Learning & Development Officer

Learning & Development Officer

• Be part of a group that is safety driven and values inclusion
• Partner with the business to establish learning needs, solve critical capability problems and deliver capability development projects to improve safe, productive operations
• Permanent employment which includes a huge range of additional benefits

About the role

All progress begins with pioneers. At Rio Tinto, it begins with you.

We are looking for a Learning & Development (L&D) Officer to work with stakeholders to define, design and deliver learning solutions that achieve the best outcome for the business.

These roles are a great opportunity to continue to develop your strong learning & development background and project management skills whilst engaging with a variety of internal and external stakeholders. Reporting to the Superintendent L&D, you will:

• Support the L&D Superintendent in the development, collation and implementation of learning needs and pathways across the site.
• Identify compliance and competency requirements of a learner and work proactively with L&D Scheduler as well as relevant stakeholders to provide a clear L&D pathway.
• Collaborate with relevant stakeholders including subject matter experts (SMEs) as well as Infield Assessors (INF’s), to identify training needs and develop learning interventions to meet those needs.
• Flex, adapt or amend L&D interventions, without compromising quality, to ensure that they are supportive of the needs of the business.
• Assist in development of Infield Assessor network across BSL and provide Infield Assessor’s as well as learners with regular support, guidance and coaching. 
• Assess the quality of learning and development programs whilst keeping key stakeholders informed of training progress through accurate and timely reporting of relevant learning and development metrics.
• Develop & deliver training needs analyses (TNA’s), solutions and evaluation methods to agreed standards for new and existing learning packages

What you will bring

• Essential - Certificate IV Training and Assessment – TAE40116
• Experience in learning design, delivery and management of learning pathways and curriculum
• Experience working in a large integrated organisation
• Experience working in heavy industrial settings
• Proficient in Microsoft 365 suite
• Strong facilitation skills including how to engage, story tell and bring people on the learning journey
• Interpersonal skills to communicate efficiently and effectively with learner
• High level of attention to detail to confirm transfer of knowledge
• Professional management of stakeholders

What we offer

• A safety-focused and inclusive working environment
• A competitive salary package with annual cash incentive awards (STIP)
• Access to top tier family-friendly health and medical programs
• Excellent retirement plan
• A comprehensive leave policy that covers all moments that matter in life (vacation/annual, paid parental leave, short term sick leave, paid holidays)
• Ongoing individual wellbeing support for you and your family for personal and professional matters
• Generous Rio Tinto employee share program

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.

Where you will be working

Boyne Smelters Limited (BSL)

Opened in 1982, Boyne Smelters Limited is Australia’s second largest aluminium smelter with a 1,000-person strong workforce. Located approximately 20 kilometres south east of Gladstone at Boyne Island on the Central Queensland coast, BSL produces around 500,000 tonnes of aluminium per annum. 

Activities at BSL include manufacturing carbon anodes in the carbon plant, aluminium production (smelting) in reduction lines, and casting of molten material into aluminium products ready to ship. The smelter is connected via a conveyor belt to the Queensland Alumina Limited refinery for the supply of alumina.

Along with Yarwun Operations and Queensland Alumina Limited, BSL supports the local community in a wide range of initiatives.

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.