Advisor Cultural Heritage

Cultural Heritage Advisor

• Be part of a group that is safety driven and values inclusion
• Permanent employment which includes a huge range of additional benefits
• Perth based role

Our approach to Communities and Social Performance (CSP) is to build strong partnerships based on a relationship of mutual trust and respect. This includes the way we engage with communities and the steps we take to identify and manage social, economic, environmental, cultural, and human rights impacts throughout the life cycle of our projects, from exploration, to project development, to operation and closure.

About the role

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

We are looking for a Cultural Heritage Advisor to support our heritage programs and activities associated with Pilbara Renewable Energy Projects.

The position will be a 12-month contract opportunity commencing in October 2022.

Work within an interdisciplinary team and build on your experience in Aboriginal relations, native title and communities and social performance. Reporting to the Pilbara Renewable Energy Projects Senior Heritage Advisor, Cultural Heritage, you will be:

• Maintaining effective relationships with Rio Tinto Iron Ore’s Traditional Owner groups, representative bodies, consultants, internal and external stakeholders on Cultural Heritage Management (CHM) program activities.
• Providing advice to develop best practice approaches to CHM in relation to renewable energy projects in the Pilbara Region of Western Australia, incorporating requirements under the Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972 and Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act 2021.
• Providing onsite supervision, managing safety risks, ensuring compliance with the Cultural Heritage Management System (CHMS), coordinating assessments and approvals and managing Geographic Information System (GIS) data.
• Leading, planning, scheduling and coordinating Cultural Heritage Management fieldwork and stakeholder consultation meetings.
• Implementing Rio Tinto Iron Ore’s heritage programs, including coordination of heritage surveys, cultural mapping activities and CHM based engagements including the development of Cultural Heritage Management Plans (CHMP) and Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Management Plans (ACHMP), site management activities, and assisting with the communication of the heritage awareness, assessment and management processes to the broader business.

What you’ll bring

• A degree qualification in archaeology, anthropology, heritage management, history OR equivalent with experience in cultural heritage management within mining or another development sector.
• Great communication skills with experience engaging with Traditional Owners, senior leaders, communities and government departments.
• Experience in project management and GIS applications (ARCGIS/MapInfo).

What we offer

• Discounted Health cover scheme (Medibank) for employees and their immediate family 
• Salary sacrifice & packaging options – rental, mortgage, super, vehicle 
• Paid parental leave up to 9 months 
• Employee discounts – banking, accommodation, motoring, retail and more 
• Eligible for the Rio Tinto employee share program
• A work environment where safety is always the number one priority 
• Learning and development opportunities to support your desired technical or leadership career path 
• Ongoing individual wellbeing support for you and your family for personal and professional matters 

About Rio Tinto

Every idea, every innovation, every little thing the world calls ‘progress’ begins witha 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

This role will be based in Perth, Western Australia.

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 13 October 2022 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date)