Lead Agreements – Traditional Owner Partnerships

Lead Agreements – Traditional Owner Partnerships  

• Permanent employment which includes attractive salary, annual bonuses and a huge range of additional benefits which are designed to make your life better  

• Be part of a collaborative, creative and innovative high performing team

• Key contributor opportunity based in Perth

About the role  

We are looking for a highly skilled Lead Negotiator for Agreement development to join our Traditional Owner Partnership team here within Iron Ore. This is a great opportunity to lead the development of co-management and partnering based agreements with Traditional Owner groups.

Reporting to the Manager Agreement Modernisation, you will:  

• Work with Traditional Owners develop and execute plans for future agreements in co-management and partnering

• Work collaboratively with broader internal teams on approaches to support genuine partnerships with Indigenous peoples and communities while aligning with future asset development pathway needs

• Take approaches and strategies through review process with internal stakeholders to ensure they are developed consistent with relevant commitments, regulatory frameworks, standards and leading practices in partnership development

• Engage with Traditional Owner stakeholder groups to understand community objectives, long term goals and other key aspirations

• Conduct retrospective reviews of engagements and agreement delivery with key stakeholders to inform future approaches

• Build and manage relationships across Traditional Owner Partnership (TOP), Health Safety Environment and Communities (HSEC), Rio Tinto Iron Ore and Rio Tinto ensuring effective communication and collaboration

• Maintain a comprehensive perspective Traditional Owner engagement and Heritage Management within Iron Ore and identifying opportunities, risks, issues and growth areas to evaluate overarching themes and inform strategic decisions

What you’ll bring  

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team  

• Respect for others and an all-inclusive mindset  

• Strong communication and stakeholder relationship experience

• Broad background working within mining & resources, consulting, not for profit or Aboriginal Corporations

• Agreements management and negotiation

• Experience working with Traditional Owners / Indigenous groups, in relationship management or community engagement capacity

• Demonstrated experience in shaping and delivering strategies, working through a networked organisation in achieving results.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills – ability to build networks with a wide range of people, ability to influence and build consensus

If you are excited about the role and think you have what it takes but your experience doesn't align 100% we still want to hear from you.  

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  

• Full relocation provided to Western Australia from elsewhere in Australia  

• A competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience with annual incentive bonus  

• 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, cultural leave)  

• Work on Country with a residential role which offers company housing and financial support with living expenses including rent and utilities (power and water).

• To better suit different family needs, our paid parental leave approach gives all parents the option to take 18 weeks of paid leave after a new child arrives – at a time that suits them  

• Exclusive employee discounts including hotel stays, banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more.

We are committed to elevating Indigenous voices and increasing cultural knowledge in our business. Diversity of skills, life experiences and perspectives within our team enhances our way of working and our ability to achieve success together.  To help you on your journey with us, you’ll also have access to:

• Specialist Indigenous Support Advisors are always there for our Indigenous employees and available to support through any aspect of your employment

• Dedicated Indigenous Talent Programme for our Operators and Tradespersons and entry level operational roles. This programme is designed to create long term sustainable careers for our Indigenous Employees to grow into leadership or technical pathways to ensure you have every opportunity to grow your career.

• Indigenous leadership programmes across some professional and operational roles to ensure that we are developing Indigenous Leaders

• including hotel stays, banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more

Where you’ll be working    

This role is based in Perth, at our head office in Central Park, and working Monday to Friday.

In the Pilbara region of Western Australia, we own a world-class, integrated network of 17 mines, four independent port terminals, a rail network spanning nearly 2,000 kilometres and related infrastructure – all designed to respond rapidly to changes in demand. We are one of the world’s leading producers and exporters of iron ore.

Applications close on 9th December 2024. (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date)

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.