Principal Communications, Assets & Functions Communications | Perth

At BHP we support our people to grow, learn, develop their skills and reach their potential. With a global portfolio of operations, we offer a diverse and inclusive environment with extraordinary career opportunities. Our strategy is to focus on creating a safe work environment where our employees feel strongly connected to our values and objectives, and where the capability of our people is key to our success.

Come and be a part of this success.

About the Role

This senior, highly experienced communications role is responsible for developing and maintaining strategic and trusted partnerships with operational and functional business leaders, coaching team members and stakeholders, generating mastery-level content and delivering high value communications strategies that promote and protect BHPs strategic themes and positioning.

• Develop and manage day-to-day mastery-level employee and stakeholder communications with a strong editorial focus, set direction for peers and stakeholders, and ensuring quality is controlled.
• Develop high-value content on key Company issues such as safety, climate change, Inclusion and Diversity, Indigenous Engagement, a winning portfolio, and operational performance.
• Have an expert understanding of various channel strategies and work across the team to maximise content distribution.
• Operate as a ‘trusted advisor', providing strategic communications advice and delivering strategies to achieve key business outcomes.
• Lead the development and delivery of highly effective and comprehensive multi-disciplinary issues and stakeholder management plans and strategies.
• Participate in EMT/IMTs as a highly competent, senior member of BHP's crisis communications team.
• Lead strategic engagements in line with Engagement and Positioning Plans, partnering with key senior stakeholders in the development and delivery of high value, speeches, presentations and integrated leveraging plans.
• Create mastery-level campaigns and content, and manage local social media and digital channels in line with Asset/Function strategy.
• Assist the Communication Manager in mentoring, developing, and supporting capability and capacity growth within the team.
• Effectively work across the Global Assets & Functions Communications team, and actively collaborate with colleagues in Corporate Affairs and Corporate Communications to deliver measurable results.

• Tertiary qualifications and min. 8-10 years' relevant experience in leadership and communications.
• Mastery-level written skills across all channels, including leadership communications, speeches, etc.
• Expert understanding of digital tools and platforms, both internal and external.
• Excellent business partnering skills and experience.
• Highly accomplished project/time management skills.
• Very strong ability to collaborate and build strong networks across the company.
• Confidence to provide effective feedback, motivate, drive, and connect peers.
• Extensive issues and stakeholder management experience at all levels.
• Senior analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Superior attention to detail, and quality-control.
• Highly competent operating without supervision.
• Very proactive, highly motivated, comfortable with ambiguity, calm under pressure.
• Respectful and respected role model of BHP's values.

At BHP, we are committed to employing individuals who align with the BHP Charter Values and meet the requirements of the role. As part of the recruitment process, there are a number of checks which may be conducted to demonstrate applicants suitability for a role including police / criminal background checks, medical, drug and alcohol testing, due diligence checks, right to work checks, and/or reference checks.

If you are already employed directly by BHP, please log in using your BHP email address or apply via our internal jobs portal.

The size, stability and magnitude of our business not only provides significant opportunity for professional development, but also attractive salary packages with performance-based bonuses and a best-in-class employee share program. We know there are many aspects of our employees' lives that are important, and work is only one of these, so we offer benefits to enable your work to fit with your life. These benefits include flexible working options, a generous paid parental leave policy, other extended leave entitlements and parent rooms. 

At BHP, we know that we are strengthened by diversity. We are an Equal Opportunity employer that is committed to making BHP a safe and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive and be at their best every day. We are focused on creating a workforce that's more diverse and represents the communities where we work and live. providing a work environment in which everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. We are an Equal Opportunity employer and recognise that true diversity includes gender, age, race, disability status, sexual orientation, religion, neurodiversity, education levels, and many more aspects of your identity.

BHP is committed to providing a recruitment process that is fair, equitable and accessible for all. If you have a disability, we know that it may be helpful for us to adjust our process to make it equitable for your individual situation. If you would like to reach out to someone about your situation and our recruitment process, please email us at *********@bhp.com.