Risk Manager

About the role

RENECO International Wildlife Consultants LTD is scaling up its conservation work and adding new roles to support the growth of its projects. The organization focuses on a worldwide strategy to help recover and protect Houbara bustard populations in North Africa and Asia. Its work combines research and applied field-based efforts across centers in Morocco, Central Asia, and the Arabian Peninsula.

This opening offers the chance to contribute to a long-term conservation initiative within a multidisciplinary environment.

Core responsibilities

• Build, roll out, and keep current a full risk management framework that follows COSO principles and ADDA standards.
• Set the organization’s risk policies, procedures, and governance model at the enterprise level.
• Keep the risk register up to date with the main organizational exposures.
• Drive the identification and evaluation of risks across operations and projects.
• Create heatmaps and risk matrices to help leadership make informed decisions.
• Run risk-focused workshops with both senior leaders and operational teams.
• Design mitigation measures and internal controls, then oversee their execution.
• Allocate ownership for each risk and track the progress and effectiveness of treatment plans.
• Contribute to contingency planning and business continuity preparation.
• Track changing risk levels and new threats on an ongoing basis.
• Prepare regular risk updates and maintain a dashboard for senior management visibility.
• Advise management on risk governance and internal control practices.
• Develop and deliver training that strengthens risk awareness across the organization.

Requirements

• A master’s degree or an equivalent professional credential, such as Certified Risk Manager, is mandatory.
• At least 10 years of relevant experience in risk management, internal audit, governance, or compliance is needed.
• Proven ability to establish and implement organization-wide risk management frameworks.
• Experience working with regulators, external auditors, and government bodies is required.
• Strong understanding of risk frameworks, enterprise risk concepts such as COSO and ISO 31000, ADDA standards knowledge, and internal control principles.
• Capability to design and run training sessions on risk processes, controls, and awareness topics.
• Hands-on experience with risk management platforms, assessment tools, and reporting systems.
• Strong command of English in speaking, writing, and reading is required.

Additional information

The role is based in Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates, and is a full-time onsite position. No salary, stipend, number of openings, or start date was specified in the source.