AddressCOMMUNITIES AND COMMUNICATIONS ADVISOR
- Join a leading global company
- Encouraging leadership group, committed to your growth and development
- 9 day fortnight roster
- Full Time Permanent Opportunity | Bell Bay, Tas.
About the role
Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.
We are looking for a Communities and Communications Advisor to coordinate and support Communities & Social Performance (CSP) activities For Rio Tinto's Bell Bay Aluminium smelter.
This role is a great opportunity to focus on technical Communities and Social Performance (CSP) related disciplines such as stakeholder engagement, community relations, social impacts, community investment programs and Communications.
In this role you will work closely with the Principal Advisor, Communities & Communication at Bell Bay as well as operational and CSP leaders and play an integral part in engaging with Bell Bay Aluminium's (BBA) diverse workforce and neighbouring communities. This role will suit someone with broad community relations and communication experience who's ready to take their career to the next level.
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 Principal Advisor Communities and Communications and working in a collaborative, exciting environment within the Aluminium APAC Communities and Social Performance team you will:
- Support the site general manager and principal advisor to develop and maintain strong relationships with external community stakeholders through proactive, effective, and impactful engagement and communication.
- Work with community partners and stakeholders to develop, programs, activities, and events, which address areas of mutual interest.
- Coordinate community commitments and local partnerships, such as Bell Bay's community grants program and Beacon Foundation partnership, reporting on milestones, performance, and value.
- Support the effective management of social risks.
- Support communications strategies and plans for BBA and actively engage with frontline employees and leaders
- Support content development, distribution and publication of internal and external communications including newsletters, digital screens, annual reports, events, presentations, media releases, BBA website and social media platforms.
What you'll bring
- A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team.
- Experience in Stakeholder Relations or Community Relations is essential
- Excellent relationship building and influencing skills with an ability to build and maintain credibility and rapport with a range of diverse stakeholders.
- High level professional communication skills including written communication.
- Multimedia skills would be advantageous.
- Capacity to work in a multi-task environment and demonstrate comprehensive administrative, organisation and time-management skills.
- Relevant tertiary qualifications and/or a University Degree in a related discipline such as Community Relations, Communications or Marketing.
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
About Rio Tinto
Rio Tinto is a leading global mining and materials company. We operate in 35 countries where we produce iron ore, copper, aluminium, critical minerals, and other materials needed for the global energy transition and for people, communities, and nations to thrive.
We have been mining for 150 years and operate with knowledge built up across generations and continents. Our purpose is finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs - striving for innovation and continuous improvement to produce materials with low emissions and to the right environmental, social and governance standards. But we can't do it on our own, so we're focused on creating partnerships to solve problems, create win-win and meet opportunities.
Where you will be working
Bell Bay Aluminium (BBA) holds a unique place in Tasmanian and Australian history as the first aluminium smelter in the southern hemisphere when it began production in 1955. Today, it produces around 190,000 of primary aluminium each year.
The smelter is situated on the Tamar River, approximately five kilometres from George Town and 45 kilometres from Launceston.
The smelter has a long and proud history of contributing to the Tasmanian community through enduring relations built on mutual respect, collaboration, and genuine partnership.
Every Voice Matters
At Rio Tinto, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, women, the LGBTI+ 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.
Applications close on Friday the 15th of March 2024 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date).
