Senior Corporate Counsel, Commercial

Senior Corporate Counsel, Commercial

• Lead a talented and fun team of lawyers in Australia
• Support Rio Tinto’s Commercial function
• Work with a global team on complex issues
• Play an exciting role in shaping Rio Tinto’s ESG credentials in indigenous, human rights, decarbonisation, and renewable energy sectors.
• Permanent role based in Perth or Brisbane, Australia

About the role

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

We are looking for a senior commercial lawyer who will be integral to the Rio Tinto Commercial legal team and will be part of the integrated model providing legal support for Global Procurement.

Reporting to the Chief Counsel, Commercial (who is based in Chicago), you will manage a diverse and dynamic legal team in Australia in providing timely, accurate and commercially pragmatic legal advice. You will be responsible for monitoring the procurement compliance framework that will enable Rio Tinto to meet its statutory and corporate requirements.

You will safeguard Rio Tinto’s reputation and be a trusted advisor of the business on management of formal and informal conflicts. You will also play a key role in the strategy and management of external legal resources.

You are consistently striving for excellence and are deeply focused on developing and supporting those in your team.

 You will manage day-to-day senior commercial stakeholder relationships in Australia, so you are one who values relationships and you enjoy working with people. You have exceptional communication skills and a demonstrated ability to engage, influence and partner with stakeholders across all levels of the organisation.

You will also demonstrate resilience, a focus on self-care for both you and your team and the ability to respectfully navigate sensitive discussions. You display exemplary and unquestionable personal integrity.

About you

To succeed in this role, you will have :

• A license to practice law in Australia with 15 years post- qualification experience within a large corporation or law firm (international experience would be an advantage)
• Strong commercial acumen and are solution driven with a solid understanding and proven practical experience in negotiating complex commercial contracts
• Clear leadership and team management skills and are skilled in coaching and mentoring of team members and stakeholders
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• An agile mindset with a strong ability to lead change

 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 competitive salary package with annual cash incentive awards for eligible employees
• Career development & education assistance to further your ambitions
• Access top tier family-friendly health and medical programs and pension plan
• Wellbeing benefits
• Generous Rio Tinto employee share program
• Employee Assistance Program
• Ongoing individual wellbeing support for you and your family for personal and professional matter
• Leave for all of life’s reasons (vacation/annual, paid parental, sick leave)

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

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.

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.

So if you are looking for a new challenge, great location and an exceptional team, apply now.

Please note, in order to be successfully considered for this role you must complete all pre-screening questions.

Applications close on Friday 21 October 2022. (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date).

Rio Tinto does not accept unsolicited CVs or candidate profiles from recruiters or employment agencies. Rio Tinto will not consider or agree to payment of any referral compensation or recruiter fee relating to unsolicited CVs or candidate profiles. Rio Tinto reserves the right to hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency. Any unsolicited CVs or candidate profiles, including those submitted to hiring managers, are deemed to be the property of Rio Tinto.