Principal Advisor, Communities and Social - Perth, Australia - Rio Tinto

Rio Tinto

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Perth, Australia

2 weeks ago

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Olivia Brown

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Description

Principal Advisor, Communities and Social Performance Reporting

Manage the social performance reporting and data management requirements for the business's annual and sustainability reporting
Support the organisation's commitment to meeting impeccable ESG commitments
Increase your knowledge of Rio Tinto's operations and build your professional network by working in a global role

Locations

Perth, Brisbane or Montreal

About the role
Our approach to Communities and Social Performance (CSP) is to build strong partnerships based on mutual trust and respect.

This includes meaningful engagement with host communities managing social, economic, environmental, cultural, and human rights impacts throughout the life cycle of our assets and delivering value to local communities and society more broadly.

Our Communities and Social Performance Area of Expertise (AoE) is Rio Tinto's central technical CSP function.

It provides support to the business to build respectful and trusted relationships with host communities and deliver sustainable improvements in social and economic outcomes.

The CSP AoE works closely with CSP practitioners and leaders, in addition to related functions across the business to build technical capability, support social performance delivery, monitor and respond to emerging trends, and provide assurance and risk management.

The CSP AoE works closely with HSES to maintain Rio Tinto's management systems, standards and reporting processes.

We are looking for a
Principal Advisor, CSP Reporting to join the assurance, risk, and governance stream within the AoE.

The team oversees and ensures robust CSP assurance practice, well understood CSP risks and controls, and fit-for-purpose systems, standards and reporting.

We are a committed, connected and caring global team. 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 Manager CSP Assurance, Risk and Governance, you will:

Manage group level social performance reporting and data management including; data collection, monitoring, trend analysis, planning and reporting
Be responsible for data preparation for key reports including internal reporting to executive leaders
Familiarity with sustainability reporting standards like GRI and understanding of forward looking trends
Integrate core monitoring and control processes, including progress reporting,, resource requirements and budget management
Develop the communication materials to support progress updates regarding CSP reporting and linked data collection improvement initiatives
Identify continuous improvement opportunities (processes & systems) including design and development of data visualisation tools
Lead a small team as required

What you'll bring
years relevant experience in CSP, ESG reporting or related discipline

A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
An understanding of Communities and social performance technical discipline and the mining industry
Experience working in the mining & resources or similar industry
Demonstrated strong project management skills with an attention to detail
Compliance, risk management and stakeholder engagement skills
The ability to collaborate, develop, engage and bring out the best outcome within a team environment
A desire to see improvements in social performance outcomes and meet requirements now and into the future
Experience in sustainability (ESG) reporting and data analytics is highly desirable

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 familyfriendly 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

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 m