Talent Acquisition Partner

Talent Acquisition Partner (12 Month Opportunity) – Tiwai

• Bring your expert skills to Tiwai, New Zealand’s only aluminium smelter (NZAS) at Tiwai Point, Invercargill, where, as part of the Global Rio Tinto family, we produce some of the world's purest, low carbon Aluminium

• Work across all role disciplinaries in a true Talent Partnering role, while engaging with local communities

• Competitive salary and benefits designed to make life better for you and your loved ones – flexible working, Rio Tinto share scheme, Rio Discounts Program, contribution to medical costs, leave loading and more 

About the Role 

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs. 

New Zealand’s Aluminium Smelter (NZAS), also known as Tiwai, , are on the look-out for a curious minded person to be part of a high performing team committed to providing business talent solutions across multiple business lines, supporting all site-based roles.

In this 12-month fixed term role as our new Talent Acquisition Partner, you’ll work closely with local community groups and iwi, stakeholders and support services, and be a vital part of our external partnerships committed to making meaningful impacts within the community.

Initial commencement in this role will be based in our Brisbane, Australia office for period of approx. 1-4weeks.

What You’ll be doing

• Identify key talent and proactively build and engage with candidates to create active talent pools

• Establish, develop and maintain partnerships with key stakeholders to ensure clarity of talent needs and the translation of this into an effective recruitment strategy

• Embed yourself into the community, map out and participate in local recruitment and career campaigns and early career drives.

• Facilitate and support end-to-end recruitment activities across multiple disciplinaries within the business with a strong focus on people, processes, and continuous improvement.

• Some travel is required nationally and to Brisbane, Australia.

• Collaborate with the wider People Experience team and business leaders to understand the workforce plan and hiring requirements to ensure sourcing strategies meet the business needs

• Utilise reports and analysis of recruitment activities as a basis for continuous improvement in stakeholder relationship by highlighting concerns/issues and providing appropriate recommendations

• Provide regular pre-defined recruitment and sourcing key performance indicators, metrics and progress updates

• Identify and recommend areas for improvement in recruitment and sourcing processes and systems

• Deliver exceptional candidate care to potential employees, ensuring a smooth onboarding process

• Elevate our employer branding through online platforms promoting Rio Tinto as an employer of choice

What You’ll Bring

• Significant internal recruitment experience across professional and entry level roles

• Strong influencing skills and stakeholder partnering skills

• Ability to work independently, build pipelines across both trades, entry level and professional roles

• Sound ability to multi-task and prioritise workloads including ad hoc project work

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

• Experience with enterprise-wide operating recruitment systems, the use of Workday would be advantageous 

• Cultural competence and ideally hands-on experience working with iwi partners or within co-governance frameworks

• Curiosity, courage, and a desire to do work that truly matters

Why NZAS?

• Work with purpose – contribute to meaningful sustainability outcomes on a global stage

• Partnership with heart – walk alongside community partners in a respectful, collaborative way

• Real leadership – this is a strategic role with genuine site-wide influence

• Grow your career – we invest in people who invest in us

• Live the lifestyle– world-class hiking, surfing, snowboarding and mountain biking on your doorstep 

This role provides

• 12-month fixed term opportunity based in Invercargill New Zealand

• Initial onboarding in our Global Headquarters in Brisbane, Australia

• Great opportunity to join a global mining organisation offering outstanding personal development and career opportunities

• A safety-focused and inclusive working environment

• A competitive salary package with annual cash incentive awards

• Excellent retirement plan

• A comprehensive leave policy that covers all moments that matter in life (annual, paid parental leave, sick leave, paid holidays)

• Ongoing individual wellbeing support for you and your family for personal and professional matters

• Generous Rio Tinto employee share program

• Flexible working arrangements available

Where you’ll be working

Rio Tinto Aluminium – Pacific Operations. Rio Tinto is a global leader in aluminium, one of the world’s most widely used metals.

Active in the sector for more than 110 years, today we operate large-scale, high-quality bauxite mines and alumina refineries, and have the world’s most modern and competitive aluminium smelter portfolio.

Our Pacific Operations sites are located along the east coast of Australia, at the tip of the Northern Territory and in New Zealand’s south. With more than 6,000 employees, we operate a full value chain approach — mining, refining and smelting. Our portfolio includes four bauxite mines, two refineries, four smelters and one power station, and is supported by technical experts located in our Brisbane hub, including a fully operational Operations Centre for our bauxite mines https://tiwaistories.co.nz/ 

Invercargill, New Zealand’s southernmost city is the commercial hub of Southland. The city is famous for its easy access to outdoor adventure—fly fishing, snow sports, rugged terrain, waterfalls and wildlife—with a balance of all the modern facilities you would expect from a thriving city, with well-regarded schools, childcare, restaurants, creative and cultural experiences, shopping and sporting opportunities. 

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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 Indigenous Peoples, women, the LGBTQIA+ 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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