Senior Advisor - Programme Value

Senior Advisor – Programme Value

• Be part of a group that values safety and inclusion
• Be recognised for your contribution as part of a dynamic and progressive team
• Perth based – Monday to Friday with flexible working arrangements

About the role

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

We have embarked on a multi-year end to end programme of work which will see us take advantage of advances in digital technologies and ways of working across our iron ore integrated operations that will reshape how we plan, schedule and operate our integrated value chain. The End to End Project Management Office is an exciting and influential team whose purpose is to deliver full system potential through partnership, technology, process transformation and improvements.

We are looking for a Senior Advisor – Programme Value to support this programme of work. Being a part of this team will provide you with the opportunity to realise visionary work, exposure to new and upcoming technologies, as well as helping shape the direction of Integrated Operations.

The Senior Advisor – Programme Value is an accomplished project delivery, PMO or business improvement professional. They provide coaching, guidance and support to team members within the End to End programme on project valuation, benefits tracking and structured analysis approaches. They assist with quantifying and measuring benefits across the programme and drive continuous improvement within the PMO, including:

• Establish and Maintain Programme Metrics - Assist in developing delivery and value metrics for the streams and overall programme.
• Continuous Improvement Culture - Drive a culture of relentless improvement with the team.
• Sustainable Delivery - Leverage business improvement processes and toolkits to ensure streams deliver sustainable solutions and change.

Reporting to the Principal – Programme Delivery, you will:

• Define and ensure compliance to standards, processes and systems for project valuation and benefits tracking.
• Deploy business improvement methods and tools to support delivery, sustainability and continuous improvement across the End to End programme.
• Provide coaching, guidance and support to workstreams on approaches and adoption of valuation and tracking of project benefits.
• Establish and maintain effective relationships with the End to End Transformation Lead, Stream Leads, Finance, Business Analysis and key internal stakeholders.
• Analyse and interpret production data to inform strategic thinking, prioritisation of use cases, and value hypotheses for initiatives.
• Support streams to identify improvement opportunities within their domain following a structured analysis and problem-solving approach.
• Develop and deliver training for project valuation and benefits tracking across the End to End programme.
• Lead improvement projects for the End to End Project Management Office.

What you’ll bring

• Business, Finance or Commercial qualification.
• Experience delivering technology or digital transformation projects.
• Experience developing business cases and project valuations.
• Exposure to a range of project management methodologies e.g. PRINCE2, PMBOK, Scrum, SAFe.
• Strong analytical skillset - Excel, Power BI, SQL, Python, etc.
• Experience presenting and facilitating structured business workshops.
• A growth mindset and commitment to continuous improvement.
• Knowledge of change management methodologies.

It will also be beneficial if you have:

• LEAN Six Sigma or other business improvement certification.
• Experience leading business improvement projects with the Mining industry.
• Iron Ore process knowledge.

What we offer

• 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.

Applications close on 18^th January 2023 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date)

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. 

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.