Specialist Communities

Specialist Communities

• Play a key role in supporting the Pilbara communities in which we work
• Permanent, fulltime opportunity to join a collaborative and diverse team
• Karratha based, residential opportunity | 5 on: 2 off

About the role

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

Our approach to Communities and Social Performance (CSP) is to build enduring partnerships based on a relationship of mutual trust and respect. This includes the way we engage with communities and the steps we take to identify and manage social, economic, environmental, cultural, and human rights impacts throughout the life cycle of our projects, from exploration, to project development, to operation and closure.

The Pilbara Communities team are seeking a Specialist Communities to join them. Reporting to the Superintendent Communities your role will be responsible for supporting the delivery of coastal Pilbara Communities initiatives. Working in close collaboration with key internal and external stakeholders, this role seeks to manage, promote and deliver on key engagement activities and projects across a range of areas associated with the Communities & Social Performance portfolio. Key role responsibilities will include:

• Provide input to the Pilbara Communities Annual Plan, and deliver key initiatives.
• Manage and represent the community in respect of any complaints, dispute or grievance mechanism.
• Monitor the social impacts of business activities on the local communities to ensure there is knowledge and understanding of sentiment, grievances and socio-economic issues
• Manage locally assigned partnerships and associated commitments, including reporting on milestones, performance and value
• Responsible for developing relevant content for all communications for the Pilbara Communities team.
• Promoting local Rio Tinto partnerships utilising internal and external communication channels.
• Builds good working relationships with all stakeholders with the aim of maintaining internal and external stakeholder trust and support.

What you’ll bring

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with demonstrated experience in stakeholder & community engagement, influencing and presenting skills
• Project and Events management experience
• Strong administrative skillset and computer literacy
• Ability to prioritise workflow, work to deadlines whilst maintaining a high level of attention to detail

A degree qualification or equivalent in a relevant field or discipline ie Communications, Community Development, Public relations will be highly regarded

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
• 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

About Rio Tinto

Every idea, every innovation, every little thing the world calls ‘progress’ begins witha 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.

Applications close on 20 November 2022 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date)