Human Resources Business Partner

Human Resources Business Partner

• Senior HR role available
• Translate business strategies into people strategies
• Support our Iron Ore Business to achieve its vision to be the most valued resource business
• Excellent flexibility offered, Perth based with ad hoc travel required

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

At Rio Tinto, in the world of HR business partnering, no two days are the same. People touch every element of our business strategy, and the opportunities and challenges that we need to solve as a global organisation are complex.

Our HR business partners are here to work alongside our business leaders in translating business strategies, objectives, and context into People strategies while supporting the design and implementation of programmes and interventions to build team and organisational effectiveness as well as define, build, and maintain employee engagement.

As a HR business partner and member of the leadership team within the portfolio that you support, your input is highly valued to shape the People strategy specific to your portfolio; each portfolio unique and offering you the opportunity to stretch and diversify your experience and exposure across a variety of business and function specific challenges over the course of your career.

We are looking for a HR Business Partner to join our Iron Ore business. This is a great opportunity to support our Iron Ore business to achieve its vision to be the most valued resource business.

Reporting to the General Manager Human Resources, you’ll coach and advise leadership teams, act as an escalation point to resolve significant and complex issues, and where required, support business leaders to deliver, manage, and sustain change.

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.

What you’ll bring

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
• A HR or business-related qualification
• Business partnering experience within a large, networked organisation
• Ability to define strategy and translate that strategy into executable and measurable outcomes
• Proven ability to engage, influence and collaborate with senior leadership teams with a good application of contemporary HR systems, processes, and obligations
• Ability to coach and influence senior leaders in a way that tests conventional thinking and challenges the status quo
• Experience in organisational design and implementation of appropriate tools and systems, organisation and development interventions and employee/labour relations

It will also be beneficial if you have experience within resources/heavy industry/manufacturing sector.

What we offerBe 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

Rio Tinto is a leading global mining and materials company. We operate in 35 countries where we produce iron ore, copper, aluminium, critical minerals, and other materials needed for the global energy transition and for people, communities, and nations to thrive.

We have been mining for almost 150 years and operate with knowledge built up across generations and continents. Our purpose is finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs – striving for innovation and continuous improvement to produce materials with low emissions and to the right environmental, social and governance standards. But we can’t do it on our own, so we’re focused on creating partnerships to solve problems, create win-win and meet opportunities.

Where you’ll be workingIn the Pilbara region of Western Australia, we own an integrated portfolio of iron ore assets: a world-class, integrated network of 17 mines, four independent port terminals, a 1,700 kilometre rail network and related infrastructure – all designed to respond rapidly to changes in demand. 

We are one of the world’s leading producers and exporters of iron ore.

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 16 May 2023 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date)