Chief Compliance Officer / Head of Governance

Department: Governance, Ethics & Legal Council
Engagement Type: Senior Leadership — Non-Monetary Mission Role
Reports To: Board of Trustees / Founder Council

Role Overview & Strategic Intent

This is not a career move. It is an appointment to institutional stewardship.

The Trust is entering a phase where its long-term credibility, regulatory integrity, and internal discipline must be encoded into permanent systems — not held together by any single person's memory, relationships, or informal authority. We are seeking a Chief Compliance Officer / Head of Governance who will build the architecture of trust itself: the frameworks, protocols, and cultural disciplines that allow this organization to operate with integrity for decades beyond any individual's tenure, including their own.

This role carries real authority and real weight — but it exists entirely in service of the mission and the governing body, not as a platform for personal advancement. If you are seeking visibility, upside, or a stepping-stone, this is not your role.



If you are seeking the rare chance to build something structurally permanent and ethically uncompromising, read on.

Core Mission & Impact

Execution excellence in this role looks like invisibility of friction and permanence of structure: an organization where compliance is never a fire to fight because governance was built correctly the first time. Success is measured not by recognition, but by the absence of institutional failure — audits that pass without drama, conflicts that resolve through protocol rather than politics, and a governance framework so sound it requires no personal heroics to sustain.

Key Responsibilities & Ownership

Governance & Compliance
- Own the design, implementation, and continuous refinement of the Trust's full compliance framework (regulatory, fiduciary, ethical)
- Serve as the final internal checkpoint on matters of legal and regulatory risk, escalating to th

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