Superintendent Community Engagement - Inland

• Supportive team culture with a focus on inclusion, safety and work life balance
• 12-month fixed term contract which includes a huge range of additional benefits
• Attractive 9-day fortnight roster on offer based in Tom Price

About the role

All progress begins with pioneers. At Rio Tinto, it begins with you.

We are looking for a Superintendent Community Engagement, to develop and maintain positive community relationships, support stakeholder priorities and lead engagement activities in Paraburdoo, Tom Price and surrounding communities.

In addition to paying competitively and providing great benefits packages, we want you to live the lifestyle that is right for you and your family. And because of our size and scale, there are many opportunities to learn, grow and do more than you ever thought possible. Every hour of every shift, your safety and wellbeing is our number one priority. We do the work only if it is safe, and we invest to make sure every member of the team has the quality tools they need to do their job.

This is a great opportunity for an engaging people leader to join our Community Engagement team. The Community Engagement function supports the development, implementation and maintenance of relationships between Rio Tinto and key local stakeholders, including local and state government, privately owned pastoral stations, community partners and community groups.

About you

A passion for leading and developing teams, coupled with your demonstrated ability to engage, connect and positively influence key stakeholders at all organizational levels; will enable you to effectively lead the implementationof social performance strategies, plans and programs which support thecompany's social and legal licence to operate and the ability to meet business objectives.

To be successfully considered for this role, you will have:

• Tertiary qualification within a relevant field such as community development, sociology, anthropology
• Extensive experience in community engagement or community relations including experience ingovernment relations, community development and local communications
• Leadership experience and confidencein effectively leading, mentoring and coachingteam members
• Sound knowledge of the resource sector in terms of sustainable development principles and practices
• Experience in project management

Where you will be living

The role is residentially based in Tom Price and if you're not already based in town, we will support the move in every way we can. We offer a comprehensive relocation service and our housing subsidy is fantastic.

Located in the central Pilbara, Tom Price is a family-friendly and modern fully-serviced town designed to complement the region's natural environment. It's known as one of the most attractive towns in the Pilbara with a supermarket, primary and secondary schools, hospital and high standard of recreation and child care facilities. Regular in-town events and activities include the popular Mount Nameless Jarndunmunha Festival, drive-in cinemas, local fairs and team sport competitions; in addition to being home to one of the largest open cut mines in the world. It offers an ideal base to explore the natural wonders of the Karijini and Millstream Chichester National Parks or travel to beautiful coastal towns over a long weekend.

You can hear more about the community at Tom Price via the following link: https://youtu.be/DjJr-f_6XxY

What you'll bring

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team(standard for all job adverts)
• Extensive experience in Stakeholder Engagement, Community Relations or Community Development in a similar role (essential)
• Experience managing complex multi stakeholder plans and projects
• Proven ability to build positive relationships
• Strong data analysis and interpretation skills
• Experience with risk identification and management

About Rio Tinto

Every idea, every innovation, every little thing the world calls 'progress' begins with a first step, and someone willing to take it: explorers, inventors, entrepreneurs. Pioneers.

For nearly 150 years, Rio Tinto has been a company of pioneers generations of people spanning the globe, all with the grit and vision to produce materials essential to human progress. Our iron ore has shaped skylines from Shanghai to Sydney. Our aluminium the world's first to be certified "responsible" helps planes fly and makes cars lighter. Our copper helps wind turbines power cities and our boron helps feed the world, and explore the universe. Our diamonds help us celebrate the best parts of life.

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.

This role is for applicants residing in or willing to permanently relocate to Western Australia. Rio Tinto offers Fly in and fly out options from Perth, our regional FIFO hubs and the opportunity to live in our residential towns where applicable.

Please note, in order to be successfully considered for this role you must complete all pre-screening questions.

Applications close on the 9th of December 2020 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date)