Senior Advisor – Communities and Social Performance (CSP)

Senior Advisor -Communities and Social Performance (CSP)

• Be part of implementing a progressive CSP plan in this newly created role

• Develop your career with one of the world’s largest multi-national mining companies

• Permanent full-time opportunity, based in Salt Lake City, Utah

About the role

Finding better ways™ to provide the materials the world needs.

We are looking for a Senior Advisor – Communities and Social Performance (CSP) to support Rio Tinto Exploration (RTX) both at the global level and within the US context.

This is a great opportunity to apply your CSP expertise, exceptional stakeholder engagement skills and desire to extend your knowledge of community engagement in an environment which offers multiple challenges and opportunities.

Reporting to the General Manager – Communities and Social Performance (CSP) and working in a collaborative community, a challenging and exciting environment, within the Exploration team, you will:

• Lead RTX’s CSP strategy and practice in the United States to support establishment of positive relationships with local communities, while implementing and uplifting Rio Tinto’s CSP standards.

• Develop strategic planning for CSP activities in the United States including responsibility for stakeholder engagement strategy, communication planning and record keeping on stakeholder engagement in Community Connect.

• Facilitate and support community and stakeholder meetings, representing Rio Tinto Exploration where needed and supporting others in doing so.

• Improve workforce capabilities on CSP issues at the regional and global levels by

  • Identifying and executing training development opportunities for United States project team that continue to embed CSP practice and principles into the way we work.

  • Continuing to build competence within RTX projects teams globally to help them effectively address CSP challenges.

  • Providing informal training, coaching and guidance to improve the knowledge, confidence and skills of project team members.

• Maintain the knowledge base for projects’ CSP documents, including preliminary project assessments, inputs for project management documents, risk assessments, and application of the RTX CSP Procedure.

• Research the socio-economic context, cultural heritage, and other related issues in the regions where our current and future projects are located.

• At the global level, strengthen the use of RTX’s stakeholder management platform, Community Connect and other resources, including through identifying opportunities for improving tools and increasing/improving training in support of their use and rollout of updates around the world.

• Carry out routine tasks such as compiling and providing first edits on the Biweekly CSP Reports, coordinating inputs for the Rio Tinto-wide Social & Economic Survey, organizing periodic coordination calls for the regional CSP managers and full RTX CSP team, and participating in meetings with the CSP Area of Expertise (AOE) or responding to information requests or other global/Rio-wide CSP initiatives.

What you’ll bring

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team.

• University or graduate degree within a relevant field such as the social sciences or equivalent experience.

• Demonstrated experience of at least 8 years working at the community level as well as in corporate role(s) related to social performance, ideally in the extractives, especially mining.

• Previous experience in and knowledge of social performance tools and processes such as establishing and building strong community relations, stakeholder analysis, social and economic baseline assessments, and the like.

• Outstanding analytical and writing skills in English and the ability to quickly consolidate information into polished written products and presentations. Professional proficiency in other languages (such as Spanish, French and/or Portuguese) is considered a significant plus.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to build rapport with a wide range of people, ability to influence others positively and build consensus around a course of action.

What we offer

We are committed to providing our employees with a generous benefits package. Be recognized for your contribution, your thinking, your hard work, and go home knowing you’ve helped the world progress, we provide:

• A safety-focused and inclusive working environment 

• Advantageous salary package with annual cash incentive awards (STIP) for eligible employees

• Access to top-tier family-friendly health programs including medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, life insurance coverage, and various voluntary benefits.

• Excellent retirement plan including up to 6% defined company contribution; Generous 401k matching program

• Generous Rio Tinto employee share program, which allows you to purchase Rio Tinto Company shares. 

• Comprehensive leave policies which cover all moments that matter in life: PTO (paid time off), paid holidays, and paid bereavement leave.

• A favorable child-caregiver leave program (Up to 100% salary top-up)

• Discount programs for leisure purposes and access to Virgin Pulse with incentives supporting your wellbeing

• Ongoing Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for you and your family; to help in addressing educational opportunities, addiction treatment, depression, stress, domestic issues, financial management, and legal concerns.

• Our team and industry experts are here to support and work with you to explore your learning potential and career goals

Where you will be working

Rio Tinto Exploration (RTX) seeks to create value for the business by discovering or acquiring new mineral resources. Organized into three regional teams (Americas, Australasia, Africa-Eurasia), RTX provides both a global reach and a local presence across a range of commodities.

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

Rio Tinto is committed to equal employment opportunity. All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, sex, age, religion, national origin, disability, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.

We are committed to an inclusive environment where people feel safe, respected and valued. We want our people to feel that all voices are heard and that a variety of perspectives are not only welcome but are essential to our success. We treat all our people fairly and with dignity.

Rio Tinto participates in E- Verify to confirm work authorization. Please visit http://www.ucis.gov/ for more information.

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