Manager Pilbara Communities

Manager Pilbara Communities

• Help drive community based outcomes across Rio Tinto Iron Ore
• Increase your knowledge of Rio Tinto’s operations and build your professional network
• Join a caring leadership group, committed to your growth and development - Karratha

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

We are looking for a Manager Pilbara Communities to lead a team of professionals who play a key role in building effective partnerships with our host communities and local stakeholders.

This is a great opportunity for a seasoned leader who is passionate about building strong partnerships based on mutual trust and respect with a goal to deliver value to local communities and society more broadly through sustainable investment to improve community livability.

We are an open, connected global team that includes some of the industry’s best and brightest minds. We offer competitive, performance-focused remuneration and a wide range of benefits to reward your contribution. With a global reach, the opportunities to develop and grow your career are broad and exciting.

Reporting to the General Manager Communities & Social Performance and working in a collaborative community within Iron Ore HSEC, you will be:

• Leading and developing a team of Community & Social Performance practitioners
• Delivering strategies and programs for our Pilbara operations that meet the expectations of the community, key stakeholders, our employees and our operations ensuring clear and transparent communication through the Pilbara Communities annual plan
• Identify, negotiate, implement and maintains agreements, commitments, and partnerships to support the business and strengthen the communities we impact
• Implementing processes to understand and support the management of social or cultural expectations in the towns and communities in which we operate
• Act as the external interface for our local government partners on partnership agreements
• Support business priorities and community expectations through effective stakeholder engagement, local government partnerships, social investment, aboriginal communities, communications & events and strategy & compliance
• Representing Rio Tinto at community or industry gatherings or forums
• Managing risk and opportunities associated with our business activities and interactions with our communities and stakeholders

What you’ll bring

• Strong organisational leadership, influence, communication and curiosity
• Tertiary qualifications in social sciences or related discipline
• Demonstrated expertise in communities and social performance, including diverse and complex cultural and community challenges 
• Experience in project management and working through a networked organisation in achieving results
• Proven ability to build positive relationships and build deep community knowledge
• A broad background within mining & resources, construction, facilities, or utilities in an interfacing role with broad internal stakeholder management 

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

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 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’ll be workingOur approach to Communities and Social Performance (CSP) is to build strong partnerships based on mutual trust and respect. This includes meaningful engagement with host communities managing social, economic, environmental, cultural, and human rights impacts throughout the life cycle of our projects, from exploration, to project development, to operation and closure and delivering value to local communities and society more broadly.

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 31st July 2023 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date)