Chief Advisor Communities and Social Performance (CSP) Strategy & Human Rights

• Join a talented, caring and collaborative team, committed to achieving positive social outcomes and personal and professional growth and development
• Newly created global leadership role
• Opportunity to engage and influence internally and externally
• Work from Brisbane, Perth or Montreal hub

We are looking for a"¯Chief Advisor CSP Strategy & Human Rights to join our Global Communities & Social Performance team to lead human rights activities and drive social performance improvement across the business. This is a great opportunity for a strategic and big picture thinker with global experience in social performance and human rights to make their mark in a newly created role.

Reporting to the Head of Communities & Social Performance you will lead the development of group-wide Community and Social Performance (CSP) and human rights strategy, approach and policy positions. You will be responsible for:

• Developing and overseeing the human rights framework and leading the company's human rights activities
• Monitoring emerging global sustainability trends and raising material issues with senior management and relevant internal stakeholders
• Providing strategic and technical advice to senior leadership, Product Groups and Assets on CSP and human rights trends, risks and opportunities
• Leading the integration of social considerations into the company's key business decision-making processes
• Designing and overseeing implementation of risk and assurance processes to monitor human rights due diligence across the value chain
• Developing and implementing monitoring and evaluation frameworks to measure and track Rio Tinto's social and human rights performance
• Leading the company's CSP and human rights reporting and participation and managing the company's participation in benchmarking and responsible sourcing initiatives
• Raising internal awareness, and leading the development of training materials on human rights for a range of stakeholders

What you'll bring

• A tertiary qualification in Law, social or political science, international development or other relevant qualification
• 15+ years' global experience in social performance and/or human rights
• Strategic and big picture thinker
• Team player and strong collaborator
• Advanced communications, influencing and mediation skills
• Values driven, high integrity
• Sound judgement

What We Offer

Being one of Rio Tinto's senior leaders means helping to run a company that drives human progress. You are writing the next chapter of our story. You lead some of the industry's best and brightest minds, working to solve the challenges of the 21st century. We offer competitive, performance-focused remuneration and a wide range of benefits to reward your contribution. With a global reach, the opportunities to develop are broad and exciting.

So if this sounds like you and the opportunity you are looking for, apply now.

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

Applications close Friday 30th July, 2021.