Senior Specialist Communication

• Be part of a group that is safety driven and values inclusion

• Our friendly teams look after each other because your safety and wellbeing are always our priority

• Join our global leading business offering outstanding personal development & global career opportunities

• A 12-month maternity cover position, based in either our Perth or Brisbane Hubs

We’re committed to Finding Better Ways™ and that starts with creating a safe, inclusive, and empowering environment for everyone.

About the role

We are looking for a Senior Specialist Communication (maternity leave cover) who can support the implementation of our enterprise-wide communications strategy, for our exciting Modern ERP program. This is a great opportunity for a passionate wordsmith and established communications planner, to drive a milestone program that informs, educates, excites and delights our workforce.

Reporting to the Change and Communications Manager, and working in a collaborative, fast-paced and exciting environment, you will be responsible for:  

• Developing and implementing communications plans as required for the region, in line with program communications plans and schedules – this includes developing collateral including packs, templates, toolkits and newsletters

• Writing, editing and supporting content delivery for key messages and programming milestones, leader updates, etc., including posting in channels such as LinkedIn, Viva Engage and SharePoint

• Developing and promoting the programs brand identity

• Monitoring the effectiveness of communication and making metric-driven recommendations to improve engagement and impact

• Building strong relationships across the program, and supporting stakeholders and their teams with any required communications training

• Coordinate the translation of content with external vendors and service providers

About you

To be considered for this opportunity, candidates must be able to demonstrate:

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team

• Experience developing and implementing communications plans, with excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Ability to take technical content and interpret into easy to digest communications and content, with video and photography skills highly regarded

• Layout skills and experience using PPT, ContactMonkey or similar

• Experience working in transformational programs, ideally those of a digital nature across complex enterprise

• A passion for finding better ways, innovation and continuous improvement

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 contract opportunity working directly for Rio Tinto, on our largest ever digital transformation project  

• 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) 

Where you’ll be working

You’ll join the Modern ERP Program — a multi‑disciplinary team bringing together technology, process, data and change specialists to reshape how work happens across Rio Tinto. We’re modernising a 20‑year‑old ERP system and redesigning core business processes to improve safety, efficiency and ignite innovation.

This work supports our people across global operations to spend less time on transactional tasks and more time on work that really matters. By simplifying and digitising how the organisation runs, the Modern ERP Program is creating the foundation for future productivity gains, smarter decision‑making and AI‑enabled transformation.

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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