Specialist Communications - Gove

Specialist Communications - Gove

• Help create a positive legacy in a diverse and interesting role
• 12-month secondment opportunity FTC
• Brisbane based, with regular travel to Gove Operations, located at Nhulunbuy, NT

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

We are looking for a Specialist Communications to lead communications and support employee engagement for Rio Tinto Gove. In this role you will work closely with Operations and Closure leaders and key stakeholders across Gove and have the opportunity to create a significant impact on the employee experience and future of Gove. This role touches all areas of communications, including developing and executing communications strategies, writing, video, coaching and more.

Reporting to the Corporate Affairs Business Partner for Closure and working closely with the Manager of Communications for Aluminium Pacific Operations, you will:

• Lead the development and implementation of major communications strategies and plans for the Gove site, including operations and closure activities, creating a seamless experience for stakeholders and a ‘one team’ ethos.

• Coach leaders on effective communications and their development and delivery of messaging to their teams
• Actively engage with frontline employees and supervisors in the field and observe communication plan implementation – collect feedback and continuously improve communications based on findings
• Develop rich, relevant content that is simple, effective and reaches our frontline employees while experimenting with new, creative ways and processes to reach employees with the information they care about
• Manage and oversee content across operations and ensure information is relevant, timely and effective
• Monitor, report and evaluate communications impact/reach against key business priorities
• Ensure all site communications aligns with broader Aluminium and Closure Communications priorities and strategies.
• Contribute Gove content to Aluminium, Closure and Rio Tinto channels such as newsletters, written articles, and social media channels. 

What you’ll bring 

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team 
• A strong background and keen interest in internal communications but may also have strong experience in other corporate affairs disciplines
• Experience working in an operations environment and collaborating with other corporate affairs disciplines including media relations, social media and branding teams
• Well-developed writing skills and a good understanding of how to adapt writing and content for various channels and audiences
• Ability to transform technical information into engaging content and proficiency in developing messaging to manage complex and sensitive issues
• Ability to prioritize and balance needs of multiple stakeholders
• A bachelor’s degree in communications or related discipline/field such as journalism, public relations or marketing.

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

Be recognised for your contribution, your thinking and your hard work, and go home knowing you’ve helped the world progress.

• Up to 9 Months Paid parental leave (no distinction between primary or secondary career)
• Health cover scheme for employees and their immediate family
• Salary sacrifice & packaging options – rental, mortgage, super, vehicle
• Rio Tinto employee share programme
• Employee discounts – banking, accommodation, motoring, retail and more.

About Rio Tinto

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

Our Gove Operations have been supplying the global aluminium industry with world-class bauxite for more than 40 years. Located in Australia’s Northern Territory, each year the operation produces approximately 12 million tonnes of bauxite.

With a workforce of 460 people, daily activities include mine operations, maintenance, asset management, shutdown planning and execution, export operations, cultural heritage management, and closure activities following our decision to close the site’s alumina refinery and associated Residue Disposal Area in 2017.

We expect our bauxite mining operations on the Gove Peninsula will cease towards the end of this decade and we are undertaking significant work to support closure of the operation. We also recognise our operations take place on Indigenous-owned land, and we are committed to working together to achieve a positive future for Nhulunbuy and the Gove Peninsula post-mining.

Rio Tinto Closure (RTC) safely transforms Rio Tinto’s end of life mining, processing, and infrastructure assets by developing innovative and sustainable solutions to leave a positive closure legacy. We collaborate with all parts of Rio Tinto to focus on maximising post operational opportunities, de-risking and reducing the scale of closure liabilities and executing existing and near-term closures at optimal cost.

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 Friday 13th September 2024 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date)