Corporate Affairs Advisor

About BHP 

At BHP we support our people to grow, learn, develop their skills and reach their potential. With a global portfolio of operations, we offer a diverse and inclusive environment with extraordinary career opportunities. Our strategy is to focus on creating a safe work environment where our employees feel strongly connected to our values and objectives, and where the capability of our people is key to our success.

Come and be a part of this success.

About the Role

• The role is based at our Adelaide Office.
• This vacancy will accept applications until 11:59pm AEST on 2nd January 2024. 

In this role, you will support the Head of Corporate Affairs South Australia (HoCA) in establishing an Asset-centric, integrated, disciplined and high performing South Australia Corporate Affairs team. This role will support the establishment of a new team over a 18-24 month period, acting as a key strategic advisor to the HoCA. The successful candidate will have the capacity to take a medium-term view to all activities to ensure sustainability of newly established systems and processes for the team.      

Your responsibilities will include:

• Lead the development of the South Australia Corporate Affairs Strategic Plan, Stakeholder Engagement Plan and Budget;
• Support the HoCA to build an integrated and effective team to service the South Australian Copper Asset; 
• Develop a state-wide view and understanding of the overall South Australia Corporate Affairs budget and workforce plan;
• Lead the management and delivery of projects and initiatives at a state-based level; 
• Develops change management plans to ensure that Asset and Corporate objectives and initiatives are successfully embedded;
• Monitor the South Australian community plan and ensure that governance and reporting requirements are met;
• Negotiate and manage contracts and agreements with external service providers;
• Provide support to the Communications, Community, Government Relations and Indigenous Engagement teams / team members. 

About you

• Significant experience in Corporate Affairs or other relevant external-facing background.  
• Superior analytical skills and capability in navigating complexity and ambiguity.  
• Demonstrated strategic planning and organisational experience in a global or multi-jurisdictional role. 
• Strong business acumen with demonstrated experience in the resources industry. 
• Experience engaging with senior functional and business leaders. Experience at executive leadership/CEO level highly advantageous.  
• Proven experience in building and maintaining relationships with internal and external stakeholders. 
• Demonstrated experience in leading change and culture development and driving continuous improvement on a broad scale. 
• Demonstrated experience working in a matrix organisation. 
• Tertiary qualification in commerce, business or relevant commercially focussed discipline highly desirable.  
• Experience working in the resources or energy sector preferred, but not essential.

About Our Process 

At BHP, we are committed to employing individuals who align with the BHP Charter Values and meet the requirements of the role. As part of the recruitment process, there are a number of checks which may be conducted to demonstrate applicants suitability for a role including police / criminal background checks, medical, drug and alcohol testing, due diligence checks, right to work checks, and/or reference checks. 

If you are already employed directly by BHP, please log in using your BHP email address or apply via our internal jobs portal. 

Supporting a Diverse Workforce    

The size, stability and magnitude of our business not only provides significant opportunity for professional development, but also attractive salary packages with performance-based bonuses and a best-in-class employee share program. We know there are many aspects of our employees' lives that are important, and work is only one of these, so we offer benefits to enable your work to fit with your life. These benefits include flexible working options, a generous paid parental leave policy, other extended leave entitlements and parent rooms.  

At BHP, we know that we are strengthened by diversity. We are an Equal Opportunity employer that is committed to making BHP a safe and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive and be at their best every day. We are focused on creating a workforce that’s more diverse and represents the communities where we work and live. providing a work environment in which everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. We are an Equal Opportunity employer and recognise that true diversity includes gender, age, race, disability status, sexual orientation, religion, neurodiversity, education levels, and many more aspects of your identity.

BHP is committed to providing a recruitment process that is fair, equitable and accessible for all. If you have a disability, we know that it may be helpful for us to adjust our process to make it equitable for your individual situation. If you would like to reach out to someone about your situation and our recruitment process, please email us at [email protected].