Risk and Compliance Officer
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About the Role
The Institute for Healthier Living Abu Dhabi seeks a Risk and Compliance Officer to develop and implement enterprise risk management and compliance programs. The role involves conducting risk assessments, ensuring regulatory compliance, developing policies, and supporting audits.
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Responsibilities
- Develop, implement, and maintain the organization's Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) framework
- Establish and maintain an enterprise wide risk register
- Conduct risk assessments across clinical, operational, financial, strategic, regulatory, information security, and reputational domains
- Provide regular updates to senior leadership on the organization's risks
- Facilitate risk workshops and collaborate with departmental leaders
- Monitor risk indicators and prepare risk reports and dashboards
- Track mitigation actions and ensure timely resolution of identified risks
- Support business continuity planning and crisis management activities
- Ensure organizational compliance with applicable UAE laws and DOH regulations
- Monitor changes in legislation and regulatory requirements
- Conduct compliance assessments and gap analyses
- Support organizational readiness for inspections, audits, and accreditation reviews
Requirements
- Experience in enterprise risk management and compliance
- Knowledge of UAE laws and DOH regulations
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Job Purpose
- The Risk and Compliance Officer is responsible for supporting the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of IHLAD's enterprise risk management and compliance programmes.
- The role ensures that the organization operates in accordance with applicable laws, regulations, accreditation standards, and internal policies while proactively identifying, assessing, and mitigating enterprise risks.
- The position plays a critical role in fostering a culture of integrity, accountability, and risk awareness across the organization.
Key Responsibilities Enterprise Risk Management
- Develop, implement, and maintain the organization's Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) framework.
- Establish and maintain an enterprise wide risk register, ensuring risks are identified, assessed, documented, monitored, and regularly reviewed.
- Conduct risk assessments across clinical, operational, financial, strategic, regulatory, information security, and reputational domains.
- Work with department level risk holders to create a reporting structure and provide regular updates to senior leadership.
- Facilitate risk workshops and collaborate with departmental leaders to identify emerging risks and define mitigation strategies.
- Monitor risk indicators and prepare risk reports and dashboards for leadership and governance committees.
- Track mitigation actions and ensure timely resolution of identified risks.
- Support business continuity planning and crisis management activities.
Key Responsibilities Regulatory Compliance
- Ensure organizational compliance with applicable UAE laws, Department of Health (DOH) regulations, healthcare standards, and other relevant regulatory requirements.
- Monitor changes in legislation and regulatory requirements and recommend actions to maintain compliance.
- Conduct compliance assessments and gap analyses to identify areas requiring corrective action.
- Support organizational readiness for inspections, audits, and accreditation reviews.
- Maintain regulatory registers and ensure organizational policies remain current and compliant.
- Work with compliance owners to create a reporting structure and provide regular updates to senior leadership.
Key Responsibilities Policy Development and Governance
- Develop, review, and update organizational policies, procedures, and governance frameworks.
- Establish processes to ensure effective implementation and communication of policies across the organization.
- Promote consistency and adherence to corporate governance principles and internal controls.
- Support the implementation of governance initiatives and organizational committees.
Key Responsibilities Monitoring, Auditing and Internal Controls
- Develop and implement compliance monitoring and auditing programmes.
- Conduct periodic compliance reviews and risk based audits across departments.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of internal controls and recommend improvements.
- Monitor corrective and preventive action plans and ensure appropriate closure of findings.
- Prepare reports and presentations for leadership and governance committees.
Key Responsibilities Investigations and Incident Management
- Support investigations relating to compliance breaches, policy violations, incidents, and risk events.
- Conduct root cause analyses and recommend corrective actions and control improvements.
- Maintain records of compliance investigations and risk incidents.
- Escalate significant compliance concerns and risk issues to leadership as appropriate.
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