Join a purpose-driven organisation making a real impact in Far North Queensland.

Are you a strategic thinker with a passion for risk management and driving portfolio performance? Do you thrive in environments where decision-making, innovation, and agility are essential?

This is an exciting opportunity to join Terrain NRM - a leading not-for-profit environmental stewardship organisation - at the forefront of protecting and restoring rivers, estuaries, wetlands and reefs across Far North Queensland.

As the natural resource management organisation for the Wet Tropics region, Terrain NRM is seeking a highly-skilled and strategic Risk & Optimisation Manager to champion smarter ways of delivering value across our diverse programs and projects.

You’ll join a talented and supportive team where your expertise will help shape not only our outcomes, but how we achieve them. This critical role will drive the integration of enterprise-level risk frameworks with delivery excellence and provide critical insight and expert advice across all stages of the project lifecycle ensuring our programmes are resilient, adaptive, and value-focused.

We’re looking for someone who is: 

• Highly experienced in risk management, project optimisation or a related field.
• An expert in developing portfolio-level risk systems, with strong financial literacy. 
• A strong team player who brings leadership, initiative, and innovation to the table.
• Skilled in interpreting contracts, legislation, and compliance requirements.
• Strategic thinker with excellent judgement, problem-solving, and data analysis skills.
• A high-level communicator with interpersonal, and stakeholder engagement capabilities.
• Can drive a culture of continuous improvement and adaptive planning.
• Has an appreciation of systems thinking, circular economy approaches and the application of innovative green finance instruments.

Benefits of the role:

• Based out of Cairns, Tully, Innisfail or Atherton.
• Full Time Permanent (36.25 hours per week) – Part-time negotiable.
• Flexible working arrangements including working from home. 
• Positive workplace culture.  
• 5 weeks annual leave plus 17.5% leave loading.
• Access to Employee Assistance Program.
• Attractive renumeration from $103,790- $112,344 (based on 72.5 hours per fortnight).
• Salary sacrificing available.

We strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples. We are committed to creating a workplace that values and celebrates cultural diversity, and we actively support the employment and career development of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.