The Centre for Long-Term Resilience

We're expanding our team! 📢 We're seeking a talented communications contractor. You would have a varied role that includes: - media monitoring - website management - social media posting - ad hoc writing support This is an exciting opportunity to support our mission to build global resilience to extreme risks. Click the link below to learn more and apply! https://lnkd.in/gndBVcVJ

*New CLTR and RAND Europe Collaboration* We are excited to announce that we are working with RAND Europe on developing a comprehensive risk index for AI-enabled biological tools to assist policymakers in assessing evolving biosecurity threats. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/epCSzz5F

“Now’s the time to optimise the centre of government for resilience and protect the nascent project of national renewal in a perilous period.” Our Head of Risk Management Policy, James Ginns, outlines the pressing need for cross-cutting RM—including a government Chief Resilience Officer—to prepare for future crises in a new op-ed.

Applications for our Strategic Proposal Writer (Contractor) position close tomorrow. We’d really appreciate the opportunity to consider your application. If you have any questions, please send an email to hiring@longtermresilience.org. Apply here: https://lnkd.in/ev6xRybb

🌟 We’re Hiring! 🌟 Do you have a flair for writing and a strategic mindset? Our team is looking for a contractor-based Strategic Proposal Writer to elevate our proposals. If you’re ready for a new challenge, let’s connect! 🤝 #JobOpening #StrategicWriting

We are seeking a talented Strategic Proposal Writer to join our team on a contractor basis. If you have a passion for facilitating impactful projects and a knack for crafting compelling proposals, we want to hear from you. Applications are due by 6 September. https://lnkd.in/ekgmA3gJ

We welcome the Covid Inquiry’s recommendations and steps taken by HMG to date, but offer thoughts to enhance the UK’s preparedness for future challenges. Below, we detail nine further recommendations. https://lnkd.in/eDVx6wSP 1. Make resilience a national priority, reflected in titling the next Integrated Review ‘Resilient Britain.’ 2. Encourage National Security to lead on UK Resilience to help simplify the reporting structure of the Resilience Directorate. 3. Apply the private sector ‘three lines’ model for best practice risk governance (https://lnkd.in/dUf9rpBE). By separating risk ownership, oversight and audit, risk management practices will be enhanced further by providing clear ownership and oversight. 4. Include a chronic risks section in the National Risk Register, ensuring that long-term risks are adequately considered. 5. Ringfence budget for the Biological Security Strategy to guarantee the resources necessary for effective biological security. 6. Publish a detailed implementation plan for the Biological Security Strategy to address the full scope of deliverables. 7. Appoint a Senior Responsible Owner to coordinate cross-government engagement for the successful delivery of the National Biosurveillance Network. 8. Task the National Exercising Programme with conducting a Tier 1 pandemic exercise by mid-2025 to identify lessons and gaps to inform future response plans. 9. Provide a clear roadmap towards improved resilience, clarifying how the government intends to act on learnings from COVID-19. Meanwhile, we welcome the reflective tone of the first module of the Inquiry and recognise the impact it has made in just a few short weeks, with Pat McFadden confirming that there will now be a review of national resilience. https://lnkd.in/etgVSrcT Read our complete response for details on which of the Inquiry’s recommendations have already been actioned, which are yet to be implemented, and where we think it might go further to improve the UK’s resilience.

As frontier AI models advance, effectively managing risks is more crucial than ever. Our new report - Transforming Risk Governance at Frontier AI Companies - provides recommendations for how to do this. https://lnkd.in/eGt4BBjK A quick summary: Government should require AI companies to maintain an office of risk management and internal audit function. We should build consensus within business and civil society on more holistic risk management, with a specific focus on risk governance. Companies should clarify risk ownership and reporting lines internally to manage risks from AI. Board members and senior executives need to encourage buy-in across the organisation. Companies should implement better practices by: - Encouraging a stronger sense of risk ownership through workshops and training - Introducing an office of risk management and Chief Risk Officer - Introducing an independent internal audit team Read our report from Ben Robinson and James Ginns for more information about risk management and governance for AI companies, along with a full list of recommendations on how to promote best practices in assessing, identifying, and acting upon risks.

Applications for our Non-Executive Board Member position close in two days. We’d really appreciate the opportunity to consider your application. For any questions, please send an email to hiring@longtermresilience.org. Apply here: https://lnkd.in/eXE9V4q9

We're thrilled to be #hiring a new Non-Executive Board Member to help us transform global resilience to extreme risks. You’ll work closely with our board members to provide strategic direction, oversight, and challenge to help steer CLTR in the most impactful direction. If you have expertise in financial oversight and accounting, legal and regulatory compliance, and fundraising, we’d love to hear from you. If you are passionate about CLTR’s mission and think you have what it takes to be a successful Board member (even if you don’t feel you check all the boxes), please apply below. Apply here by 14 July: https://lnkd.in/eXE9V4q9