Advisor Land & Cultural Heritage

Advisor Land and Cultural Heritage

• Be part of a group that is safety driven and values inclusion
• Permanent employment which includes a huge range of additional benefits
• Permanent Full Time Opportunity based in Perth or Broome, WA

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 an Advisor Land and Culture to support our heritage program, land access and land management activities.

Work within an interdisciplinary team and build on your experience in Aboriginal relations, native title and communities and social performance. Reporting to the Principal 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.
• Provide oversight of the land access process and obligations under the current Agreements and consultation process
• 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 CHM fieldwork and stakeholder consultation meetings.
• Contribute to the design and implementation of RT Winu’s heritage programs, including coordination of heritage surveys, site management activities, and assisting with the communication of the heritage awareness, assessment and management processes to the broader business.
• Provide professional advice and support for the Operations team in delivery of the CSP Plan and meeting Obligations, regular site travel required on a monthly rotation

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).

It will be beneficial if you have:

• Experience working in regional and remote communities, particularly Indigenous groups in the Kimberley
• Previous experience or knowledge of the Environmental Protection Authority EPA) approvals process an advantage
• Knowledge of government policy and programs

What we offer

Be recognised 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)
• 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 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

At Winu, as a greenfield project we recognise the need to operate differently for speed and agility. Our culture ‘The Winu Way’ reflects our values, mindsets and behaviours within our business and sets us apart from other operations. It’s vital that our people align with Rio Tinto’s core values of care, courage and curiosity, as well as Winu’s four main operating principles; experimentation, connection, belonging and simplicity. This role can be based in Perth, or Broome, 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 Monday 14^th November 2022 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date)