Lead Indigenous Engagement | Adelaide or Roxby Downs | 18-month opportunity
BHP
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 Lead Indigenous Engagement (IE) is a senior lead role across all aspects of the Indigenous Engagement portfolio in South Australia. As the Lead, you will work across and deliver the following objectives:
Native Title
- Support with other IE team members with the implementation of all existing Native Title, land use and commercial agreements with Indigenous groups
- Be a key point of contact for all Traditional Owner relationships across South Australia
- Support the negotiation of new agreements with the agreement making team required to ensure the continued growth of our operations aligned to our company position on free, prior and informed consent.
- Support the heritage function with engagement activities when required
Reconciliation Action Plan
- Support the development and execution of the RAP across our SA assets, including influencing the Supply Function to deliver local procurement activities, including Indigenous Contracting/Business Development; influencing HR in the development and delivery of cultural awareness training and Indigenous employment strategies and targets; influencing Planning (Heritage, Studies and Access) in the development and delivery of cultural heritage, approvals and land access strategies
- Support the development and execution of the Indigenous components of the Social Investment Strategy in South Australia, building new relationships and strategic partnerships
Advocacy
- Support the company’s Indigenous Advocacy approach in South Australia, including support of the themes of voice, treaty and truth to position BHP as leaders in this space
Leadership
- Supports the strategic direction of the SA IE team and broader Corporate Affairs professionals and operational leadership across South Australia, leading the IE Specialist role provide strong direction and capability development
- Externally represents BHP on Indigenous engagement matters with peers and local communities
- Manage and deliver on team plans, commitments and KPIS
- Enables organizational, cultural and innovation change for the sub-function
This vacancy closes on Sunday 8 October 2023, at 11:59pm AEST.
About You
As a natural communicator and well-versed professional, you will possess the following attributes:
- Decision making in highly complex situations and environments
- Strategic thinking
- Deals with significant levels of ambiguity and complexity balancing internal and external stakeholders
- Possesses excellent judgement skills
- Strong influencing skills (internal and external stakeholders)
- Leads and drives a high performing team culture.
More formal requirements of the role include:
- Requisite experience in Indigenous Affairs
- Exceptional people and influencing skills
- Project Management
- People management and leadership
- Undergraduate degree in relevant area
- Industry experience or understanding.
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].