Adviser Community & Social Performance | Weipa
- Full-time permanent position
- Exceptional career advancement prospects within a global enterprise
- Experience the beauty of the Cape right in your backyard
- Flexible 9 Day Roster
Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.
About the Role
Join our team as a Communities & Social Performance Adviser and play a key role in supporting the delivery of strategy, policy, and standards development across a range of activities within the Communities and Social Performance (CSP) area. You will contribute to maintaining positive relationships between Rio Tinto and stakeholders while ensuring compliance with legal and company policy standards.
In this role, you will apply your professional knowledge and expertise to advise on, implement, and deliver key CSP initiatives, systems, and programs. Additionally, you will provide valuable advice and support on significant business cases, contributing your expertise to relevant areas. Your role will also involve actively contributing to the improvement of policy, processes, or procedures, ensuring alignment with legal and company policy standards.
Building and maintaining positive relationships with the surrounding community and stakeholders will be paramount, as you represent the organization at community gatherings and relevant forums. Furthermore, you will coordinate various programs or activities aimed at fostering goodwill and mutual benefit, disseminating information to the community, and gathering feedback from stakeholders as necessary.
About Us
We are dedicated to fostering strong relationships with communities and stakeholders, ensuring our operations align with community support, social responsibility, and legal requirements. As a team, we strive to make a positive impact and uphold the highest standards of ethical conduct.
Key responsibilities
The Adviser Communities and Social Performance will:
- Applies professional knowledge and expertise to advise on, implement and deliver key Communities and Social Performance initiatives, systems and/or programs.
- Provides professional advice and support on significant business cases/deals and input into areas of technical expertise.
- Contributes to improvements in policy, processes or procedures within a business unit.
- Ensures compliance with legal and other commitments, and company policy and standards.
- Develops and maintains favourable relationships with the surrounding community and internal and external stakeholders.
- Represents the organization at community gatherings and/or role-related forums.
- Coordinates programs or activities to promote goodwill and mutual benefit, by disseminating information to the community and soliciting feedback from stakeholders where required.
What You’ll Bring
- Tertiary qualification or equivalent experience in social science, community development
- Ideally 3 years of experience in CSP discipline within a relatable area, which may include stakeholder engagement, social impact, economic development, community relations, social investment or communications.
- Demonstrable ability to influence, work collaboratively and develop positive relationships with stakeholders
- Ability to develop and implement impactful strategies and work programs, that contribute to delivering on business priorities and long-term outcomes (i.e. Impeccable ESG and Social Licence)
- Experience in project managing multiple projects/programmes simultaneously and working through a networked organization to achieve results
- Experience working in regional and remote communities and/or homelands
What we offer
- Full relocation provided to Far North Queensland from elsewhere in Australia
- Weipa accommodation benefit
- Remote area allowance
- Remote area holiday travel assistance
- Be recognized 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 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, 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’ll be working
Our Weipa Operations includes three bauxite mines, processing facilities, ship loaders, an export wharf, two ports, power stations, a rail network and ferry terminals. Located on the Western Cape York Peninsula in Far North Queensland, each year the operation produces more than 35 million tons of bauxite.
Our operations are supported by a 1,900-strong workforce—including 26 per cent who are women and 25 per cent Indigenous employees. Activities include mine operations, maintenance, asset management, ports, cultural heritage management, and processing facility management.
The development of our new mine, Amrun, which was completed in 2018, will extend the life of our Weipa bauxite operations by decades to come and significantly build on our 55-year history on the Western Cape
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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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Rio Tinto is a leading global mining and materials company. We operate in 35 countries where we produce iron ore, copper, aluminum, 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 and meet opportunities.
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 being 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 who we are.
Take your leadership career to the next level.
Where can Rio Tinto take you?
You’re passionate and ambitious with tremendous career aspirations. The breadth and growth of our organisation empowers you to define your ideal career path.
Take a look at Katie’s career journey
- 2022 - PresentManager Projects - Energy DevelopmentBrisbane, Queensland, Australia
- 2021Superintendent Operations CentreBrisbane, Queensland, Australia
- 2020Development / Drill and Blast SuperintendentPilbara, Western Australia
- 2019Deputy Quarry ManagerPilbara, Western Australia
- 2018Development SupervisorPilbara, Western Australia
- 2017Senior Engineer of Drill, Blast and SurveyPilbara, Western Australia
- 2016Production EngineerPilbara, Western Australia
- 2015Mine scheduler - 2 week plannerPilbara, Western Australia
- 2014Drill and Blast EngineerPilbara, Western Australia
- 2012Graduate Mining EngineerPilbara, Western Australia
Working at Rio Tinto
Help us deliver the materials that make human progress possible.
The plane you’re flying in just landed. You fire up your phone and get your laptop out of the overhead bin. Immediately, you’re in work mode – thousands of miles from your office. Do you ever stop to think about all the materials that make life in the 21st century possible? At Rio Tinto, we discover, develop and deliver the materials that drive human progress. When you work with us, you’ll experience advantages you won’t find anywhere else.
Our application process
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Apply
The first thing you’ll need to do is apply to the role. You can do this with your LinkedIn profile or you can upload your resume. We’ll also ask you to complete a few questions before you submit your application.
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Undergo assessments
Our assessments are designed to help us work out whether you are suitable for the role. We will let you know which ones you’ll need to complete.
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Interview(s)
Our interviews could be in person or online. It’s a great opportunity for us to get to know you a bit better, answer any of your questions and talk about the exciting career opportunity you have applied for.
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Offers and checks
At this stage, we will let you know if you have been successful. If you have been, we’ll need to conduct a couple of checks, such as a background or security check. You may also need to do a medical assessment depending on the role you have applied for.
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Join the Rio Tinto team
Once the checks have been completed, we’ll be in touch to talk with you about your start date and answer any questions you may have before you start with us.