Specialist Learning Projects

Specialist Learning Projects

• Be part of a group that is safety driven and values inclusion
• Drive continued progress for learning improvements across Rio Tinto’s Pacific Operations
• Professional growth opportunities
• Based in Brisbane

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

At Rio Tinto, we believe Learning and Development is a core element to safe operations. We are looking for a Specialist, Learning Projects to join Aluminum Pacific Operations (PacOps) to support the implementation of best practice learning solutions and provide SME guidance to the broader learning community. This role is essential in driving collaboration, identifying fit for purpose solutions, and effectively implementing initiatives across our seven sites to drive greater safety performance and build capability of our people.

Reporting to the Learning Excellence Manager Pacific Operations, the Specialist Learning Projects is a unique opportunity to lead initiatives that pull together insights from data, systems, design and governance models. A core function of the role is to partner within the learning community team to establish processes and systems to support site-based L&D teams to deliver learning needs for today and into the future.

This role is truly an opportunity to engage and partner with a range of stakeholders and deliver tangible value for the business through leading learning initiatives to deliver against key accountabilities include:

• Oversee the end-to-end program management of initiatives designed to continually progress for learning improvements
• Monitor and report on project performance indicators to ensure initiatives are delivered against business targets, and provide valuable insights for continuous improvement

• Identify opportunities for systems/process enhancements and partners closely with site L&D to develop and deliver fit for purpose solutions that drive standardization across sites
• Implements and monitors process specific metrics to ensure quality standards are adhered to and measure the effectiveness of learning programs and initiatives

• Proactively identify, coordinate and lead improvement in learning solutions and relevant initiatives / technology to drive standardisation across sites
• Leverages complex data to creates reports and presentations to aid in proposing new strategies for successful learning improvements
• Provide day to day support to L&D Superintendents, ensuring processes reflect the requirements of our learning governance models

About you

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

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your colleagues
• Awareness of the Rio Tinto operations and knowledge of mining industry relating to its unique current and future learning needs is preferrable
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills with the ability to influence and adapt communication style to various audience level, including engaging senior leaders
• Demonstrated experience in delivering major business improvement programs of work (Six Sigma / Lean skills / project management)
• Strong proficiency project management of multiple initiatives
• Ability to simplify and articulate a complex problem through multiple verbal and visual presentation techniques
• Natural coaching ability to support key stakeholder groups such as L&D Superintendents, HRBPs and Operational Excellence Managers
• Experience in monitoring and reporting on program performance
• Curious mindset and ability to challenge pre-established conceptions held about learning and development processes 
• Qualifications and / or equivalent industry experience in Human Resources and/or Learning

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

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.

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 LGBTQ+ community, mature workers, people with disabilities and people from different cultural backgrounds.

Applications close on Sunday 29th September 2024 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date)