Early Talent Partner

Early Talent Partner – Brisbane

• Be the catalyst to shape the future of Rio Tinto’s global graduate experience

• Develop your career in a collaborative, fast-paced, global organisation 

• Brisbane-based location

About the role:

We are looking for an Early Talent Partner to work within the Global Early Talent team, partnering with business stakeholders, universities, graduates and interns, to recruit for Rio Tinto's world-class Early Talent programs. 

This role is a great opportunity for a collaborative, creative-thinking individual who is experienced in managing multiple stakeholders and delivering volume recruitment campaigns and projects. Reporting to the Early Talent Regional Specialist, you will:

• Recruit the graduate and intern campaigns in APAC including event management, candidate engagement, supporting with interviews, assessment centres, facilitating offers, onboarding preparation and orientation.

• Build strong working relationships with stakeholders in the APAC region and be the ‘go to’ subject matter expert (SME) on Early Talent.

• Support regional university (education partnership) engagement and other key external stakeholders

• Champion and support with the delivery of the graduate strategy, influencing key stakeholders on focus areas

• Support the Graduate Development program including the delivery of development initiatives in the APAC region

• Identify and implement opportunities using reporting and data insights to drive improvements initiatives

• Working with closely with a coordinator to deliver the volume recruitment activities

What you’ll bring

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

• Talent Acquisition or HR professional with proven experience in supporting and managing multiple stakeholders

• Demonstrated ability to manage conflicting priorities, work in a fast-paced environment and deliver results

• Volume recruitment experience and use of the MS Office suite/ Power Bi

• Proven experience in running orientation or facilitating program content either virtual or in front of a large audience.

• Demonstrated experience sourcing hard-to-fill roles in a candidate short market using LinkedIn Recruiter, seek talent search or similar candidate databases

• A passion for people and ability to engage with a wide variety of stakeholders

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 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) 

• 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.  

Where you will be working

This role will be based in our Brisbane hub.

Applications close on 21st November 2025 (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.

Respect and Inclusion

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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