Principal Advisor, Social Investment Performance

Principal Advisor, Social Investment Performance

• Help create a long-lasting positive legacy
• Join a courageous leadership group, committed to your growth and development
• Key function in crafting and driving global Communities and Social Performance initiatives and strategies
• Permanent Brisbane, Perth or Montreal-based role

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

Our approach to Communities and Social Performance (CSP) is to build strong partnerships based on a relationship of mutual trust and respect. This includes the way we engage with communities and the steps we take to identify and manage social, economic, environmental, cultural, and human rights impacts throughout the life cycle of our projects, from exploration, to project development, to operation and closure.

We are looking for a Principal Advisor, Social Investment Performance to design and lead the implementation of a ‘performance’ program, the way in which we will collect, analyse and use social investment data to inform and contribute to the successful implementation of Rio Tinto’s Social Investment for Impact Strategy and Framework (SIF), The SIF is the way in which Rio Tinto will operate and deliver investment initiatives and partnerships that will create social-economic outcomes and impact for communities and society. 

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, Social Impact within the CSP Area of Expertise (AoE), you will have the following responsibilities:

• Lead social investment performance improvement initiatives including design, delivery and management of effective reporting systems and processes
• Develop company guidance related to social investment performance and reporting (internal and external)
• Lead the central CSP social investment budget moderation process in collaboration with Finance, Product Group, asset and CSP AoE stakeholders
• Support CSP AoE systems transformation technical requirements and implementation
• Analyze social investment data, monitor performance, and provide insights that inform decision making, including identification of emerging trends, risks, and opportunities
• Support the implementation and enhancement of key SIF tools including the Partnering Principles and Criteria, Social Outcomes Indicator Matrix and Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning programs
• Provide professional expertise, advice, guidance and/or support to Assets, Product Groups or Functions on social investment performance related activities, building local CSP capability and expertise of team members, where appropriate
• Liaise with senior leaders across both Communities & Social Performance and the Product Group or Business Unit; promote leading practice and leverage innovative ideas
• Maintain a favourable and collaborative relationship with the internal and external stakeholders, particularly related to the area of technical expertise
• Work with key functions including Ethics and Compliance, Legal and Risk, to identify and implement enhancements or improvements including training programs required for good performance, strong governance around social investment performance (due diligence, code of conduct, risk analysis and assessments)
• Identify resource requirements as needed

What you’ll bring

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
• Excellent analytical ability, using data and analysis to inform and influence strategic decisions
• Experience in community engagement and development, social performance, social investment and change management would be advantageous
• Excellent interpersonal, relationship management and influencing skills including with senior leaders
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrated project management and/or management of change experience, with experience seeing projects through the full-life cycle
• Ability to work in an agile environment and as an enabler of change
• Strong organisational skills, including attention to detail and multitasking skills
• Proven ability to solve problems creatively
• Proven ability to complete projects according to outlined scope, budget, and timeline
• Solid organisation or sector knowledge would be advantageous

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 Our Communities and Social Performance 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 that deliver sustainable improvements in social and economic outcomes. The AoE works with CSP practitioners and leaders across the business to build capability, support social performance delivery, monitor, and respond to emerging trends, and provide assurance and risk management. The AoE also maintains Rio Tinto’s management systems, CSP standards and reporting process.

Every Voice Matters

At Rio Tinto, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples, women, the LGBTQIA2 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 Friday the 3rd of March 2023 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date)