Manager - Learning Excellence | Capability Development

Manager - Learning Excellence

• Senior role focused on delivering strategic learning and development enablers that transform our safe operating performance
• Positioning our employees as a source of competitive advantage
• Flexible and Agile lifestyle roster, located in our Perth Office

About the role

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

We are looking for a seasoned Manager - Learning Excellence to provide end to end oversight of all the learning enablers that support our employees to learn and grow. The role encompasses Business Planning, Strategy, Business Improvement, Risk Management, Learning Analytics & Technology, New Starter Onboarding and Governance & Assurance.

This is a senior role with the opportunity to lead the vibrant & energetic learning excellence team that supports our asset facing teams to deliver on learning and development priorities. This role is a great opportunity for a business manager with solid commercial acumen and demonstrated leadership experience.

Reporting to the General Manager – Capability Development and working in a collaborative community, you will be accountable for:

• Actively fostering and communicating a positive culture that promotes and prioritises Psychological and Physical safety
• Building agile business improvement and project management capability in the function to ensure sustained results and continuous improvement
• Managing Learning Analytics, Reporting and Evaluation
• Optimisation of the new starter onboarding program
• Oversee the learning technology & digital strategy
• Apply discipline, governance, and quality assurance across learning solutions
• Develop strong interfaces and relationships with site facing teams and stakeholders
• Oversee the design of end-to-end business improvement projects, providing thought leadership on maximising benefits and minimising implementation risks
• Manage and coordinate annual and strategic planning for the Capability Development function

What you’ll bring

The key component of the role will require you to interface with multiple stakeholders, therefore your communication and relationship building skills are important to succeed in this role.

To be successfully considered for this opportunity, you’ll bring:

• Business Improvement experience and qualifications (six sigma, Agile, Lean) and be tertiary qualified
• A passion for people leadership and capability building
• Demonstrated experience leading a large multi-discipline team, oppeness to learn and the ability to create a learning excellence model
• Demonstrated operational experience and understanding of mining operations
• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
• Commitment to Rio Tinto value drivers of Care, Courage, and Curiosity
• Commercial acumen, stakeholder engagement and experience leading change
• Strong problem solving and business process optimisation skills
• Solid influencing skills and ability to develop and build credibility among peers
• Strong teamwork, communication, and interpersonal skills

What we offer

Be recognised for your contribution, your thinking, and your 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 directly 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)
• Possible domestic relocation assistance

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’ll be working

You will be based at our head office located in Perth Central Park building, working Monday to Friday. We encourage agile and flexible work arrangements.

In the Pilbara region of Western Australia, Rio Tinto operates the world's largest integrated portfolio of iron ore assets with industry-leading margins. Our premium product suite, including our flagship Pilbara blend, drives strong customer relationships and is supported by technical and commercial marketing expertise. The iron ore business continues to be the world's largest autonomous truck operator and a proud leader in automated mining technologies.

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.

Applications close on the 30^th January 2023 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date)