Administration Assistant

Administration Assistant – Perth

• Great people, great opportunity

• Make a positive impact in our Technical Excellence Team

• Enjoy a Perth based position | Permanent |Fulltime

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

We are looking for an Administration Assistant to provide efficient and effective administrative support to our Technical Excellence Team based in Perth. This role is full of rewarding challenges and role diversity. A fantastic opportunity to showcase your administrative skills in this varied role.

Reporting to the Superintendent Technical Excellence, you will be: 

• Championing Information Management System document storage for Resource Development, assisting document owners and reviewers and on creation, maintenance and retiring documents as required.

• Coordination of bulk changes for Flights and Accommodation.

• Investigate and manage issues with Flights and Accommodation.

• Responsible for general administration duties (data integrity & sharepoint maintenance.)

• Building and improving processes to enhance efficiency and accuracy.

• Assisting with other administration tasks as required.

• Ensuring compliance with all policies, processes and controls at all times. 

About you

To be successfully considered for this role, you will have:

• A Current C Class manual driver’s license

• A growth mindset & proactive attitude and commitment to continuous improvement.

• Effective collaborator & communicator with stakeholders & team members.

• Experience with Microsoft Office – Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Sharepoint & Power apps.

• High level of attention to detail and written and verbal communication skills.

• The ability to prioritise, multi-task and have a flexible working approach

• High level of discretion, dealing with confidential and sensitive information

What’s on offer?

• A work environment where safety is always the number one priority

• 18 weeks of gender-neutral and equal paid parental leave, with continued superannuation contributions whilst employees are on unpaid or half paid parental leave

• A competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience with annual incentive program

• 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, personal leave)

• Exclusive employee discounts (banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more); and more

Where you will be working

You will be Perth based with opportunity to work flexibly from home combined with time in our Central Park offices. Our wider team is spread across a combination of Perth and Pilbara sites. 

Applications close on 10 December 2025 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date).

About Rio TintoRio 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 situations and meet opportunities.

Respect and InclusionAt 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 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.