Corporate Counsel Communities, Social Performance and External Affairs

• Career defining opportunity to work for a global mining organisation
• Permanent role, can be based in either Perth, Brisbane or Montreal

About the job

We are looking for a Corporate Counsel to support the Rio Tinto Group's operations, in the delivery of communities and social performance (CSP) and external affairs related matters.

This role is a great opportunity for a senior legal professional who is ready to take the next step in their career to join an experienced and diverse in-house legal team of a large, global metals and mining company. The role requires experience and attributes in the following areas:

• Application of CSP standards to manage social, economic, environmental, cultural and human rights impacts throughout the life cycle of projects, from exploration, to project development, to operation and closure.
• Support the application of consistent legal and policy advice on business and human rights matters, including native title, cultural heritage and land rights issues.
• Understanding of the policy and regulatory framework for sustainable performance-related laws and regulations, standards and initiatives
• Advice on compliance with international and soft law standards in the Environment, Social and Governance area

What you'll bring

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

• Significant experience in private practice or in house and be able to practice law in Australia or Canada.
• Experience in resources law and the areas described above.
• Excellent communication and engagement skills at all stakeholder levels and ability to manage a diverse range of matters.

What we offer

Be recognised 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 competitive salary package with annual cash incentive awards for eligible employees
• Career development & education assistance to further your ambitions
• Access top tier family-friendly health and medical programs and pension plan
• Wellbeing benefits
• Generous Rio Tinto employee share program
• Employee Assistance Program
• Ongoing individual wellbeing support for you and your family for personal and professional matter
• Leave for all of life's reasons (vacation/annual, paid parental, sick leave)

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.

Where you will be working

Rio Tinto Legal provide legal services and expertise to the Rio Tinto Group, including corporate headquarters, operating business units and service divisions. Working to the highest standards collaboratively across the globe, Rio Tinto Legal also devises policy development and advice on legal matters.

Every Voice Matters

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 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.

Apply today if you want to work with the latest technology and innovation, in an environment where we support you to drive positive change.

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