Principal Change Management

Principal Change Management – Part Time & Job Share

• Opportunity to be part of a dynamic team operating in a rapidly expanding, fast paced mining organisation
• Foster team cohesion and maturation with your leadership skills
• Great career opportunity to work in a strategic role across the Pilbara Iron Ore Operations
• Part time (3 days) Perth based role with flexible working arrangements - Central Park

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

We are looking for a Principal Change Management to join our Operational Excellence team in Perth. Working across all our Iron Ore operations in the Pilbara, you will play a key role in developing and executing leading practice for the future of our operations. You will lead a team of change advisors and be empowered to manage and engage stakeholders across our operations in the Pilbara and our functional teams in Perth.

Reporting to the Productivity Lead, you will:

• Lead and coach your capable team of senior change advisors to deliver sustainable people-centred change implementation activities into operational and functional areas
• Upskill the team and greater organisation in change and transformation recognised methodologies
• Support the Operational Excellence Program in better targeting its activities through strategically evaluating the change impact of the program, identifying risks and recommending risk mitigation strategies
• Lead in collaboration with the Safe Production Systems deployment, local communications team and Mindset and Behaviours coaches
• Provide coaching and training to ensure quality outcomes from a change management point of view
• Monitor, review and report against the effectiveness of change activities, to ensure that they are effective and sustained adjusting where required

What you'll bring

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
• Your experience as a Change Professional
• Extensive stakeholder engagement experience at multiple levels
• Strong integration skills, you are the integration role between the mindset and behaviours and our operational excellence structure
• Degree qualification with a transferrable skill set
• Developing and implementing organisational change strategies
• Communications design and development
• Proven leadership experience, with the ability to coach, mentor and develop a team
• Ability to influence stakeholders of all levels and across multiple departments and roles
• Demonstrated track record of successful project implementation in complex environments

Where you'll be working

In the Pilbara region of Western Australia, we own an integrated portfolio of iron ore assets: a world-class, integrated network of 16 mines, four independent port terminals, a 1,700 kilometre rail network and related infrastructure –all designed to respond rapidly to changes in demand. We are one of the world's leading producers and exporters of iron ore.

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 9th March 2023 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date)