[Remote] Board Secretary -Graduate Fellowship

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. The Global Risks Alliance (GRA) is seeking a Board Secretary to support their board and committee governance. This role involves producing accurate governance documentation and ensuring decisions are traceable and auditable in a regulated finance environment. Responsibilities • Coordinate board/committee calendars, agendas, notices, attendance, and follow-ups • Maintain a disciplined governance cadence (pre-reads, decision windows, action closures) • Support committee workflows (e.g., Risk/Controls, Program/Markets, Audit/Integrity, Partnerships) with documentation and action tracking • Draft structured minutes capturing motions, votes, recusals, delegations, approvals, conditions precedent, and action items • Prepare and organize board resolutions, certified extracts, approval memos, and authority/delegation schedules (as directed) • Maintain decision registers and approvals logs suitable for audit, regulator inquiry, or dispute readiness • Maintain version-controlled repositories for governance records; ensure timely filing of executed instruments and approved minutes • Apply secure handling protocols for confidential and market-sensitive materials (need-to-know access discipline) • Capture conflict-of-interest disclosures and recusal records within meeting documentation; support ethics and governance hygiene processes • Coordinate documentation flows with internal working groups and (where applicable) external counsel/partners to ensure consistency across governance artifacts • Support publication/communication packages for decisions when authorized (including corrections/supersession discipline) Skills • Current Master's or PhD enrolment with advanced finance and/or legal specialization evidenced through coursework, research, or professional experience • Demonstrated ability to produce precise, executive-grade writing (minutes, governance memos, structured summaries) • High discretion and professional judgment handling sensitive governance materials • Strong reliability: consistent deadlines, follow-through, and comfort in distributed teams • Familiarity with board/committee governance, compliance environments, or regulated financial systems • Exposure to any of: market infrastructure, capital markets documentation, insurance/reinsurance/ILS, development finance/MDB interfaces, AML/sanctions controls, technology risk/model governance • Comfort with records management disciplines (version control, retention logic, audit trails) Company Overview • The Global Risks Alliance (GRA) is a nonprofit business league established to advance collaborative risk financing, strategic capital orchestration, and sovereign resilience planning for its member institutions across public, private, and multilateral sectors. It was founded in 2025, and is headquartered in Lanham, Maryland, US, with a workforce of 51-200 employees. Its website is https://globalriskalliance.com/. Apply tot his job Apply To this Job