Administrative Assistant

Administrative Assistant

• Join an inclusive and supportive work environment
• Great opportunity to drive your career further
• Permanent opportunity

About the role

All progress begins with pioneers. At Rio Tinto, it begins with you.

We are looking for an Administrative Assistant to join the Approvals & Cultural Heritage team in the Darwin office. This is a great opportunity to demonstrate your organisational skills within a fast-paced environment. You will need to be self-motivated and show initiative to succeed in this role.

Working Monday – Friday and reporting to the Senior Manager Approvals & Cultural Heritage, your role will entail:

• Day to day administration support to the Approvals & Cultural Heritage team and Darwin office
• Use of the Microsoft Office Suite in particular Word and Excel to create and update documents
• Use of Rio Tinto systems and intranet to source and update information
• Data entry and updating various spreadsheets and files
• Working with technical employees to update processes and related documents

What you’ll bring

• Self-motivated with excellent time management skills 
• Strong written and verbal communication skills 
• Ability to prioritise a high workload and multitask 
• Prior experience in a fast-paced administration role
• Knowledge of Rio Tinto systems and processes will be beneficial
• Exposure to SAP and Microsoft suite of products (Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams and SharePoint)

What we offer

Be recognised for your contribution, you’re 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 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
• Career development & education assistance to further your technical or leadership ambitions
• Ongoing access to family-friendly health and medical wellbeing support
• Generous leave for all of life’s reasons (vacation/annual, paid parental, sick leave)
• Exclusive employee discounts (banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more).

About Rio Tinto

Every idea, every innovation, every little thing the world calls ‘progress’ begins with a first step, and someone willing to take it: explorers, inventors, entrepreneurs. Pioneers. 

For nearly 150 years, Rio Tinto has been a company of pioneers – generations of people spanning the globe, all with the grit and vision to produce materials essential to human progress. 

Our iron ore has shaped skylines from Shanghai to Sydney. Our aluminium – the world’s first to be certified “responsible” – helps planes fly and makes cars lighter. Our copper helps wind turbines power cities and our boron helps feed the world, and explore the universe.Our diamonds help us celebrate the best parts of life. 

Where you’ll be working

Energy Resources of Australia Ltd (ERA) is a publicly listedcompany with Rio Tinto its major shareholder. ERA’s mining and processingoperations on the Ranger Project Area ceased in January 2021, with the majorfocus now shifting to the comprehensive rehabilitation of the site that willeventually allow it to be incorporated into Kakadu National Park.  

Every Voice Matters

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 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.