Specialist Cultural Awareness Training

• Be instrumental in shaping up cultural awareness within our business
• Permanent employment which includes a huge range of additional benefits
• Perth based role with frequent site travel

Our approach to Communities and Social Performance (CSP) is to build strong 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.

About the role

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

We are looking for a Specialist Cultural Awareness Training to lead Rio Tinto Iron Ore’s Cultural Awareness Training design, execution and implementation together with the Learning and Development team. Reporting to the Superintendent Regional Framework Deed Project Delivery you will be responsible for:

• Providing technical subject matter expertise to influence business decisions related to Cultural Awareness Training.
• Developing the Cultural Awareness Training annual implementation plans for all sites across the Pilbara Mine Operations.
• Working with Traditional Owner Engagement Leads and Communities and Social Performance Business Partners to engage with key stakeholders including Traditional Owners, Traditional Owner Corporations and senior stakeholders across the business.
• Executing Cultural Awareness Training Improvement projects.
• Managing and monitoring the effectiveness of issue support related to the training programs.
• Providing input into RTIOs Cultural Awareness Training module design.
• Managing the scope of work, improvement opportunity analysis and conducting best practice research

What you’ll bring

To be successfully considered for this role, you will have:

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
• Significant experience working with Traditional Owners and/or Indigenous groups
• Broad background working in mining & resources, consulting, not for profit, Aboriginal Corporations or joint venture / contract management
• Significant cultural understanding and experience in developing culturally appropriate training and implementation programs 
• Project management experience within a large scale organisation

What we offer

• Discounted Health cover scheme (Medibank) for employees and their immediate family 
• Salary sacrifice & packaging options – rental, mortgage, super, vehicle 
• Paid parental leave up to 9 months 
• Employee discounts – banking, accommodation, motoring, retail and more 
• Eligible for the Rio Tinto employee share program
• A work environment where safety is always the number one priority 
• Learning and development opportunities to support your desired technical or leadership career path 
• Ongoing individual wellbeing support for you and your family for personal and professional matters 

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. 

Where you’ll be working

This role will be based in Perth, Western Australia with site travel as required.

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.

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

Applications close on 26th May 2022  (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date)