Adviser Community & Social Performance

Adviser Community & Social Performance | Weipa

• Full-time permanent position
• Exceptional career advancement prospects within a global enterprise
• Experience the beauty of the Cape right in your backyard
• Flexible 9 Day Roster 

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs. 

About the Role 

Join our team as a Communities & Social Performance Adviser and play a key role in supporting the delivery of strategy, policy, and standards development across a range of activities within the Communities and Social Performance (CSP) area. You will contribute to maintaining positive relationships between Rio Tinto and stakeholders while ensuring compliance with legal and company policy standards. 

In this role, you will apply your professional knowledge and expertise to advise on, implement, and deliver key CSP initiatives, systems, and programs. Additionally, you will provide valuable advice and support on significant business cases, contributing your expertise to relevant areas. Your role will also involve actively contributing to the improvement of policy, processes, or procedures, ensuring alignment with legal and company policy standards.Building and maintaining positive relationships with the surrounding community and stakeholders will be paramount, as you represent the organization at community gatherings and relevant forums. Furthermore, you will coordinate various programs or activities aimed at fostering goodwill and mutual benefit, disseminating information to the community, and gathering feedback from stakeholders as necessary. 

About UsWe are dedicated to fostering strong relationships with communities and stakeholders, ensuring our operations align with community support, social responsibility, and legal requirements. As a team, we strive to make a positive impact and uphold the highest standards of ethical conduct. 

Key responsibilities 

The Adviser Communities and Social Performance will:

• Applies professional knowledge and expertise to advise on, implement and deliver key Communities and Social Performance initiatives, systems and/or programs.
• Provides professional advice and support on significant business cases/deals and input into areas of technical expertise.
• Contributes to improvements in policy, processes or procedures within a business unit.
• Ensures compliance with legal and other commitments, and company policy and standards.
• Develops and maintains favourable relationships with the surrounding community and internal and external stakeholders.
• Represents the organization at community gatherings and/or role-related forums.
• Coordinates programs or activities to promote goodwill and mutual benefit, by disseminating information to the community and soliciting feedback from stakeholders where required. 

What You’ll Bring

• Tertiary qualification or equivalent experience in social science, community development
• Ideally 3 years of experience in CSP discipline within a relatable area, which may include stakeholder engagement, social impact, economic development, community relations, social investment or communications.
• Demonstrable ability to influence, work collaboratively and develop positive relationships with stakeholders
• Ability to develop and implement impactful strategies and work programs, that contribute to delivering on business priorities and long-term outcomes (i.e. Impeccable ESG and Social Licence)
• Experience in project managing multiple projects/programmes simultaneously and working through a networked organization to achieve results
• Experience working in regional and remote communities and/or homelands 

What we offer

• Full relocation provided to Far North Queensland from elsewhere in Australia
• Weipa accommodation benefit 
• Remote area allowance 
• Remote area holiday travel assistance 
• Be recognized 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 
• 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, 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 workingOur Weipa Operations includes three bauxite mines, processing facilities, ship loaders, an export wharf, two ports, power stations, a rail network and ferry terminals. Located on the Western Cape York Peninsula in Far North Queensland, each year the operation produces more than 35 million tons of bauxite.  

Our operations are supported by a 1,900-strong workforce—including 26 per cent who are women and 25 per cent Indigenous employees. Activities include mine operations, maintenance, asset management, ports, cultural heritage management, and processing facility management.  

The development of our new mine, Amrun, which was completed in 2018, will extend the life of our Weipa bauxite operations by decades to come and significantly build on our 55-year history on the Western Cape 

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