Senior Corporate Counsel - Employment

• Join an encouraging leadership group, committed to your growth and development
• Diverse & challenging projects
• Role based in London UK

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

We are looking for a Senior Corporate Counsel - Employment to act as strategic partner to the global People function and London HR business partners to improve legal performance and effectively manage employment-related legal risks and costs.

Reporting to the Chief Counsel, Finance & Corporate, you will be responsible for the delivery of creative and pragmatic legal advice and collaborative support in a complex, fast-paced and challenging environment by:

• Providing strategic, compliance and risk management support to the global People function and determining Corporate HR policy and approach.
• Supporting the global Reward team, including advising on share plans, executive reward and employee remuneration.
• Supporting the global Benefits team, including advising on benefits plans and policies.
• Supporting the global Mobility team, including advising on mobility policies.
• Providing ad hoc support on employment matters to Group functions, including Corporate Finance, Tax, Pensions and Insurance teams.
• Capturing and leveraging HR-related learnings from across the Group, providing training and horizon-scanning of regulatory developments and external risks.
• Leading and managing external law firm partnerships that support the People function, including effective and efficient management of budget and resources.

What you will bring

You are a trusted contributor and effective leader with strong employment law experience (ideally, at least ~5 years' PQE in a law firm with some prior in-house experience). You should also bring:

• Strong legal and financial analytical skills.
• Understanding, skills and experience of legal and governance drivers in a multinational company.
• Proven track record of engaging with senior leaders and working collaboratively with their teams to meet shared business objectives.
• An ability to think laterally across different technical areas, to be open to ideas and other viewpoints, and to work with a team to find pragmatic and risk-based solutions to complex issues.
• Strong self-awareness and inter-personal skills to build key partnerships and relationships with both internal and external stakeholders of all levels.
• Ability to select and work in partnership with law firms to improve performance and reduce costs, including by leveraging training and other benefits beyond support on particular matters.
• Care, courage and curiosity in everything you do.

What we offer

• 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'll be working

Rio Tinto's global headquarters is situated in St. James's Square, in the City of Westminster, London, on the edge of the West End, and is the site of the group's original head office. Located over several floors, the office is truly a global hub for the business, and is the base for many members of the Executive Committee. As such, the grade II listed office reflects the vibrancy of the location, although it also overlooks the tranquillity of the only garden square in the district, and is a short walk from Green Park and Piccadilly underground stations.

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.