Advisor Communities & Social Performance

ADVISOR COMMUNITIES & SOCIAL PERFORMANCE (Land Access and Cultural Heritage)

• Join a dedicated team supporting Communities & Social Performance outcomes, including Land Access and Cultural Heritage
• Join our global leading business offering outstanding personal development & global career opportunities
• Permanent or Fixed Term employment which includes a huge range of additional benefits
• Brisbane based role with adhoc regular travel

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

We are looking for an Advisor Communities & Social Performance to support the business in developing and implementing land access strategies and processes for exploration project work. You will work closely with stakeholders including Traditional Owners and Pastoral Land Holders, support development of land access agreements and support cultural heritage clearance surveys

This is a great opportunity for a Communities and Social Performance and Land Access professional to join a team with a broad scope and great variety. You will be part of a team responsible for CSP and Land Access priorities in Queensland, South Australia and the Northern Territory. The work of the role includes ensuring Rio Tinto’s CSP requirements are met when conducting Exploration activities, coordinating land access and agreement making requirements, prospecting permits and coordinating cultural surveys. This role will be based in Brisbane servicing the Northern Territory, South Australia and North Queensland. Travel will be required as part of your duties.

We are an open, connected global team that includes some of the industry’s best and brightest minds. We offer competitive, performance-focused remuneration and a wide range of benefits to reward your contribution. With a global reach, the opportunities to develop and grow your career are broad and exciting.

Reporting to the Senior Advisor Communities and Social Performance and working in the Australasia Communities & Social Performance team, you will be:

• Supporting the development and implementation of land access strategies and related processes that support exploration project work
• Part of a team developing land access, heritage and native title agreements
• Ensuring legislative requirements in relation to exploration, mining and native title aspects of law are managed
• Building a strong rapport and effective relationships with Traditional Owners, representative bodies, consultants, neighbours, community and internal/external stakeholder groups
• Organising and supporting heritage surveys working with Traditional Owner groups and heritage specialists
• Supporting resolution of concerns/issues/disputes raised by landholders
• Supporting the delivery of strategy, policy and standards development associated with the Communities & Social Performance area.
• Other duties as required to support the CSP Team’s priorities.

What you will bring

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
• Experience working with Native Title and Pastoral land access agreements including a good knowledge of related legislation
• Experience in and a culturally sensitive approach to, working with Indigenous communities
• Excellent verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills
• Previous experience in mining or related industry coordinating and supervising cultural heritage field surveys in remote locations
• Ability to multi-task and deliver work on schedule whilst balancing multiple external factors influencing plans
• Functional understanding of GIS software including ArcGIS, related field applications and devices, experience in community engagement plans and cultural heritage management systems and processes
• Graduate qualifications in a related field such as Archaeology, Environmental Science, Community Relations or equivalent industry experience

What we offer

• A work environment where safety is always the number one priority
• A permanent or Fixed Term 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)
• Exclusive employee discounts (banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more)
• Possible domestic relocation assistance

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 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.

Rio Tinto Exploration

Rio Tinto's Exploration group seeks to create value for the business by discovering or acquiring new mineral resources. Organized into four regional teams (Americas, Australasia, Africa-Europe and Eurasia), the Exploration group provides both a global reach and a local presence across a range of commodities including bauxite, copper, iron ore, nickel and uranium.

Every Voice Matters

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.

Applications close on Friday the 26^th of May 2023 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date)