Advisor Commercial Property

Advisor Commercial Property – Perth

• A great opportunity to be part of an inclusive team delivering business support

• Supportive team culture with a focus on people, capabilities, core work, business improvement, and partnerships

• Perth based role – Central Park, Perth CBD with the opportunity to establish a good work/life balance.

About The Role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

This role is responsible for delivering expert commercial support and strategic advice across commercial and community property portfolios. You will play a pivotal role in driving operational efficiency, cost control, and policy compliance across tenancy management, lease structures, maintenance obligations, and stakeholder engagement. The position ensures alignment with organisational policy, commercial frameworks, and community expectations, while supporting the Service Provider with contractor interfaces and vendor performance.

Reporting to the SuperintendentPerformance, Housing & Towns, Facilities Operations, some of the responsibilities you may be required to undertake are:

• Act as the primary interface for commercial and community property portfolios, supporting Sodexo as the Service Provider and serving as the subject matter expert for governance and compliance with regulations.

• Interpret and apply governance requirements across the Service Provider, key stakeholders, and external agencies to ensure transparent, fair, and consistent allocations, including management of waitlists and eligibility assessments.

• Collaborate to manage financial aspects of tenancy benefits, including rent contributions, CPI increases, complaints, escalations, maintenance, data integrity, and market rental analysis.

• Support in developing and implementing maintenance frameworks, clearly delineating tenant and landlord obligations, capital improvements, and landlord-funded works.

• Coordinate with the Commercial Property Manager (Service Provider), Facilities, contractors, and other parties to assist, track, and close out scopes of work, uplift schedules, breaches, compliance matters, and transitional arrangements in a timely and compliant manner.

• Lead communications with commercial and community tenants, ensuring clarity on lease agreements, maintenance schedules, and landlord obligations. Provide oversight and guidance on all tenant-facing communications from the Service Provider, ensuring they are reviewed and approved by Rio Tinto prior to distribution.

• Collaborate with internal stakeholders (e.g., Site Operations, Facilities, Legal) to support accurate reporting, risk mitigation, and informed decision-making.

• Champion data integrity and compliance, promoting simplicity, standardisation, and drive continuous improvement.

• Willingness and ability to undertake ad hoc travel to the Pilbara and other locations as required.

• Ability to support Rio Tinto’s broader Residential and Commercial property portfolio as required, providing flexibility across related functions.

Highly valued attributes will bring:

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team

• A genuine sense of care for team members

• Positive attitude with a willingness to make a difference

• Ability to communicate effectively, both written and verbal and able to effectively engage with stakeholders.

• Strong commercial acumen with demonstrated experience in commercial lease and property contract management.

• Sound knowledge of commercial leases, maintenance frameworks, and relevant commercial tenancy legislation.

• High attention to detail, with the ability to mitigate unconscious bias in allocation decisions, cost-benefit analyses, and assessments of operational feasibility.

• Ability to navigate ambiguity and resolve issues proactively with a solution-focused mindset.

What We Offer

Be recognised for your contribution, thinking and hard work, and go home knowing you’ve helped the world progress.

• A work environment where safety is always the number one priority

• A culture to support flexible working options

• A permanent position working directly for Rio Tinto

• 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)

• Possible domestic relocation assistance

Where you will be working

You and your team will be Perth based with opportunity to work flexibly from home, combined with time in our Central Park offices.

Advertising closes for this role on 27 May 2025. (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date)

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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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