HR Adviser

HR Adviser

• Career defining opportunity – “This is not a standard HR Adviser role!”
• Perth based Permanent role with regular site travel
• Extensive suite of employee benefits
• A global network of opportunity with a Tier 1 company

About the role:

People Experience is the HR Operations team within Rio Tinto, providing front line HR advisory to Leaders. Our team is a talent pool for HR professionals to develop and extend their career into other areas of HR or the business.

Based in our Perth CBD location we are seeking experienced HR Advisers ready to take the next step in their professional HR careers. Our HR Advisers coach and advise a range of leaders across operations and functions to ensure the effective implementation of Rio Tinto Human Resource policies, systems, and programs.

If you are ready to take on the challenges of this role, it can lead to greater opportunities for career growth and progression. With a competitive remuneration package and a challenging work environment with a growing vibrant company where your skills really can make a difference, this is a great opportunity to join this high performing, close-knit team and play a role in developing a culture of excellence that motivates those around you."

As a HR Adviser you will be:

• Advising and coaching leaders on a high volume of employee relations matters to with a focus on early intervention and people centricity
• Partnering with the business to influence, lead and contribute to HR projects with exceptional attention to detail and out of the box thinking
• Driving change with a focus on continuous improvement and challenging the status quo
• Developing and embedding of HR procedures, systems, templates and reporting mechanisms
• Building Leader capability in HR systems and processes including cyclical processes
• Facilitating organisational change through to HR systems and processes
• Visiting one of our Rio Tinto sites (min 1 night per month) to support and work alongside our leaders and team members

What you’ll bring:

• Proven experience in human resources with a comprehensive knowledge of generalist HR activities
• Demonstrated understanding of Australian Employment Law framework and best practice application of relevant legislation
• Extensive experience in complex workplace investigations and advising on performance management practices
• Ability to provide HR services remotely with experience in utilising technology platforms to facilitate stronger engagement and the flexibility for site travel within when required
• Resilience and the ability to thrive in a continuous improvement culture and have a strong commitment to team-based processes and outcomes
• Capacity and versatility to operate in a large and dynamic organisation which involves delivering business objectives remotely and across a diverse workforce
• Excellent interpersonal influencing, coaching, communication, negotiation, and consultation skills along with managing your time to deliver priorities
• A desire for greater exposure to team leadership and seek to be a leader in the future an advantage for some roles

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
• Flexible working from home arrangements as per operational requirements
• Career growth working within a high-performing, supportive and experienced team
• A competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience with annual incentive program and applicable travel allowances
• Comprehensive medical benefits including subsidised private health insurance for employees and immediate family
• Attractive share ownership plan
• Company rebated 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)
• Relocation packages where suitable

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 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. 

People Experience provide HR advisory, global mobility, talent acquisition and recruitment, employee relations, remuneration and performance services to leaders, employees & HR business partners.

Applications close on Wednesday 14th September (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date).