HR Advisor

HR Advisors – Multiple Opportunities

• Grow your career with Rio Tinto in 2025

• Fixed-term and Permanent Roles – FIFO and Residential

• Join a leading global company

About the role

We're seeking HR Advisors for both fixed-term and Permanent roles – with a Blend of FIFO and Perth-based hub positions.

As an HR Advisor, you will play a crucial role in providing comprehensive human resource support to leaders and employees within our organisation. Your primary responsibility is to ensure the fair and consistent application of Human Resources (HR) policies, procedures, and processes, while also offering guidance to enhance people effectiveness and employee engagement within Rio Tinto.

This will include implementing regular feedback and recognition systems, promoting benefits programs, and ensuring effective communication channels.

The work is designed to significantly enhance morale, productivity, and overall employee satisfaction.

Reporting to the Human Resources Team Lead, you will:

• Build and foster strong partnerships with portfolio stakeholders and shared service partners to enhance collaboration and trust.

• Advise and coach leaders on employee relations matters, with a focus on early intervention and people-centric approaches to boost engagement.

• Contribute to HR projects and organisational and cultural change initiatives that drive employee involvement and commitment.

• Build leader capability in HR systems and processes to ensure leaders are equipped to engage their teams effectively.

• Demonstrate commitment and understanding of business needs as a trusted partner, fostering a sense of belonging and purpose among employees.

• Exhibit depth in critical thinking, prioritisation, and problem-solving to address employee concerns and enhance engagement.

• Navigate competing priorities effectively to maintain focus on employee engagement and satisfaction.

What you’ll bring

• Strong Human Resources generalist background, ideally with experience in mining or industrial environments.

• A solid understanding and ability to interpret, advise and coach leaders on the Fair Work Legislation requirements.

• Experience with case management and advising leaders on managing employee relations risks.

• Be a natural communicator with stakeholder management skills and the ability to influence whilst providing guidance and support to leaders and employees on a range of HR matters.

• Ability to communicate effectively with employees at all levels of the organisation and possess strong coaching and influencing abilities.

• Have a knack for attention to detail and proficiency in HR systems, ideally Workday, and are advanced users of the MS Office Suite.

• Proven experience in leader coaching and the ability to facilitate leader upskilling programs.

What we offer

Be recognised for your contribution, you’re 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 an 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

Where you’ll be working

These roles will be based in either our Perth Hub or FIFO from Perth to one of our Pilbara sites, supporting the Iron Ore group for Rio Tinto.

Iron ore is the primary raw material used to make steel. Steel is strong, long-lasting and cost-efficient – making it perfect for everything from washing machines to cars, bridges and skyscrapers.

We are one of the world’s leading producers of iron ore. Our iron ore operations in the Pilbara comprise a world-class, integrated network of 17 iron ore mines, 4 independent port terminals, a 2,000 kilometre rail network and related infrastructure.

We produce these mainstream iron ore products in Western Australia, including Pilbara Blend, the world's most recognised brand of iron ore.

Applications close Thursday 23rd of October

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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 situations and meet opportunities.

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.

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