Manager Heritage & Agreement Implementation

• Permanent employment which includes attractive salary, annual bonuses and a huge range of additional benefits which are designed to make your life better
• Be part of a collaborative, creative and innovative high performing team 
• Key leadership opportunity based in Perth  

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About the role   

Rio Tinto is on a journey to transform our partnerships with Traditional Owners, including evolving our participation agreements and leading best practices for Heritage Management and Agreement Implementation.  

As a Manager Heritage and Agreement Implementation within the Health, Safety, Environment, and Community Team at Rio Tinto Iron Ore, you’ll have the opportunity to influence and shape change. If you're ready to contribute to a dynamic, forward-thinking team, join us in shaping the future of our Traditional Owner relationships. 

This role will manage the standards, processes and approach to support leading practice heritage and agreement implementation.  This includes – completing the change management to prepare the business to implement agreements once negotiated, provide leading practice approach for engagement delivery, ensure co-management becomes embedded in the business process.   

You will provide expert advice on Traditional Owner and Heritage matters to internal and external stakeholders – enabling approvals and partnerships, and influencing/developing policies, systems, and processes.   

Reporting to the General Manager Traditional Owner Partnerships, you will: 

• Complete change management to ensure that business processes change to incorporate new Traditional Owner agreements and co-management practices.  

• Develop and communicate engagement leading practices with consideration for Traditional Owner context, RT CSP Standard, RTIO risks/priorities, regulations, etc. 

• Lead Traditional Owner Agreement support, monitoring, assurance, and governance, including performance reporting 

• Develop and implement best practice for heritage management and delivery. This includes accountability for the implementation of the Cultural Heritage Management System and associated procedures. 

• Direct heritage approval strategies, including relationship management with various stakeholders including WA Government and industry bodies. 

• Monitor & advise on current & proposed or pending legislation, in partnership with External Affairs and Government teams 

• Deliver regulatory engagement for heritage approvals 

• Develop and maintain relationships with key external stakeholders, including DPLH and industry; key RTIO relationship owner and SME for heritage related matters (incl. government policies, artefact storage, fieldwork, relationship management) 

• Deliver multi-year business development plans with Traditional Owner groups. 

 What you will bring 

• Respect for others and an inclusive mindset  

• Strong knowledge of Indigenous culture 

• Traditional Owner or Indigenous Peoples engagement experience  

• Strategic thinking and stakeholder engagements 

• Agreement delivery experience  

• Strong knowledge of Heritage – Acts/Regs, Native Titles, etc. 

• Ability to partner effectively to deliver outcomes 

• Strong communication skills (verbal and written) 

• Critical thinking and ability to synthesise information into clear narrative 

• Complex decision-making skills 

• Experience in Mining operations, communities, heritage, environment, approvals  

• Archaeology, Ethnography background 

• Risk and stakeholder management 

If you are excited about the role and think you have what it takes but your experience doesn't align 100% we still want to hear from you.