Manager, Events & Stakeholder Engagement – Australia

Manager, Events & Stakeholder Engagement – Australia

• Be a part of capable and supportive global team with a flexible and caring work culture
• Be part of a global mining organisation where everyone is valued and respected
• Permanent opportunity based in Brisbane

About your role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

We are looking for a Manager, Events & Stakeholder Engagement, to lead a small nationally focused team responsible for delivering key stakeholder events ranging from support for Group Executives to VIP site visits, financial calendar activity, media programs, employee town halls and industry-focused forums. The role will work to ensure these events are caried out to a consistent standard of excellence as part of the function’s charter to help build Rio Tinto’s reputation in Australia. 

The objective of the role is to provide leadership, strategy and structure to the Rio Tinto events program, delivering high quality outcomes while ensuring team workload is sustainable. 

Reporting to the General Manager, Communications, you will be responsible for;

• Establishing Rio Tinto’s Australian events and stakeholder engagement practice by forming a truly nationally focused team capable of delivering events to a consistent standard of excellence around the country.
• Serving as the Rio Tinto expert on event management, delivering high quality outcomes while ensuring team workload is sustainable.
• Developing program of stakeholder boardroom lunches for Chief Executive and Chief Executive Australia when in Melbourne.
• Overseeing management of Rio Tinto’s corporate memberships
• Overseeing Rio Tinto alumni program including calendar of stakeholder events.
• Delivering an effective events program in Australia, aligned to both country and Product Group strategic objectives and Group themes.
• Providing event management guidance to relevant Product Group and functional teams based in Australia.
• Working with General Manager, Communications - Australia to identify event management opportunities, spot issues and drive success.

About you

To succeed in this role, you will have:

• At least 10 years’ experience in managing, high-quality stakeholder engagement events for large companies, agencies, or government departments.
• A demonstrated collegiate approach and proven track record of excellent teamwork with company leader and senior peers.
• Proven capability to lead high performing teams.
• Excellent strategic capability and a proven ability to deliver results in a complex environment.
• Ability to build and maintain strong relationships with relevant stakeholder groups
• A high level of diplomacy and the ability to manage conflict and gain consensus.
• Ability to remain calm and considered under pressure.
• Demonstrated highly collaborative behaviour and ability to derive value from the broader organisation through sharing knowledge, experience, and skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• A structured and organised thinker who is comfortable working at pace.

What we offer

Be recognised for your contribution, thinking and 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 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)

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 will be working

Corporate Relations provides expertise and advice across all aspects of communications, brand strategy and positioning, media relations and stakeholder engagement with customers, employees and civil society through to governments and the general public.

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.

Apply today if you want to work with the latest technology and pursue innovation, in an environment where we challenge you to drive positive change.Please note, in order to be successfully considered for this role you must complete all pre-screening questions.

Applications close on Friday 10 March 2023. (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date).

Rio Tinto does not accept unsolicited CVs or candidate profiles from recruiters or employment agencies. Rio Tinto will not consider or agree to payment of any referral compensation or recruiter fee relating to unsolicited CVs or candidate profiles. Rio Tinto reserves the right to hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency. Any unsolicited CVs or candidate profiles, including those submitted to hiring managers, are deemed to be the property of Rio Tinto.