Senior Advisor Risk & Assurance
Rio Tinto
Senior Advisor Risk & Assurance
- Exciting opportunity to learn, grow, and do impactful work with a supportive team
- 12 month fixed term role based at our Perth Central Park office with ad hoc travel
- Balance your career and life
We encourage women and Indigenous Peoples to apply, as we advance our business to more accurately reflect the world around us.
Where we’re all welcome
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 who we are.
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 acknowledge that all people are different and believe that our differences are our strength. The diversity of skills, life experiences and perspectives within our team enhances our way of working and our ability to achieve success together.
We are looking for a highly skilled Senior Advisor Risk & Assurance to join our leading Iron Ore HSEC Technical team. This is an excellent opportunity to improve risk management across our business. Effectively managing risks is fundamental to maximising the value of our business and delivering our strategy to become the most valued resource business.
This role is integral to improving the effectiveness of our controls, implementing innovative risk management strategies that protect our operations and advancing responsible mining practices. If you're passionate about risk management and want to contribute to a global leader in mining, we invite you to apply.
Reporting to the Manager Risk & Assurance and working alongside a collaborative and diverse team, you will:
- Support delivery of specific risk and assurance programs and projects
- Facilitate risk assessments and reviews for ESG risks
- Enable development of an accurate ESG risk profile, ensuring risks are properly articulated and aligned with Standards requirements
- Provide coaching and support to enhance quality of material risk data
- Ensure ongoing compliance with related Standards and regulations
- Generate reports on performance against risk and assurance requirements
- Support risk and assurance capability development across the Function
- Support with data collation, ensuring a high-level of data integrity
- Provide risk and assurance system and reporting support
- Build relationships with internal core stakeholders
What you’ll bring
Based at our Perth Central Park offices, you will be part of a supportive environment, working together to drive excellence in risk and assurance.
You will bring the following attributes, skills and experiences to ensure your success within this role:
- Previous experience in a risk and assurance related role within the mining industry
- Superb project management skills
- Outstanding stakeholder engagement and partnering
- A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
- Respect for others and an all-inclusive mindset
- Analytical / reporting capabilities with a systems-thinking approach
- Strong knowledge and understanding of ESG risks
If you are excited about the role and think you have what it takes but your experience doesn't align, 100% we still want to hear from you.
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
- Full relocation provided to Western Australia from elsewhere in Australia
- A competitive salary reflective of your skills and experience with annual incentive bonus
- 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, cultural leave)
- To better suit different family needs, our paid parental leave approach gives all parents the option to take 18 weeks of paid leave after a new child arrives – at a time that suits them
- Exclusive employee discounts including hotel stays, banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more.
Who we are
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 working
This role will be offered at full time – 12-month fixed term capacity and be based at our Perth Central Park office, nestled in the cities CBD. Adhoc site travel will be expected for this role.
In the Pilbara region of Western Australia, we own a world-class, integrated network of 17 mines, four independent port terminals, a rail network spanning nearly 2,000 kilometres 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.