{"id":1029769,"date":"2026-01-01T09:05:47","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T09:05:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/therisk.global\/work\/?post_type=job_listing&p=1029769"},"modified":"2026-01-01T09:06:24","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T09:06:24","slug":"diplomacy-platform-lead-host","status":"publish","type":"job_listing","link":"https:\/\/therisk.global\/work\/job\/diplomacy-platform-lead-host\/","title":{"rendered":"Diplomacy Platform Lead \/ Host"},"content":{"rendered":"

Position:<\/strong> Diplomacy Platform Lead \/ Host \u2014 The Global Risks Forum (GRF) \/ Nexus Governance System
Type:<\/strong> Whole-of-society diplomatic convening, trust-building, and interoperability diplomacy leadership role (non-executive; strictly non-executing)
Board:<\/strong> Platform Leads are considered for senior council leadership and Board\/Trustee nomination after serving in good standing
Location:<\/strong> International (distributed, hybrid; online + in-person convenings)
Term:<\/strong> 3 Years
Time commitment:<\/strong> ~20\u201340 hours per month (build-year cadence; surge periods around flagship diplomacy forums, cross-region convenings, and high-sensitivity dialogues)
Apply here:\u00a0<\/strong>https:\/\/therisk.global\/work\/job\/diplomacy-platform-lead-host\/<\/p>\n

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Context and Purpose<\/h3>\n

National de-risking cannot scale without trust across borders, sectors, and constituencies. Yet modern risk governance is often fractured: contested narratives, unequal voice, geopolitical spillovers, and weak dispute mechanisms erode cooperation. Many convenings default to power politics or elite networks, leaving whole-of-society legitimacy unbuilt.<\/p>\n

The Global Risks Forum (GRF) is a whole-of-society standards-and-legitimacy forum within the Nexus governance system. GRF\u2019s Diplomacy Platform is the frontier stage for structured trust-building<\/strong>: cross-constituency dialogue, interoperability diplomacy, conflict-sensitive convening, protected participation, and disciplined procedures that allow difficult conversations to produce legitimate, record-valid outputs\u2014without becoming partisan, captured, or execution-oriented.<\/p>\n

The Diplomacy Platform Lead \/ Host is accountable for end-to-end programming and growth of this platform: setting vision, curating and hosting convenings, building partnerships, producing open \u201ctrust and cooperation\u201d governance assets, and expanding participation\u2014while preserving neutrality, handling discipline, protected participation, and strict non-execution boundaries.<\/p>\n

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Key Responsibilities<\/h3>\n
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  • Set the platform\u2019s multi-year vision and annual program as a frontier global stage for whole-of-society diplomacy in national de-risking readiness.<\/li>\n
  • Define signature programming (flagship forum + quarterly cross-region dialogues) aligned to GRF standards, recognition cycles, and dispute clock discipline.<\/li>\n
  • Establish norms for diplomacy-grade convening: neutral posture, respectful process, protected participation, and safe-publication boundaries.<\/li>\n
  • Curate and host whole-of-society diplomacy forums, cross-region dialogues, trust-building roundtables, and conflict-sensitive listening sessions.<\/li>\n
  • Convene balanced representation across public authorities, research, operators, finance, civil society\/media, and community\/Indigenous leadership\u2014preventing dominance by any bloc.<\/li>\n
  • Ensure convenings produce structured outputs: communiqu\u00e9s, procedural recommendations, interoperability guidance, and public-safe summaries.<\/li>\n
  • Produce an \u201copen diplomacy stack\u201d to help countries and institutions cooperate on de-risking readiness, including:\n
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    • dialogue formats and convening playbooks for contested issues<\/li>\n
    • cooperation templates (non-exclusive, governance-only) and engagement charters<\/li>\n
    • trust and grievance routing guidance (protected participation and remedy pathways)<\/li>\n
    • interoperability diplomacy briefs: how standards\/recognition can be referenced across contexts without loss of meaning<\/li>\n
    • correction and supersession guidance for communiqu\u00e9s and diplomacy artifacts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
    • Ensure outputs are versioned, traceable, and correctionable; prohibit silent edits and ambiguous \u201cconsensus claims.\u201d<\/li>\n
    • Maintain do-no-harm posture: prevent convenings from exposing vulnerable groups or creating retaliation risk.<\/li>\n
    • Maintain handling discipline: controlled sessions where required; clear public-safe publication posture; disciplined drafting and distribution.<\/li>\n
    • Enforce COI\/recusal and anti-capture controls; prevent diplomacy forums from becoming influence marketplaces or sponsor-controlled stages.<\/li>\n
    • Coordinate with Safeguards & Remedy and Dispute functions to route sensitive matters through formal, time-bound processes.<\/li>\n
    • Build partnerships with diplomacy and dialogue institutions, cross-sector convening networks, community protection organizations, and professional associations (governance-only, non-exclusive).<\/li>\n
    • Recruit and steward contributor pools: facilitators, moderators, rapporteurs, and cross-cultural convening specialists with handling maturity.<\/li>\n
    • Own platform growth KPIs: participation, retention, geographic and constituency coverage, and quality of outcomes.<\/li>\n
    • Provide structured inputs into GRF instruments: improvements to due process, dispute clocks, protected participation, and recognition legitimacy.<\/li>\n
    • Coordinate with Communications Integrity to ensure public statements are bounded, neutral, and do not imply endorsements or political alignment.<\/li>\n
    • Sponsor quarterly learning loops: what dialogue formats worked, what caused harm risk, what must be corrected, and what should be standardized.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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      Compensation, Remuneration, and Expenses<\/h3>\n
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      • Governance authority is not paid.<\/strong> No compensation is linked to recognition outcomes, enforcement actions, dispute results, political outcomes, market outcomes, or influence. No success fees.<\/li>\n
      • Operational workload may be compensated (where permitted).<\/strong> 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.<\/li>\n
      • Expenses may be reimbursed<\/strong> if documented, pre-approved, and policy-compliant.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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        Opportunities for Leaders to Join<\/h3>\n
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        • Build and host a frontier global stage for whole-of-society diplomacy that strengthens national de-risking readiness through trust.<\/li>\n
        • Publish open convening playbooks and cooperation templates that countries and institutions can reuse without losing legitimacy.<\/li>\n
        • Create a neutral platform where contested issues can be processed into record-valid, publishable outcomes with safe participation.<\/li>\n
        • Strengthen interoperability and adoption by reducing narrative conflict and increasing procedural fairness.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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          Leaders Profile<\/h3>\n

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

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          • international or cross-sector convening leadership under scrutiny<\/li>\n
          • mediation, dialogue facilitation, and conflict-sensitive process design<\/li>\n
          • public legitimacy systems, dispute procedure governance, and protected participation frameworks<\/li>\n
          • cross-cultural institution building and coalition governance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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            Capabilities and Mindset<\/h3>\n
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            • Diplomatic neutrality: avoids partisan alignment and bloc capture.<\/li>\n
            • High procedural integrity: designs processes that participants accept as fair even when outcomes are contested.<\/li>\n
            • Safety-first: strong protected participation instincts and handling maturity.<\/li>\n
            • Output-driven: convenings produce reusable playbooks, templates, and communiqu\u00e9s\u2014not only conversations.<\/li>\n
            • Correction-positive: updates and supersedes outputs transparently when learning requires changes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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              Eligibility, Membership, and Independence<\/h3>\n
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              • Holds a primary role outside the platform seat and can sustain 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 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":0,"_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-1029769","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"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/therisk.global\/work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-listings\/1029769","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\/1029769\/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=1029769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"job_listing_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therisk.global\/work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-categories?post=1029769"},{"taxonomy":"job_listing_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therisk.global\/work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-types?post=1029769"},{"taxonomy":"job_listing_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therisk.global\/work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job_listing_tag?post=1029769"},{"taxonomy":"job_listing_career_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therisk.global\/work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job_listing_career_level?post=1029769"},{"taxonomy":"job_listing_experience","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therisk.global\/work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job_listing_experience?post=1029769"},{"taxonomy":"job_listing_qualification","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therisk.global\/work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job_listing_qualification?post=1029769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}