Senior Administrative Assistant

• Be part of a group that is safety driven and values inclusion
• Diverse role dealing with a range of stakeholders
• Residential Karratha/Dampier opportunity - lifestyle roster 5/2 : 4/3

About the role

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

We are looking for a Senior Administrative Assistant to join our Dampier Salt, Dampier Operation to lead efficient and effective administrative support across the site.

This is a great opportunity for high performing individual to provide accurate and responsive support to a diverse range of stakeholders gaining exposure to multiple departments whilst juggling conflicting deadlines.

We are an open, connected global team that includes some of the industry's best and brightest minds. We offer competitive, performance-focused remuneration and a wide range of benefits to reward your contribution. With a global reach, the opportunities to develop and grow your career are broad and exciting.

Reporting to the Operations Manager and working in a challenging and exciting environment, you will:

• Develop and distribute key communications to internal employees;
• High level support to the Operations Manager on day to day basis;
• Project manage events such as site visits, family day, community events and service awards;
• Coordination of community investment fund;
• Proactively seek opportunities to improve systems and processes;
• Provide support during any business resilience team (BRT) scenario;
• SAP and purchasing related functions including creation of purchase requisitions;
• Undertake training to increase skills and knowledge relevant to the execution of your role.

What you'll bring

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
• Manual Australian 'C' Class Driver's licence;
• A strong team player and a "can-do' attitude;
• Supportive and able to work as part of an efficient team recognising others strengths including skills that may be different to your own;
• Strong communication skills and ability to build strong relationships with various internal and external stakeholders;
• Professional communication skills and ability to manage your own time and priorities well.

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 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);
• Exclusive employee discounts (banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more);
• Possible domestic relocation assistance.

Applications close on 2nd July 2021 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date)

Where you will be working

As part of the wider Rio Tinto Iron Ore Operations, Dampier Salt has three operations located at Dampier, Port Hedland and Lake MacLeod and is head quartered in Perth. Through a sustainable process of solar evaporation of sea water we reliably deliver high quality salt essential for making thousands of products used in everyday life. Gypsum is additionally mined and processed at our Lake MacLeod Operation.

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 Indigenous Peoples, women, the LGBTQIA2 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.