Human Resources Business Partner, Perth

Principal Advisor, Human Resources Business Partner

• Opportunity to partner with the Projects organisation in Western Australia (Iron Ore projects, Argyle closure project, Winu and Project Services)
• 12-month opportunity based in Perth with strong potential to extend or go permanent

About the role

We are looking for a Principal Advisor Human Resources to support the projects organisation, with a focus on employee engagement, talent management, leadership effectiveness and inclusion & diversity.

The projects organisation delivers major capital studies and executes growth and closures projects across Rio Tinto. This is a great opportunity for a HR professional to make a real difference within this global portfolio. 

Reporting to the HRBP Projects you will be used to working in a collaborative manner, and your duties will include -

• Supporting leaders to define, build, and maintain employee engagement
• Constructively challenging and coaching senior leaders on their individual and collective effectiveness
• Building Leader capability in HR systems and processes including cyclical processes
• Proactively identifying risks and opportunities to business objectives through data, conversations and observations; and diagnoses root causes to determine the required intervention
• Acting as an escalation point to resolve significant and complex issues. 

What you’ll bring

• Proven ability to engage, influence and collaborate with senior leadership teams
• An ability to translate strategy into executable and measurable outcomes
• Ability to coach and influence senior leaders in a way that tests conventional thinking and challenges the status quo
• Flexibility to work across time zones and hold a high level of integrity, confidentiality and credibility

What we offer

Be recognised for your contribution, thinking and hard work and go home knowing you’ve helped the world progress. 

• 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)

Where you will be working

In the Pilbara region of Western Australia, we own an integrated portfolio of iron ore assets: a world-class, integrated network of 16 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.

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.

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 10 June 2022.