Human Resources Business Partner – ERA

Human Resources Business Partner – ERA

• Outstanding opportunity to work on one of the world’s most visible and exciting rehabilitation projects surrounded by the World Heritage Listed Kakadu National Park
• Permanent role located in tropical Darwin – a thriving and diverse lifestyle hub

About the role

We are looking for a Human Resources Business Partner (HRBP) to support Energy Resources of Australia (ERA) to partner with the business as a trusted advisor to drive the HR strategy across the business.

ERA has been one of the nation’s largest uranium producers and operated Australia’s longest continually producing uranium mine. After closure of the Ranger Mine in 2021, ERA is now committed to creating a positive legacy and achieving world class, sustainable rehabilitation of former mine assets. The Ranger Rehabilitation Project is located on Aboriginal land and are surrounded by, but separate from, Kakadu National Park.

The Ranger Rehabilitation Project is located around 3 hours southeast of Darwin. ERA has embarked on a truly unique and world-class rehabilitation program of the Ranger Project Area to a standard where it can be reincorporated into the surrounding Kakadu National Park, if Traditional Owners and the Commonwealth Government wish.

Based in the Darwin office, with some travel to site, this is an exciting opportunity on both a personal and professional level. You will get to experience all that Darwin and the Top End have to offer, while developing and honing your skills as a HR Business Partner in a challenging and unique business. You will support the senior HRBP to deliver strategic programs of work to support the business in its closure efforts.

Key areas of focus include; employee engagement, behaviours and culture, performance and productivity, talent and capability, leadership effectiveness and Inclusion and Diversity across the site and Darwin based teams.

Further HRBP accountabilities include:

• Translating business strategy, objectives and global context into our people strategy and workforce planning
• Providing advice and coaching on people and culture initiatives, including constructively challenging leaders on their individual and collective effectiveness
• Supporting and influencing leaders to define, build, and strengthen employee inclusion and engagement
• Collaborating with the Areas of Expertise, People Experience teams, and other internal service providers to inform the design of HR solutions, processes, programs, tools, and systems
• Seeking out diverse viewpoints when problem-solving, ensuring strong stakeholder engagement and an ability to gain support for solutions that challenge the status-quo
• Supporting leaders to identify and deliver specific outcomes related to talent, development and succession
• Leading or participating in Group and Functional programs or projects across L&D, talent, performance, learning & development and other core focus areas

About you

What you’ll bring

• Progressive experience in people-related business partnering roles in large, global organizations
• A passion for understanding the business in which you operate, and a high level of analytical, influencing and negotiation skills
• Extensive experience coaching, engaging, and guiding senior leaders
• Demonstrated experience of leading and influencing cultural change, organisational design and effectiveness and other key change management programs
• A proven ability to build a broad and effective network of contacts which will include partnering closely across the entire People community, specifically with subject matter experts in Remuneration, Benefits, Recruitment, Talent, Employee Relations and International Mobility
• Experience working in a fast-moving environment, requiring agility and an ability to quickly provide solutions to unique situations
• Flexibility to work across time zones and partner with colleagues around the world

What we offer

Be recognised for your contribution, thinking and hard work and go home knowing you’ve been part of supporting the delivery of world-class rehabilitation. A competitive salary package, with annual cash incentive awards for eligible employees

• Career development & education assistance to further your ambitions
• Access top tier family-friendly health and medical programs
• Well-being benefits
• Generous Rio Tinto employee share program
• Employee Assistance Program
• Individual well-being support for you and your family for personal and professional matter
• Leave for all of life’s reasons (vacation/annual, paid parental, sick leave)

About Rio Tinto

Rio Tinto is amajor shareholder of ERA, and provides capability and support in keyoperational areas, including HR. 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.

Every Voice Matters

At Rio Tinto, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples, women, the LGBTQIA+ 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. 

Apply today if you want to work with respected and high performing legal team, in an environment where we support each other drive positive change. 

Applications close Friday 25 November 2022.

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