Advisor Indigenous Career & Talent

Advisor Indigenous Career and Talent

• Be the difference – identify, engage, and support Indigenous talent to join Rio Tinto
• Permanent fulltime opportunity in a collaborative team environment
• Karratha based | Residential | 5 on : 2 off :4 on :3 off

Where we’re all welcome 

We are committed to an inclusive environment where people feel comfortable to be themselves. We want our people to feel that all voices are heard, all cultures respected and that a variety of perspectives are not only welcome – they are essential to our success. We treat each other fairly and with dignity regardless of race, gender, nationality, ethnic origin, religion, age, sexual orientation or anything else that makes us different. 

At Rio Tinto, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, women, the LGBTI+ community, mature workers, people with disabilities and people from different cultural backgrounds. 

We acknowledge that all people are different and believe that our differences are our strength. The diversity of skills, life experiences and perspectives within our team enhances our way of working and our ability to achieve success together.

The Opportunity

Our approach is to build strong partnerships based on a relationship of mutual trust and respect. This includes the way we engage with communities and the steps we take to identify and manage social, economic, environmental, cultural, and human rights impacts throughout the life cycle of our projects, from exploration, to project development, to operation and closure.

Reporting to the Lead Indigenous Support, Career & Talent within the Indigenous Support, Career & Talent team we are seeking an Advisor Indigenous Career & Talent to engage with Indigenous talent and increase our Indigenous participation across Rio Tinto Iron Ore.

Responsibilities will include:

• Supporting the integration of Rio Tinto’s Indigenous Participation Strategy initiatives facilitated by the Indigenous talent team.
• Work closely with the Iron Ore business to review Indigenous participation and support activities at an asset-level alongside key stakeholders.
• Engaging with communities and community-based organisations (Prescribed Body Corporates, Job Active Networks, VTECs, schools/education partners) to conduct targeted community engagement and sourcing activities.
• Connecting with non-Government organisation partners to identify local Indigenous talent and transition them into the RTIO talent pipeline.
• Face to face candidate engagement/career coaching conversations.
• Providing support to our hiring leaders regarding culturally inclusive recruitment practices and processes.

What you’ll bring

• Commitment to creating and maintaining a culturally safe workplace.
• Proven experience in stakeholder engagement, project management and business improvement.
• Excellent verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills.
• An understanding of current human resource processes and practices, Indigenous participation and people strategies and their implementation.
• Experience in managing multiple stakeholders (internal and external), commitments and conflicting demands.
• Flexible and adaptive approach to fluctuating workloads and priorities.
• Ability to develop relationships at all levels of the organisation.
• Effective influencing skills and strong analytical/problem solving skills.
• Experience working with Indigenous people and communities.

What we offer

• Be recognised for your contribution, your thinking and your hard work, and go home knowing you’ve helped the world progress.
• A work environment where safety is always the number one priority
• A permanent position working directly for Rio Tinto
• Full relocation provided to Western Australia from elsewhere in Australia
• A competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience with annual incentive bonus
• Comprehensive medical benefits including subsidised private health insurance for employees and immediate family
• Attractive share ownership plan
• Company provided insurance cover
• Extensive salary sacrifice & salary packaging options
• Career development & education assistance to further your technical or leadership ambitions
• Ongoing access to family-friendly health and medical wellbeing support
• Leave for all of life’s reasons (vacation/annual, paid parental, sick leave, cultural leave)
• To better suit different family needs, our paid parental leave approach gives all parents the option to take 18 weeks of paid leave after a new child arrives – at a time that suits them
• Exclusive employee discounts including hotel stays, banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more

Where you’ll be working

In the Pilbara region of Western Australia, we own an integrated portfolio of iron ore assets: a world-class, integrated network of 16 mines, four independent port terminals, a 1,700-kilometre rail network and related infrastructure – all designed to respond rapidly to changes in demand.

This role will be based in Karratha, the gateway to the Pilbara approximately 1500kms north of Perth on the West Australian coast.

.About Rio Tinto

Rio Tinto is a leading global mining and materials company. We operate in 35 countries where we produce iron ore, copper, aluminium, critical minerals and other materials needed for the global energy transition and for people, communities, and nations to thrive. We have been mining for 150 years and operate with knowledge built up across generations and continents. Our purpose is finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs – striving for innovation and continuous improvement to produce materials with low emissions and to the right environmental, social and governance standards. But we can’t do it on our own, so we’re focused on creating partnerships to solve problems, create win-win and meet opportunities.

Applications close on the 27^th March 2024 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date).