Advisor Change

Change Advisor

• Great opportunity to support a digital transformation initiative with Rio Tinto Iron Ore
• Excellent work environment where people are valued and respected
• Work on a transformation project with opportunity for exposure to highly visible projects and cutting-edge technology
• Permanent position based in Perth, but with regular site travel days as required by the Project

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

About the role

We are looking for an experienced Change Advisor to support the End to End (E2E) Programme of work – a multi-year endeavour to automate production planning and scheduling across the Iron Ore value chain, enabled by digital tools and technology.

This is a great opportunity to work collaboratively with the E2E workstream delivery leads and their teams to support the implementation of their changes. You will be supported through coaching and active development planning to grow your change management career, and you will be able to flex your people expertise on a range of business challenges to continually improve the change management experience for E2E stakeholders.

Reporting to the Principal – Change and Communications, and working in a diverse and challenging environment, you will be leveraging your change management expertise to support project delivery from beginning to end by:

• Thoroughly preparing and planning your change approach and other change artefacts
• Deeply understanding the needs and concerns of key stakeholders and actioning appropriately
• Providing thought leadership on a project’s delivery impacts on people that are receiving their changes
• Assessing organisational capability gaps and defining the actions needed to build change readiness
• Writing impactful communications - simplifying the complex, and creating a compelling case for change that connects stakeholders to ‘what’s in it for them’
• Identifying and championing risks that may impede the delivery of change, or its longer-term sustainability
• Developing and enhancing the reputation of the Change Management team by supporting the continual improvement of the change management processes, and the change experience for receivers of change.

What you’ll bring 

• Relevant qualification in Project Management, Human Resources, or Change Management.
• 5+ years in change management/project delivery experience – preferably in a technology or mining operations environment
• Operational knowledge of the iron ore value chain (including planning and scheduling). Preference will be given to applicants with site experience.
• Hands-on experience of defining and executing change management artefacts (e. change impact assessments, change strategies, communications plans etc)
• A laser focus on the user experience – leveraging experience in co-design/human centred design to advocate for users
• A varied toolkit of change models and theories (incl Prosci ADKAR, Lean Change, Kotter) that helps to frame your artefacts and your stakeholder engagements
• Presence and influence across various levels of leadership, leveraging robust negotiation skills
• Applied knowledge of Scrum or SAFe Agile and Azure DevOps 
• Microsoft suite, incl Sharepoint

What we offer

• 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 programme;
• Comprehensive medical benefits including subsidised private health insurance for employees and immediate family;
• Attractive share ownership plan;
• Company provided insurance cover;
• Extensive salary sacrifice and salary packaging options;
• Career development and 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);
• Exclusive employee discounts (banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more);
• Possible domestic relocation assistance.

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 almost 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.

Where you will be working This role will be working based at Central Park (Perth CBD) but will require periodic site travel.

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.

Applications close on 20th June 2023 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date)