The phrase "alternate responsibility" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a different or secondary responsibility that someone may take on in a particular context or situation.
Example: "In the absence of the project manager, I will assume alternate responsibility for overseeing the team's progress."
Alternatives: "secondary responsibility" or "backup responsibility".
Others may take a "good cop, bad cop" approach to parenting, alternating responsibility for being the heavy.
The couple shared and alternated responsibilities; one year Fanny would organize the logistics of their journey and William would work on the scientific projects and the next year they would reverse roles.
By alternating responsibilities in the home with the addition of reminder notes, it should not be long before the recycling ritual is equally shared by everyone.
Two faculty, one from computer science and one from biology, alternate the responsibility to teach bioinformatics each year.
We alternated the responsibility for breaking trail, in which the person in front would heave his or her way through hip-deep white fluff.
Four different crews are involved in throwing Hot Mass, and each week they alternate the responsibilities of setting up, booking, and running the night.
The educational initiatives we propose to accomplish this goal are as follows: heightened disaster response awareness, enhanced skill sets, understanding of roles and responsibilities, alternate communication methods, self-preservation training, and experience in how to cooperate and coordinate during mayhem.
The Fellow is responsible for alternating on-call responsibilities from home with the PGY3 from the General Surgery Program.
Harry Frankfurt, "Alternate possibilities and moral responsibility" 16.
In an influential paper, "Alternate Possibilities and Moral Responsibility" (1969), the American philosopher Harry Frankfurt questioned whether the ability to do otherwise is truly necessary for freedom.
