[Remote] University Leadership: President/Provost/VP Research/Dean/Executive Director

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI) is an institutional steward focused on enhancing resilience across critical infrastructures. They are seeking a Founding Institutional Steward to mobilize a university as a Host Institution, producing validated evidence and readiness artifacts for all-hazards resilience in the water-food-energy-health nexus. Responsibilities • Stand up the Host Institution posture: designate a Nexus host function, name cell leads, and establish an internal operating cadence • Activate NWG delivery: co-convene national partners, align PR/DPR appointments, and sponsor initial challenge cycles • Build the artifact pipeline: ensure your institution can produce validation-ready outputs (evidence packs, methods, simulation results, publishable summaries) • Uphold integrity controls: enforce COI disclosures, recusal discipline, controlled handling where required, and no-silent-edits correction chains • Advance technology responsibly: accelerate adoption of exponential tech while explicitly identifying, stress-testing, and mitigating its systemic risks Skills • Target profiles: President / Provost | Vice-President (Research) | Dean (with institutional authority) | Executive Director (major research institute) | Sponsored research leadership (delegated signing power) | Distinguished former university executives • Ability to mobilize a university as a sovereign-compatible Host Institution • Experience in operating competence cells that produce multisig-validated, decision-grade evidence and readiness artifacts for all-hazards resilience across the water-food-energy-health nexus • Experience in activating institutional participation, including delegated authority to designate a host unit and accountable leads • Ability to convene cross-faculty and cross-partner capacity • Ability to align university contributions to national NWG priorities and governance discipline • Experience in producing validated evidence packs, running controlled simulations and drills, maintaining sector playbooks, and sustaining 'always-ready' operations under surge • Experience in managing cross-disciplinary teams that produce specific, auditable outputs • Experience in integrating frontier capabilities with governance-grade assurance while treating technologies as potential systemic risks • Ability to uphold integrity controls, enforce COI disclosures, recusal discipline, controlled handling where required, and no-silent-edits correction chains • Ability to advance technology responsibly, accelerating adoption of exponential tech while identifying, stress-testing, and mitigating its systemic risks Company Overview • The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI) is an independent, mission-driven institution serving as a trusted global focal point for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), Disaster Risk Finance (DRF), and Disaster Risk Intelligence (DRI). It was founded in 2018, and is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, CAN, with a workforce of 201-500 employees. Its website is Apply tot his job