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🌀CCOS Role Card Template

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🌀 CCOS Role Card Template

(ARC-Integrated | Teal-Compliant | Regenerative-Ready) Every CCOS Circle Charter uses this Role Card Template to create, evolve, or retire roles in a way that protects purpose, people, and the system under pressure. This template assumes a core truth:

Roles exist to serve the regenerative purpose,

and humans must not have to fragment themselves to hold them.

Role Name & Icon

(Example: Admin Facilitator ⚙)

Purpose (In Service to Regenerative Purpose)

A one-sentence statement describing how this role serves the Circle’s regenerative purpose, and under what conditions the role should evolve or dissolve. Prompt: “This role exists while the purpose requires…”

Accountabilities / Outcomes

3–6 clear outcomes this role is responsible for delivering
Outcomes describe results, not effort or intention

Accountabilities must be realistic within the stated time and energy bounds.

Domains

Exclusive areas of authority held by this role
Clear boundaries to prevent overlap and hidden power

If a domain is unclear, authority will default to personality.

Responsibilities / Actions

Day-to-day actions and practices expected in this role
Enough detail for clarity, not a full SOP

This section should answer: “What does this role actually do?”

Authorities

Decisions this role can make without additional approval
Scope and limits of authority

All authority is temporary, reviewable, and purpose-bound.

ARC Integration: Wholeness & Relational Integrity

This section ensures the role can be held without fragmentation.

A — Awareness

What emotional, relational, or somatic signals are relevant to this role
What early signs indicate misalignment, overload, or drift
What realities must be safe to name while holding this role

If awareness is punished, power goes underground.

R — Reciprocity

What forms of labor this role gives (practical, emotional, relational)
What support, feedback, or compensation must flow back
How imbalance is detected and corrected

Unreciprocated contribution is extraction, even when voluntary.

C — Choice

What consent looks like for entering, continuing, or exiting this role
How “no,” “not yet,” or renegotiation are honored
What decisions require explicit consent from others

A role without real choice creates compliance, not stewardship.

Measurable Indicators (KPI’s)

2–4 observable indicators of role effectiveness
May include qualitative, relational, or systemic signals

Indicators should protect the role holder from vague judgment.

Time Commitment and Compensation

Expected time contribution (hours/week, seasonal, or project-based)
Compensation or exchange structure

Invisible labor is still labor.

Energy & Sustainability Check

Typical energy load of this role
Early signs of burnout or nervous system strain
Clear permission and process to slow down, redistribute, or pause

Burnout here signals a system issue, not a personal failure.

Tools and Resources

Platforms, systems, or supports available to this role

Lack of tools creates hidden stress and quiet resentment.

Conflict Resolution

How conflicts involving this role are addressed
Escalation or recusal path if neutrality is compromised

No one resolves conflicts about themselves.

Feedback Mechanisms

How feedback flows to and from the role
Frequency and format

Feedback is about alignment, not approval.

Review and Adaptation Process

Review cadence (e.g. quarterly Role Audit)
Signals that indicate the role should adapt or dissolve

A role ending because it is no longer needed is a success.

Succession or Dissolution

Transition steps if the role holder steps down
Process if the role itself is retired
How knowledge is transferred or consciously released

Roles are not identities.

Alignment with Core Values

Explicit link between this role and CCOS values
How values show up in practice, not just intent

Policy Compliance Clause

This role operates within CCOS Living Policies.

Legal Compliance Clause

This role complies with all relevant legal and ethical standards.

✨ How to Use This Template

Add a role → Complete the card and record it in the Circle Charter
Modify a role → Update the card, record the version, document why
Retire a role → Mark as “Retired,” archive, note transition or dissolution

One-Line Orientation for New Members

This Role Card exists so that purpose holds the work, structure holds the weight, and humans do not have to break themselves to belong.

🌀CCOS Role Card Template