Principal Advisor, Human Rights and Value Chains

Principal Advisor, Human Rights and Value Chains

• Help us create a long-lasting positive legacy and culture of respecting human rights
• Join a high performing and caring team committed to your growth and development
• Support the business and assets by developing and implementing our Human Rights strategy
• Permanent role, based in Perth or Brisbane with hybrid and flexible working arrangements

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

Our Communities and Social Performance (CSP) Area of Expertise (AoE) is Rio Tinto’s Technical CSP function. It provides support to the business to build respectful and trusted relationships with host communities and deliver enduring social and economic outcomes. The CSP AoE works with CSP practitioners and leaders across the business to build capability, support human rights and social performance delivery, monitor and respond to emerging trends, and provide assurance and risk management. The CSP AoE also maintains Rio Tinto’s risk management systems, Human Rights Policy, CSP Standard and reporting process.

We are looking for a Principal Advisor Human Rights and Value Chains to help deliver our responsible business commitments. You’ll lead a range of initiatives and contribute to the Group-wide human rights program, with a particular focus on value chains. You’ll provide leadership and coaching a small team of senior advisors, responsible for implementing program initiatives.

You’ll be joining at a period of significant interest in human rights performance, within a changing and dynamic external landscape. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who is aligned to our vision to demystify, integrate, personalise, and operationalise respect for rights. Grow your expertise by gaining exposure to a range of complex societal issues and working with assets and functions across the Rio Tinto group globally to raise awareness and embed human rights due diligence in day-to-day work.

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 Senior Manager Human Rights and working in a dynamic and exciting environment within the CSP AoE, you will be:

• Managing human rights reporting and disclosure requirements including the annual Modern Slavery statement and human rights inputs into other corporate reporting
• Managing third-party due diligence human rights reviews and broader responsible business conduct issues in partnership with the Ethics and Integrity function and other functions
• Helping develop and implement our responsible value chains strategy, and working closely with the Commercial function to support responsible value chain initiatives (leading the engagement on higher risk categories)
• Developing human rights related procedures, guidance, training materials and tools
• Supporting the design and implementation of Group-wide human rights controls framework
• Monitoring trends and regulatory updates on human rights
• Participating in external forums or collaborative initiatives as required

What you’ll bring

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
• Experience developing and/or leading responsible value chains programs with a focus on Human Rights
• Experience in managing multiple projects and deliverables simultaneously, with effective prioritisation and time management skills
• Ability to build strong and trusting relationships through effective communication and interpersonal skills, and work in a networked organization to influence, build consensus and achieve results
• Excellent written communication and writing skills, ability to produce written material for publication to a high standard
• Ability to exercise sound judgment when dealing with internal and external stakeholders
• Agile thinker and ability to work on complex tasks that often have no clear answer
• Team player who is action orientated and can deliver practical advice

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)

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.

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 Wednesday the 28^th of February 2024 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date)