Learning Specialist

Learning Specialist

• Join an encouraging leadership group, committed to your growth and development
• Interact with senior leaders, and assist in managing key relationships
• A range of lifestyle options available include 5/2 Perth based roles as well as FIFO and Residential opportunities at various sites on a 5/2 4/3 roster – the perfect balance, our roster gives you more time for the things that are important in your life and to your family and community  
• An opportunity to have a significant impact on the performance of our operations

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

We are looking for a Learning Specialist to represent Capability Development as a catalyst for learning culture, trusted professional for learning solutions and builder of leadership capability.

This is a great opportunity to embed learning initiatives, optimise performance and nurture capable leaders ensuring out workforce remains agile and prepared for future challenges.

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 Superintendent Capability Development and working in a collaborative community, you will:

• Support with the implementation of a cascaded capability development strategy to drive operational performance through uplifting capability.
• Partner closely with key stakeholders to diagnose learning opportunities and leverage expertise in capability development to develop bespoke solutions.
• Act as a conduit between leadership teams and the centralised Learning Excellence Team to enable the creation of standardised training materials and learning assets.
• Support the business with maintaining compliance through conducting learning needs analysis and engaging with the Learning Excellence Team to ensure learning profiles reflect these requirements.
• Within small high performing teams, you will conduct analysis to determine potential solutions to specific learning problems
• Partner with internal customers to ensure strong collaboration and build lasting relationships with the business
• Develop and present analysis findings that will deliver sustainable short and long-term capability outcomes for the business
• Create clear and impactful communications pertaining to workforce capability with limited direct oversight
• Drive standardisation of training experience and quality across site and other areas of assigned responsibility including the submission of Learning Management Framework (LMF) Quality Assurance (QA) request forms for documentation updates and additions.
• Partner with HRBPs while building and executing the people-planning and talent development strategy across the respective portfolio and site.
• Develop and assess metrics to verify the positive influence of CD’s services on business performance
• Provide feedback to the Learning Excellence Team to improve quality and impact of learning interventions.
• Prioritise daily and weekly BAU tasks effectively to optimise capacity and deliver value as a trusted learning professionals.
• Manage workloads and relationships with internal site leaders, new starters and external stakeholders.
• Support site based training personnel (where appropriate) in identifying and evaluating the site capability needs and weekly training schedule.
• Support training superintendents with early identification and effective methods to pivot on agreed training strategies.

What you’ll bring

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
• Demonstrated ability to exercise critical thinking and challenge pre-established conceptions held about capability development and processes.
• Experience in conducting analysis, ensuring accurate and updated data from varying sources and interpreting complex results to find key opportunities.
• Dynamic and adaptable individual who can operate in ambiguous environments
• Current knowledge of adult learning principles, learning theories and ability to apply appropriately
• In-depth understanding of Capability Development processes, function, strategies and LMF
• Understanding of Australian Qualification Framework (AQF) and Language literacy numeracy (LLN) in context of Vocational competency workplace training and assessments
• A passion for developing and empowering people with strong influence and coaching skills through face to face and virtual platforms
• Highly developed stakeholder engagement skills, including written and verbal communication skills
• Bachelors Degree and/or Cert IV Training and Education (TAE) would be highly advantageous.

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’ll be working

In the Pilbara region of Western Australia, we own a world-class, integrated network of 17 mines, four independent port terminals, a rail network spanning nearly 2,000 kilometres and related infrastructure – all designed to respond rapidly to changes in demand. We are one of the world’s leading producers and exporters of iron ore.

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 Sunday 16th June 2024 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date)