2014without becoming sponsorship-driven, politically aligned, or a channel for preferential influence.<\/p>\n

The Global Risks Forum (GRF) stewards standards, recognition, and due-process legitimacy across constituencies and regions. Institutional relations are a strategic lever: enabling interoperability of assurance languages, aligning recognition claims with peer systems, and creating structured engagement pathways that improve coherence and reduce fragmentation.<\/p>\n

The Partnerships & Institutional Relations Lead is accountable for GRF\u2019s institutional partnership posture: designing partnership frameworks, negotiating neutrality-safe MoUs (governance-only), ensuring partnership claims are bounded, and building a pipeline of strategic relationships that expand adoption while preserving independence.<\/p>\n

This is governance\u2014not execution. The role does not sell commercial services, broker deals, steer procurement, provide regulated advice, or offer endorsements. It stewards partnership governance and institutional diplomacy.<\/p>\n

Key Responsibilities<\/h4>\n
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  • Maintain GRF\u2019s institutional partnership strategy: priority institutions, partnership objectives, and clear \u201cgovernance-only\u201d partnership perimeter.<\/li>\n
  • Design partnership frameworks and templates: MoUs, collaboration charters, joint working group terms, and interoperability arrangements\u2014bounded, auditable, and non-exclusive.<\/li>\n
  • Ensure partnership claims are integrity-safe: no implied endorsement, no preferential access to recognition outcomes, and no \u201cpartnership-for-recognition\u201d dynamics.<\/li>\n
  • Build and manage a partnership pipeline across: peer standards bodies, research networks, public authorities, professional associations, industry platforms, and civil\/community institutions.<\/li>\n
  • Convene structured engagement: joint roundtables, technical alignment sessions, and shared learning cycles that reduce fragmentation and improve interoperability.<\/li>\n
  • Coordinate partnership inputs into GRF cycles: ensure partner contributions are documented, conflict-checked, and processed through normal due process.<\/li>\n
  • Enforce neutrality and anti-capture posture in partnerships: avoid exclusivity, avoid sponsor dominance, apply equal-access rules, and maintain transparent partnership governance (public-safe logs).<\/li>\n
  • Ensure competition-safe and procurement-neutral posture: partnerships must not be used to steer procurement or confer \u201cpreferred provider\u201d status.<\/li>\n
  • Coordinate with COI\/Ethics and Legal & Instruments to ensure partnership terms preserve independence and handling discipline.<\/li>\n
  • Maintain safe handling and publication discipline for partnership work: what can be shared, what must be restricted, and how joint outputs are versioned and corrected.<\/li>\n
  • Sponsor quarterly partnership review: relationship health, scope drift detection, claims misuse monitoring, and improvements to templates and governance.<\/li>\n
  • Support membership growth and seat completion by using partnerships to improve representation coverage and participation capacity (without pay-to-play).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Compensation, Remuneration, and Expenses<\/h4>\n
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    • Governance authority is not paid.<\/strong> Compensation is never linked to recognition outcomes, dispute results, enforcement actions, standards outcomes, market outcomes, or influence.<\/li>\n
    • Operational workload may be compensated (where permitted).<\/strong> If build-year operational work is required (partnership ops, MoU drafting cycles, convening production), any compensation must be scoped, deliverable-based, independently approved, auditable, and never linked to recognition outcomes.<\/li>\n
    • Expenses may be reimbursed<\/strong> where documented, pre-approved, and policy-compliant.<\/li>\n
    • Continued service depends on remaining in good standing and meeting disclosure and integrity obligations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Opportunities for Leaders to Join<\/h4>\n
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      • Build the institutional diplomacy and partnership spine that makes whole-of-society standards adoptable at global scale.<\/li>\n
      • Reduce fragmentation by aligning assurance languages and recognition claims across peer institutions.<\/li>\n
      • Convene high-trust collaboration without exclusivity, capture, or politicization.<\/li>\n
      • Strong performance positions leaders for senior stewardship roles and board consideration (without implying entitlement).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        Leaders Profile<\/h4>\n

        We are seeking senior leaders (typically 12\u201320+ years) with credibility across one or more of:<\/p>\n

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        • Institutional partnerships and alliances in high-integrity, high-scrutiny environments.<\/li>\n
        • Standards ecosystems, research networks, professional associations, or multi-stakeholder coalitions.<\/li>\n
        • Interoperability diplomacy and cross-institution alignment work.<\/li>\n
        • Governance drafting literacy sufficient to build bounded, auditable partnership instruments.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

          Capabilities and Mindset<\/h4>\n
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          • Neutral diplomacy: builds relationships without exclusivity or preferential access.<\/li>\n
          • Boundary discipline: keeps partnerships governance-only and prevents scope drift into execution or endorsement.<\/li>\n
          • Claims discipline: ensures partnership communications preserve meaning and avoid implied approvals.<\/li>\n
          • Handling maturity: understands controlled information and safe publication boundaries.<\/li>\n
          • Strong writing: produces clean MoUs and collaboration charters that withstand scrutiny.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

            Eligibility, Membership, and Independence<\/h4>\n
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            • Holds a primary role outside the officer seat (unless otherwise permitted) and can sustain the expected cadence.<\/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 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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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